Internet Privacy Bill and What it Means for Your Company

by | Mar 30, 2017 | SEO

Senate Resolution 34 S.J.Res.34 – A joint resolution providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Federal Communications Commission relating to “Protecting the Privacy of Customers of...

Should My Site Be ADA or 508 Compliant?

by | Mar 16, 2017 | SEO

I’ve gotten quite a few questions about this lately, possibly due to Microsoft’s recent announcement about their new accessibility website and the launch of their KNFB Reader for Windows 10. What’s the Difference Between ADA Compliance and 508 Compliance?...

Mobile-First Unanswered Questions

by | Nov 5, 2016 | SEO

Google announced yesterday that they will be moving towards a mobile-first index. We’ve heard this multiple times over the last few weeks, but now it’s official. The SEM Post did a great job of covering the basics of this announcement already, so what I want to focus...

Google Broke the Internet

by | Dec 3, 2015 | SEO

Google told us today that the “penguins won’t march again” this year. Marching is a pretty good description, since marching implies a regimented, formalized, “everyone move out of the way” type of procession. I don’t think it’s any mistake that Google used that verb,...

Why I Won’t Do Link Building for You in 10 Q&As

by | Apr 16, 2015 | SEO

Do you offer link building? I get asked this question and it makes me sad. The answer is no. If your goal is to get links, I will not help you. Here’s why, in the 10 most common questions I get and my answers. 1. You offer link audits, so surely you must know a...

#SMX Day One: The Future of Search

by | Mar 3, 2015 | Conferences

SMX day one. SMX has raised the bar for valuable, applicable content. This day was outstanding and if I had to put a theme on the sessions I attended, it would be the future of search. From the growth of direct answers and SERP domination to modern eye tracking and...

Penguin 3.0: Updated 10/21

by | Oct 20, 2014 | SEO

The hotly anticipated rollout of Penguin 3.0 began last week, late Friday night the 17th to be exact. Google confirmed it on Sunday afternoon according to Search Engine Land. Analytics for all accounts that I have access to went haywire over the weekend, and so far,...

Mobile Design & SEO #Pubcon 2014

by | Oct 8, 2014 | Conferences

Rather than think about mobile vs. desktop, consider if your client is in or out. Balance design according to the unique needs of these in and out customers. Mobile design-seo-pubcon2014 from Jenny Halasz

5 Tiny SEO “Hacks” I Use Daily

by | Aug 14, 2014 | SEO

If you’ve been doing SEO for a long time like I have, you come up with little time-saving shortcuts that you use often. Here are five of mine; maybe they’ll help you, maybe not. Note: this is an advanced SEO post; it contains many terms that the layperson...

SSL/HTTPS for Websites

by | Aug 12, 2014 | SEO

Our Opinion on Google’s Latest Announcement Google announced on August 7 that they will now be giving a small boost in rankings to sites that are run on HTTPS rather than HTTP. According to Google, this ranking boost will be very small at first, and may increase...