Original content is important because it is one of the key factors to your search term ranking. Google is focusing…
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In order to compete organically for any keyword and to rank on page 1, you must build a solid backlink…
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There are a number of factors that are taken into account when ranking an individual domain. This includes, but not…
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Backlinks can be found in many places across the internet. These opportunities come in many forms such as the likes…
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Paid will get you to the top results instantly depending on your budget but can continue to increase overtime. Once…
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When building a new or redesigned website, it’s crucial to take the time to outline your plan. Make sure to…
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Start small. Build some generic backlinks via directories or comments. Start a blog and update it maybe 2 – 4…
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Good metrics to be aware of are your Domain Rating (Domain Authority) and your number of backlinks. Don’t get me…
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White Hat SEO is the process of optimization strategies that focus on human visitors by following search engine policies and…
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The act of extracting data from websites. This can be used for many purposes but in terms of SEO, it…
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Web hosting is where your website is stored. There are hundreds of options available to store your website but not…
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If it had to be narrowed down to one then the key metric would have to be your Domain Rating…
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The best way to get started is to use Tag Team’s plugin the integrates directly into the backend of your…
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Social bookmarking is an online service that allows you to save, share, annotate, and edit web pages. For example, Twitter…
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Search Engine Results Pages. These are the pages that come up on a search engine when a specific term is…
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SEO is search engine optimization and it is the process of ranking on any search engine. You may have a…
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Search Engine Marketing. This includes many different variable like content writing, backlink services, social media management, etc. This is the…
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On-site SEO is the practice of creating content throughout your website to help search engines understand what your site is…
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Off-site SEO is the process of making sure your website pages, titles, tags, content and overall structure are optimized for…
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Local SEO is the process of optimizing your physical location through citations, directories, and maps to generate location based traffic.
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Putting too many keywords into your content so that it seems like you’re intentionally trying to affect your rankings for…
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The amount of keywords that show up in a given paragraph. The idea in SEO is not put too many…
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JavaScript is a programming language (commonly paired with JQuery) to add effects to pages. After implementing HTML and CSS, JavaScript…
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Internal linking is used as to structure the flow of your website. Including links within your web page to direct…
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Image alternative text. This is a brief description that is included with an image on a web page. Just in…
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HTTP stands for (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) and displays your web pages. HTTPS stands for (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) and displays…
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Hypertext Markup Language is the standard language for creating web pages. HTML is the shell of any webpage created without…
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Writing a blog or article for another person’s site, in which case, they will share a link to your website…
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Google algorithm is always changing and improving the search results. Google main goal is to provide you the best result…
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A tool made by Google that shows you how many people are searching for a specific term or keyword. This…
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Google My Business is your free claimed location within Google Maps and search. It is extremely important to improving your…
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Google Analytics is a free tool used for tracking visitors on your site from demographics, geography, referrals, and more. This…
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Duplicate content is the same text on another page of your site. Google and other search engines want unique content…
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Domain Authority is the ranking of your site on a scale of 1-100 based on its overall trustworthiness (which is…
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The ratio of viewers who click on a link to your website compared to the total number viewers of a…
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Cascading Styling Sheets is a programming language that is used for adding style to pages. This could include colors for…
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Every search engine, including Google, crawls and indexes your website content for inclusion into their search results. The bot is…
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Cost per click advertising is a service that will show an ad catered for your company based on the amount…
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Content marketing is the practice of building original content and how you go about promoting that content, i.e. guest posts,…
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Competitive analysis is analyzing your direct competitors SEO strategy via various tools to see things like where they may be…
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The practice of building up your online reputation and possibly links by going through various blogs, leaving meaningful comments along…
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Blackhat SEO is the process of tricking or manipulating your search results through strategies, techniques, and tactics that focus on…
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Anchor text is a keyword that has your site URL embedded inside of it so, when clicked, will direct someone…
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An SEO-friendly URL is a web address that is easily readable by search engines and uses keywords to describe the…
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An SEO audit is a full on-page review of your website to determine its search engine friendliness in a number…
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A link located on a site that will take a viewer to another site when clicked. This differs from an…
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The is the same thing as a backlink. It is your URL on someone else’s site that, when clicked, will…
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A computer system that handles HTTP requests. This is when you type in any website and the website pops up…
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The address of any web page. When you go into your browser (Chrome, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.) and you look…
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A sitemap is a document that lists all the pages for your website on it. When the programs or “bots”…
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Imagine a blog post but a lot longer. Blog posts tend to be somewhere around 500-600 words but with a…
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A page title is the name of the page that will tell search engines what the page is about. For…
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A long-tail keyword is a phrase that contains at least 3 words to describe your website content.
