Are the benefits of customer reviews and recommendations worth the risk of exposure? They are and there is a lot of data to prove it. Allowing product reviews and displaying client testimonials have a direct impact on a website's lead generation efforts and an e-commerce site's product sales. And guess what? Custom reviews can also help with local SEO efforts. That's a whole lot of goodness that shouldn't be ignored. I want you to be a believer, so let's explore each scenario in a little ... Read More
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Setting Up Google Authorship in WordPress
Google authorship is not new, although I find many people (and companies for that matter) are completely unaware of its existence. While us WordPress nerds jumped on the authorship bandwagon quickly, normal people know little about it or the benefits Google authorship offers. Trust me when I say Google authorship is highly beneficial. I know this because I’ve had clients tell me it made a difference and it encouraged them to retain Web Savvy when they were seeking web design services. One ... Read More
Three Best Practices for Writing Headlines That Drive Web Traffic
How much time and effort do you put into writing headlines for blog posts and pages? Page and post titles are your first impression to website visitors. A potential visitor will see this before they ever click through to your website. Which means web visitors will see the headline long before they see your design or read your content. This makes writing headlines a critical part of content marketing! Titles are informative and are used to describe a piece of content to potential website ... Read More
Content Creation: How Does Your Mind Manage the Process?
When it comes to the process of content creation, everyone has a different thought process and their minds work differently. That means the strategy and process of content marketing can be different by company or individual. I've been writing web content for over a decade and while my process has evolved with the changes of the SEO industry, my fundamental work flow has not because it is based on how I think and how my mind processes tasks and data. I realize my strategy and process is not ... Read More
SEO is Like Milk and Cookies
When I think of SEO, I think of milk and cookies. Pretend you're back in preschool and on the carpet at reading time. You remember - the bright colored rug full of red, blue, and green colors that has a distinct smell of Play-Doh. Now think about what you were instructed to do by your teacher? What will ultimately bring the best reward? You were most likely told to sit nice with criss-cross applesauce legs, keep your hands in your lap, think about those around you, and simply follow the ... Read More
With Good SEO Google Has a Memory Like an Elephant
I’ve always said short-term memory is like lake front property. There is only so much lake front property to go around and you have to allocate it to the most important things within your life. Now that I’m forty, my lake front property – aka my short-term memory – seems to erode faster with each passing day. Google is far from forty and has a memory like an elephant. Good SEO only makes this elephant stronger. My SEO Efforts Will Outlive Me This concept has been overly apparent to me this ... Read More
Local Search Will Become the Golden Child in 2011
There’s been a lot of talk about local search recently. A lot of SEO experts, including myself, feel local search is still in its infancy stage and as it matures, it will have a major impact on search engine optimization and internet marketing. Many of us feel 2011 is the year in which local search will come of age. Not only come of age, but also become an important part of the internet marketer’s bag of tricks. Remember when most people had no idea what social media was, what it meant, or ... Read More
Ten Steps to Quality Link Building and Strong Organic SEO
Whenever I create a new website for a client, I always tell them the website is only the core foundation of strong SEO. Strong SEO requires a solid, well planned, and long-term link building campaign. Interestingly enough, as I prepare for a live Q&A sessions for my friends over at JuJuQ on the subject, I found myself an email to a client nagging him about building inbound links for a brand new website we launched last Wednesday. Inbound links are a huge part of SEO and since I’m an ... Read More
Blekko vs. Google: I’m Now in Love With BOTH
This morning Blekko invited me to beta their new search engine. I was absolutely thrilled when the DM invite appeared in my Twitter inbox. I am an SEO consultant, so for me this was like Christmas morning. I so hoped the excitement would not lessen once I accepted the invitation and unwrapped my new gift. Unlike Christmas morning, where I savor the unwrapping of presents, I ripped into my Blekko access as fast as I could. I was not only impressed, I really loved the experience. I quickly ... Read More
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