SEO
Understanding Your Bounce Rate and How to Improve It
Bounce rate is a term that is used when analyzing Internet traffic to websites. Usually expressed as a percentage, it is a measurement of how many visitors leave your site after viewing only the landing page. So, for example, if you check your Google Analytics page and see a bounce rate of 33%, that means 1 of every 3 people left your site without clicking through to another page within the site.
What are Backlinks and Why Do You Want Them?
One of the most important things you can do to create a boost in your website’s rankings is to create a good backlink profile. Backlinks are one of the strongest SEO signals that search engines like Google use to rank sites relative to each other for the same keyword. Let’s take a look at what they are exactly and why you need to get as many as you can. What is a backlink? A backlink i
Things to Watch Out for When Building Your Site's SEO
Search engines have to chew through a lot of information and weigh many things to create their indexes and responses to queries. Google is said to measure at least 200 different signals on a webpage to determine how to rank it. The big question for businesses and SEO professionals is which ones are the most important. That’s a tricky question because search algorithms are constantly changing
The Importance of Content Creation for Your Site's SEO
A long time ago, when businesses were first starting to build web pages, they were used a lot like billboards. A few static pages with basic information was enough, or so they thought. Now it has gone completely in the other direction. New content needs to be consistently produced to stay on top of the rankings. But why do you need that stream of content? Isn’t just having a few strong stati
Google Algorithm Updates: What Are They?
If you depend on Google for advertising or to show your site in a search, then you are at the mercy of their algorithm updates. An algorithm, for those unfamiliar, is like a recipe. When you search for something, Google takes that information and puts it through the recipe to deliver the results you’re looking for. It’s in Google’s best interest to deliver the highest-quality res
What to Know About Google's Mobile-First Index
Google is starting to roll out its mobile-first index, but what exactly does that mean and how will it affect your business? Here’s what you need to know and what you need to do to prepare for this major change. Why the change? The demographics of web users are changing. 55% of web users are accessing the Internet through a mobile device instead of a laptop or desktop and that number is grow
Conversions, Part Four: How to Optimize the Conversion Process
If you’ve followed the advice in our earlier pieces, hopefully you’ll have started to get a stream of conversions. Once the pump is primed with these first visitors, the next step is to optimize the process so you can scale upward. Here then are our best practices for conversion optimization. Follow through on the promise The single most important thing you have to do is to follow up o
Google’s Mobile First Index: What You Need to Know
Google has announced plans to release mobile-first index. This will be a way to rank websites based on the user experience and responsiveness of a business’s mobile website. What is mobile-first index? Google ranks and rates your website based on searches and quality of content on your site. The index is a ranking of websites. With mobile-first index, Google will look at your mobile conten
What a Blog Can Do For Your Dealership
So you’ve been working hard to establish your dealership’s online presence. You’ve followed all the guides to a T. You maybe even hired a few SEO specialists to help boost you in Google’s search rankings. But there’s still one aspect so many dealerships skip when designing their websites—the blog. No, we’re not talking about those online diaries. Instead,
The Top 4 Marketing Mistakes Your Website is Making
Let’s be honest. Today, digital marketing almost seems mandatory when it comes to owning a business. Think about it—whenever you, personally, want to spend a huge chunk of cash on a shiny new toy, do you not consult Google first? In recent years, the Internet has become the go-to source for many people when buying any new product. And yes, the same can be said for people looking to buy