YouTube is incredibly popular. You probably use it to look at movie trailers or to check out that new Justin Beiber video. But did you know that YouTube is the world’s second biggest search engine behind Google? In fact, Google has over a billion users and provides all sorts of information on almost every topic you can think of. So, are you creating video content that YouTube will rank?
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What are Rich Snippet Breadcrumbs?
Creating a Trail for Visitors While Google has done some things that certainly make it a challenge to achieve visibility on the search engine, it has also introduced features that attract searchers to your results — if you take advantage of them. One of those things are rich snippets, which provide additional information about your …
Outsourcing Marketing Services Tip#1
Outsourcing marketing services is an excellent way to increase your department’s productivity or add expertise in a particular area without adding headcount. Most likely you’ll be managing a contractor that is not physically at your office. This tip is all about managing your marketing services contractor to get the information you need without adding a …
Google Authorship & Social Search
The What, Why & How Google Authorship was launched a few months back. It’s a way that a search engine can distinguish (and reward) individuals who contribute online content. Have you noticed pictures of people when doing a search? Those intrepid folks have linked authorship to their Google Plus profile. About a year ago my …
Analytics Bounce Rate Nuances & Settings
Measuring your analytics bounce rate is an important but deceptive metric. At it’s highest level, bounce is one measure of how sticky your website is. But depending upon your analytic program, bounce rate can be calculated in a variety of ways. Analytics Bounce Rate Default Google Analytics is a very powerful and free tool that should be …
Understanding Google’s Panda
Google’s Panda algorithm, launched in 2011, significantly impacted the SEO landscape by penalizing websites with low-quality or duplicate content while rewarding those with original, high-quality, and user-focused content.
Schema.org: A SEO Trick or Secret Weapon?
There’s a stealth SEO practice out there, and most businesses don’t know what it is. Schema.org refers to a relatively new microdata format. When search engines like Google or Bing visits your website, it actually records or indexes the text, image descriptions and headings. It then compares that information with a number of incoming links …
WordPress Security Compliance
WordPress security is as strong as you make it. The tools and strategies are readily available, and many even automated. Yet, hackers still succeed mostly because so many site owners either aren’t aware of best practices or simply don’t comply. Basic WordPress Security is Simple. The most important principle, emphasized by all internet security experts, is limiting …
B2B Website Trends & Design
Visitors will form their opinion in 0.05 seconds when they hit your website homepage, giving you a short opportunity to keep them from closing the tab.
A Guide To AI Content Marketing
AI is helpful, but it can’t do everything we humans can. For example, AI can’t write content as engaging and effective as content written by a human with real-world experience and knowledge. That’s why involving subject matter experts in content creation is important. AI-generated content can be a good starting point, but having human experts involved in the editing, reviewing, and fact-checking ensures your content is high-quality and credible.