Choosing a WordPress theme is an important decision. With literally thousands of options, narrowing it down can be a challenge and a bit complicated. Before you embark on a search, consider these tips.
Must-Have WordPress Plugins
We talk a lot about managing WordPress websites, especially about security updates it in order to keep the bad guys out. Regular maintenance also keeps a website healthy. Here are some of our top WordPress plugins, ones we recommend to make maintenance easier and more efficient:
What Is Refferal Spam?
Why You Should Really Care Have you ever looked in your Google Analytics and seen some strange websites sending traffic your way? Like social-share-buttons.xyz or free-website-hosting.ru. If you have, then it’s likely you’ve been the victim of referral spam. Here’s our short guide on what it is and how to clean up your analytics. Referral …
Why A Site Search Is a “Must Have”
Whenever we conduct a website audit, site search is an item near the top of our list. If you don’t have this functionality on your site, hopefully this post will sway you. I’ll share some best practices in setting one up and how to make sure you glean useful user experience data from it. I’ll also mention two plugins that I regularly use on our clients’ WordPress websites.
The Keyword Planner’s New Facelift
Of all the free tools that Google provides digital marketers, the Keyword planner has long been a favorite of ours. Some time ago now they throttled it, reducing the features available to non (AdWords) paying customers, but they have just given it a new lease of life. So, let’s take a look at what’s new with the keyword planner.
Named a Top San Francisco Marketing Agency
We are proud to announce that Clutch.co have named the Spectrum Group Online as one of the top San Francisco marketing agencies!
Retiring Bing Sidebar Ads – Cleaning Up The SERP
Keeping Up With the Goggles This week Microsoft’s pay per click advertising platform has announced that they’re going to be removing ads from the sidebar. Bing Ads are very much AdWord’s poor relation when it comes to new features and innovations, but it seems they have now decided to remove their sidebar ads and …
Are PDFs Mobile Friendly?
Making sure your content marketing is friendly for the small screen is now an essential element. For those businesses who use pdfs to share details like product specifications, you should be asking “are pdfs mobile friendly?” In this post, we’ll answer that question plus cover some tips to ensure that what you share is ready (and appropriate) for mobile users.
Will the EU Force Google to Explain their Ranking Algorithm?
Google’s reputation in Europe is different to its reputation in the US. In Europe, Google, along with a number of other tech ‘giants’ is often viewed in a negative light because of their approach to taxation. Partly because of this, and other similar business practices from other multinational technology companies like Apple, Amazon and Uber, the European Union (EU) is trying to level the playing field by setting some ground rules which internet companies will need to follow. And, as a result of this, we might end up getting some more clues how Google’s ranking mechanism works.
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More Google Updates – Meet the New Search Console
Updates, updates, and more updates. Search Console is the latest Google tool to be given a fresh lick of paint. Since the new interface rolled out in Mid January we’ve been playing with it and here are our thoughts on what the new improved Search Console is like and if it can help you get an edge on your analytics.