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When managing a website, Google Accounts are your best friend. Using them properly gives you valuable feedback from Google itself about the state of your website and SEO. This feedback will allow you to improve your site and in turn convert more clients, and it is all totally free. All you need is a Gmail account …
There’s an online answer for just about everything in this technology-driven world of ours. We shop. We look for solutions. We find services. We socialise and exercise online. We educate and entertain ourselves online. And that’s why it’s virtually unthinkable for a business not to have a website. But there …
Just because your business is small doesn’t mean you have to limit your aspirations for online success. Even small businesses need big ideas and if you’re after some smart solutions to kickstart your online presence, you’re at the right place. Here’s a good analogy to use if you’re trying to conceptualise your …
This is the big week for retail with Black Friday and Cyber Monday coming up this weekend, the latest data from Google shows that Aussie’s digital habits mean they’ll be browsing and buying online, even more, this holiday season. Consumers typically spend big during end-of-year retail events, many of them …
Google Analytics is a fantastic tool, and one I would recommend any business owner to use in conjunction with their website. Unfortunately, time and time again I see business owners set up their Google account, open Analytics, and become completely overwhelmed with everything there is to analyse. This is …
Why is it important to learn what your competitors are doing in terms of their backlinks? In this article, I’ll show you where to find quality backlinks as well as give you practical tips on boosting your backlinks. As you know, link building is fundamental to Search Engine Optimisation and is crucial for improving …
Google My Business is a very useful – and free – tool that helps people find your small business or organisation when they’re searching online across Google Search and Google Maps. It works for businesses that have a physical location as well as for online only entities that serve businesses owners in person …
You wouldn’t look for treasure blindfolded, so why would you run a Google Ads campaign without doing the appropriate keywords research? Keyword research underpins all successful Google Ads campaigns – and it really is a case of the more you put in, the more you’ll get out. Essentially, you need to …
Citations are listings for your business and its contact details on the web. These are very important factors in determining a business’s ranking on Google My Business and it is important that you place the correct information on the right websites. When it comes to building my clients’ local citation links …
Website redesigns are usually fun and exciting; it’s like getting a digital facelift for your business. But if you get it wrong, you can end up losing a lot – especially when it comes to your SEO rankings. This is a common problem which I often come across when new websites go live without being actively …
Local citations are one of the most important things you can do when it comes to local SEO. Local SEO is when you try to rank for your keyword phrases with a geographical location as part of the keyword, for example, ‘plumber Sydney’ or ‘electrician Subiaco’. Trying to rank for your keyword with a major city …
A broad match keyword is a word or phrase added to Google Ads that will trigger your ad for anything even vaguely related to that keyword. Google Ads tends to add broad match keywords as the default, they show in your account as a keyword without any punctuation (eg leaf blower is broad match, whereas …
