Google and Responsive Websites
As you’ve probably heard, Google announced earlier this year that they are going to start including a measure of how responsive or mobile friendly a website is in their rankings. In recent years, smartphone and tablet sales have been outpacing desktop sales. To see if your website is a responsive and mobile friendly site, one […]
Avoid Keyword Stuffing
When you are writing content for your website or blog, you need to know and use some good keywords. Keyword usage is an example of where less is more. Use the keywords (or phrases) too much and you’ll be keyword stuffing – a good way to get kicked out of Google rankings.There is no set […]
Page Titles and Descriptions
When you are putting a web page together, be sure to spend a little time planning out some Search Engine Optimization for the page. Two areas to pay attention to are the Title and Description for the page.
Unique Page Titles
When you search for something in Google, the blue link you see is the title of the page it is listing. For many visitors, that link is a major deciding factor in whether or not they click on the link. Because of that, it is very important to put a good unique title on each […]
Choosing the Right Keywords
About five years ago when Giantseed Creative was started, I described the company more as a web developer than a web designer. There were some of the pages on the site that were written with the keyword or phrase “web developer.” One problem – when people were searching for a company like Giantseed Creative in […]
Don’t Blog for the Search Engines Sake
You’ve heard me mention before about the great benefits that blogging can have on your search engine ranking. When you are writing your blogs, don’t write them for the search engines, write them for your readers. Remember the famous line from Field of Dreams, “if you build it, he will come.” That line is often […]
White Hat SEO Techniques
A few weeks ago I wrote about a few common Black Hat SEO techniques. I want to now follow up with a couple of White Hat SEO techniques that you can start using today. The first thing you want to do is make sure that you have in place both your content and its structure. […]
Google Places
For many users it is their first exposure to your online presence. It is packed with useful information such as you phone number, address, map, web address, and reviews. No, it isn’t your website or even your Facebook page. It’s your Google Places page. Claim Your Page When you go to your Google Places page, […]
Black Hat Website Marketing
Every few months I’ll have a client ask me about a ‘sure fire’ SEO activity that they heard about. There are two in particular that I’ve heard of several times—keyword stuffing and resubmitting your site to search engines repeatedly. A few clients have asked me whether or not it’s a good idea to place a […]
