Google My Business is a feature often overlooked by many businesses and marketers - but it can be extremely effective. It helps businesses to be more discoverable both online and real life. In order for small businesses to grow and survive they must be discoverable by users and customers. What is Google My Business? Google My Business is a free tool that allows businesses to manage how they appear in Google Search and maps. It is information that...
Following on from our overall SEO blog post, we thought we would delve deeper into the world of Alt Tags. Alt tags are a fundamental part of SEO, and are also important for accessible reasons. Here’s everything you need to know about Alt Tags… What is an Alt Tag? Alt Tags are small descriptions added on to your images in the back end of your website. These should describe the image in detail but be kept short and precise....
You may have read our previous blogs on SEO but have you ever heard of black hat SEO? Here we will talk through what Black hat SEO is, why you should avoid it and how to avoid it. What is Black Hat SEO? Black Hat SEO is a set of disapproved practises that are used to increase a sites organic rank in the search engines, which violate the search engines terms of service. It is commonly used to...
We have written lots of previous SEO blog posts, however a little update does no harm. We’ve put together information on 5 of the main elements of SEO, so tighten your seatbelts and let’s jump right in… Title Tags Also known as H Tags, Title tags will appear on all of your website pages. These allow website crawlers to identify the most important content on the page, further helping to rank your website for the most relevant searches....
SEO is the process of optimising your posts and website content in order to help your ranking organically in Google. Optimising your blog posts to make them more search engine friendly means that your site will likely be ranked higher, which in turn means that you will gain more website traffic. How to make your blogs SEO friendly 1. Utilise keywords throughout Once you have researched relevant keywords for your post, ensure that you use these throughout...
Getting your business ranking well in Google My Business can increase your chances of showing up in Google’s Local Pack, Google Maps and general organic rankings. It's free for a business to claim and verify their listing on Google. You can include some very useful information about your business for example your address, hours you’re open and phone number. This is shown below: Many local businesses just claim their Google My Business listing and forget about it....
Google does not allow signals from social media to directly affect ranking, however it does allow you to put your business front and centre on the search engine results pages, which can mean more people will see your brand. Here’s how Socials impact SEO… Ways Social Media Impacts SEO: Drives Traffic to Websites. Posting links to great content can help you to gain shares, likes and comments, and also encourage viewers to go through to...
Your pages ability to rank can be impacted by on-page ranking factors. These can be easily implemented or changed, helping you to rank higher and get more traffic through to your website. Page Content The content of a page is what makes it worthy of a search result position. Creating good quality content will draw people to your website. This content should also be linkable so that Search Engines can rank it, helping to drive traffic to...
A meta description is a summary or snippet of information that shows under the URL of a website in the Search results page. This is a brief description of the contents of the page to the searcher, of up to 320 characters in length. Search engines show it in search results when the meta description also includes the keywords being searched. Meta descriptions influence the decision of the searcher, as it will attract them to click...
You want your business to stand out on the search engine results page, but with new and ever changing algorithms, organic results can push these down further. Your goal is to stand out from competitors, and in order to do this you must entice users to click through to your site. Here are a few ways in which you can improve your SERPs listings to get more attention. 1. A Winning Meta Description A full meta...