The Case of the Faux Panda Penalty
So a site you monitor experiences a MASSIVE traffic drop on the date of a noteworthy Google update. Your first thought is “they got slammed by this update”, right? You may be wrong. The other day I was...
View ArticleGoogle: Header tags – Do They Still Matter?
Most modern-day web designers strive for semantically-correct use of header tags (H1, H2, H3, etc.) in their code. However, the fact remains that many sites still are not using them in a strict...
View ArticleClaim Business Listings or Get Hijacked
Let’s talk business directory listings, aka citations. You know, those directories like YellowPages, SuperPages, MerchantCircle and others. Their information comes from a combination of public data...
View ArticleHow To Add Your Business to Yahoo for Free
Contrary to popular belief, you CAN still claim or add a free business listing to Yahoo’s local directory. Here’s how. In October 2015, Yahoo’s Small Business program, including their local business...
View ArticleAdd your business to mapquest for free
Remember MapQuest? Sure you do! The first popular mapping application, MapQuest is still alive and well. Like the Yahoo Local directory and many other local business resources, MapQuest’s listings are...
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