An XML sitemap is a roadmap of your website which communicates with Google on pages that are important and recently updated. This is an essential SEO strategy to allow Google to find your website pages quickly. Here’s what to know to help you rank better. What websites need an XML sitemap? All websites should have …
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Black Hat SEO When optimizing a website to improve search engine ranking, you want to ensure your efforts are not wasted. If not properly trained on the nuances of SEO, you may even end up hurting your site by not following proper SEO best practices. Implementing SEO best practices properly is called white hat SEO. Approved …
For many business owners, it is a mystery as to why they would have a blog on their website. For many people, a blog is something closely followed by people waiting to hear from someone of interest, meant to tell stories or share content on common interest but since the introduction of digital marketing, blogs …
So you’re a small business owner and you are looking to get your business off the ground. Anyone will tell you that having an internet presence is very important, but how do you get found by those looking for your services? Your first step is to build a website that is not only functional but …
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How do you know if your website is performing well? Better yet, how do you know what aspects of your site are performing well? Google offers a free product called Google Analytics to those who manage websites. We wouldn’t be able to achieve success for our clients without utilizing Google Analytics and understanding its data …
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Optimizing for Keywords The first step in the SEO process is selecting a set of keywords you want to be found for. Less than 10 is an optimal amount, but any number under 20 tends to have the potential for good ranking for each keyword. These keywords should be what potential clients or customers will …
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Google My Business is a critical part of your business’ online presence. To validating and confirming your name, address, and phone number directly with Google to grabbing more screen space when your business name is searched, Google My Business can help your business grow. With consumers searching and comparing the prices of services and products …
If you are at all involved with digital marketing or operating a website, it is almost guaranteed you hear about the almighty ‘algorithm’. This is Google’s way to ensure that the page you want to find is the one that appears when you search. Due to the nature of the internet, the potential money to …
A few weeks ago, Google announced a new feature for Google My Business Listings. The added featured enabled businesses to give their Google My Business listing a ‘shortname’ similar to an Instagram or twitter username. The purpose of the new ‘shortname’ feature is to make it even easier for customers to find a business on …
Google Ads announced they will be rolling out some new features to its paid ad customers. In the coming weeks, managers of paid ad campaigns will be able to better promote deals and drive in-store purchases. With consumers now on the lookout for deals more than ever, easily promoting deals and being able to track …
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Since early last year, it seems numerous SEO and online marketing publications or blogs were discussing voice search. It seemed this was going to be a trend that was coming on quick and marketers better adapt quickly or else they’d be left behind. While voice search is on the rise, it isn’t the drastic increase …
Google announced today, Wednesday, June 26th, that they have made some adjustments within Google Search Console for marketers. These updates are intended at helping SEO’s and webmasters better understand how Google is indexing their website and specific pages on their site. Since the name of the game is to have your pages and site be …
Google My Businesses pages are critical for businesses to capitalize on their online presence and SEO efforts. Just recently, Google announced some updates that will be rolling out to the platform that will enable businesses to better promote their brands and promotional events. Here at Boston Web Marketing, we are constantly updating and reviewing our …
Google regularly updates its algorithms to better provide users search results that satisfy what they are searching for. It is truly at the heart of what Google does as with better search results, Google and its partners are able to more effectively market to its audiences. As our blog mentioned last week, there was a …
In Search Engine Optimization, the name of the game is to effectively communicate with Google what your website and more specifically, your site’s pages, are about. Naturally, this is implemented by creating purposeful content within the page and creating a great internal link structure. Once this is completed, what else can you do to increase …
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If you have read Boston Web Marketing’s former blogs posts on AMP’s, you know they stand for Accelerated Mobile pages. These help users who are viewing your site on mobile better view the content on your site. It works by presenting the user a stripped-down HTML version of our webpage. It tends to exclude images …
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If you manage your company’s web site or have hired an SEO firm to improve upon the site’s SEO, there is a good chance there is a heavy emphasis on page creation. Whether it be adding blogs, pages that highlight services, or the areas you serve, month over a month your site has been steadily …
Google recently announced the introduction of a product that offers small businesses call automation capabilities for a flat, monthly rate. For $39 a month, your small business can utilize the virtual assistant, CallJoy, to screen calls and offer those calling basic info. As a partner of Google and being ingrained with multiple small businesses across …
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LinkedIn has been coined as the professional version of Facebook. Like Facebook, LinkedIn is well known, and it shows little to no sign of slowing down soon. As LinkedIn grows as a networking tool for virtually every industry, it has also become a place of resources for professionals. We wanted to write a blog here …
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An important part of any search engine optimization plan must include getting your business on as many of the local and social listings as possible. In addition to keeping your name and address out there, people use these listings to talk. And talk generates interest in your business and your site. Good reviews always help …
