While Google may be blind, the text you put around images can help the robots see a little bit about what they’re missing. This helps broaden the search terms present on your pages, while building accessibility and popularity through Google’s image search tool. First, of course, is the ever popular ALT attribute for images. Making…
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11 Ways to Build Traffic to your Small Business Website
“How do I get traffic to my website” is the $64,000 question. Website owners big and small spend a lot of time, money and energy figuring out strategies to drive qualified traffic to their website. While there are many, many, many, ways to promote your site online, I thought we’d take a look at some…
What to Do When It Rains on Your Search Engine Rankings
Own a website long enough, and it’s bound to happen — maybe Google alters their search algorithm, the links you’ve gained take a hit in authority, or a beefy competitor comes along — your sunny days of ranking at the top of search results drastically turn gray. Now you’re suddenly bailing the ship as rapidly…
New Year, New Sites, New Tools
Every day I read hundreds of blog posts. Between work, hobbies, and the daily ‘must reads’ my Bloglines reader is always chock full. As I rule, I bookmark articles and blog posts that I find interesting. I also tend to jot down new websites and ideas into a black notebook, my ‘internet black book‘. This…