SEO Education and News
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SEO & Chill: Google’s Penguin Algorithm Will Sink Sites With Spammy Links
Every business owner who uses the internet to advertise or display their product (which should be every business owner) needs to know about the importance of Google’s Penguin algorithm. Penguin was introduced way back in April of 2012 as a way to combat some “black hat” SEO practices, such as …
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Google My Business for Doctors: Visibility, Authority, & SEO
One of the first steps in improving your searchability with Google is to claim or create a Google My Business listing. With Google My Business, you can manage your information in Google Maps and Google Plus. Since My Business is owned by Google itself, the links gained from these profiles …
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10 SEO Best Practices To Resuscitate Your Medical Practice’s Website
What exactly is SEO, and why should your medical practice be applying it to your website? SEO, or search engine optimization, is a means for building a successful website. It is an on-going strategy for increasing your site’s visibility in the search engine results and helping prospective patients find you …
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Four Steps for Ranking Above Wikipedia on Google
When a user makes a query in Google, Google will sometimes display a Featured Snippet, which is a few lines of text that directly answer the question posed. These Featured Snippets provide valuable insight to the user who made the query, and according to a study by HubSpot, web pages …
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Has Your Site Been Hacked? Here’s How to Handle It
April is National Stress Awareness Month. And I can tell you, working at an online marketing firm, nothing can be more stressful than when a website gets hacked. Your day will start normally, and then comes the discovery. It can happen in a variety of ways. Some of the more …
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Does My Business Really Need a Google My Business Page?
In today’s interconnected world, businesses are putting a lot of effort toward getting their name out there on social media. The two biggest social media platforms, Facebook and Twitter, are used by businesses in all industries to connect with potential customers. The social exposure achieved through Facebook and Twitter is …
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These 5 Easy Ideas Can Help Your Site Reach 80% of Your Patients
Your patients might not be able to read your handwriting, but there should be no confusion with your website. According to a Pew Research Center survey, 80 percent of respondents look for health information online, and 44 percent actually search for physicians and healthcare professionals. As more and more people …
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YUUUGE Link-building Opportunities for 2016 and Beyond
In the SEO world, we say, “a link is like a vote.” The idea being the more links you have, the better. There was a magical time when it didn’t matter where the links came from or how many links came from one source. In a sense, all votes were …
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Manage Tags Like a Sys Admin: 5 Ways Google Tag Manager Will Change Your Life
Where would we be without Google? It seems like for every issue that comes up in the field of online marketing, Google is ready with a solution. Google Tag Manager is one such solution. But before we examine the benefits of using this savvy tool, let’s first clarify what a …
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Search Influence University Explains: Why Is NAP Consistency Important in SEO?
If you’ve been exploring the world of search engine optimization, “NAP consistency” is probably a phrase that keeps coming up again and again. So what is NAP consistency? Watch this short video to find out.