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A single page built for advertising and marketing campaigns. When an “Ad” link is clicked in a search console, a…
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A Google Penalty is the negative impact on a website’s search rankings based on updates the latest changes to Google’s…
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A domain is the name of the page that has to be bought. For example: google.com. Once upon a time,…
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A disavow is a backlink you don not want Google to take into account toward your backlink profile. Low ranking…
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A directory on the web is a list of sites based on categories. https://www.tagteamdesign.com would show up under web services…
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The number of visitors to your site that complete a given goal. A high percentage is indicative of visitors overall…
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Contextual links are external websites within the main or primary content of a web page. They are not links that…
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This is used to tell search engines that specific URL’s may be the same page from a different folder or…
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A call to action is a piece of content that has the intention of getting a viewer to perform a…
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The answer to this question really depends on who you ask. If you Google this question, you’ll get tons of…
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When someone clicks on a link back to your site from another site outside of search engine results.
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A reciprocal link is when a site will include your URL link on their page of you put their link…
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Organic rankings are listings on search engine results pages that appear because of their relevance to the searched key terms….
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This is a title and description of a page. Generally, these are contained in the top of an HTML document…
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A summary of a page that shows up in the results of a search engine. Whenever you’ve googled something, there…
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These are used to display the headline text within the content of your page. You can use the tags <h1>…
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A dofollow link is any link that a crawler bot is able to follow. A nofollow is the opposite. How…
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A backlink is your URL (i.e. http://www.myhomepage.com) that shows up on other people’s’ sites. Backlinks are hyperlinks on other sites…
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A 404 error is a page on your website that can no longer be found. Making sure these errors are…
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301 redirects are used to forward 404 errors or old pages that have been indexed to the new web page….
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It is a good idea to promote on social media being that it provides new opportunities to reach a wider…
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This is always a good idea to consider being that SEO can be very time-consuming. If you run a company…
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Google has made it very well known that having a secured site is certainly going to affect rankings. This is…
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There can be benefits to advertising on social media and that is something you would want to determine by doing…
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Unfortunately, this is a loaded questions and boils down to one question. What are you trying to accomplish with your…
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Not necessarily, but your effort always has an either positive or negative effect on the outcome. The problem with SEO…
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Most likely they have some off-site SEO improvements if they are ranking on the top pages of Google. If they…
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Local SEO is very important when traffic and/or sales are dependent on a certain location. Fox example, if I have…
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Yes! If you aren’t mobile friendly you are losing a large market of visitors. This should be strongly considered in…
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Choose a Platform When it comes to choosing a way to create your website there are many options. Mainly, it…
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Choose the Right Keywords For those starting out, the best option here is to research keywords and go with ones…
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Sign Up for an SEO Tool Go get started, you’re going to want to get an SEO tool for research….
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Opt For a Dedicated Server It may seem easier at first to purchase a shared server when you’re creating your…
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Keyword Research The first step of on-site SEO optimization is figuring out what your keywords are going to be. You…
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H1 Tag For Each Page Make sure to have an H1 tag with your keyword at the top of each…
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Broken Link Building Method This a common strategy used in SEO. This consists of searching for broken links on pages…
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Get a Domain Name There are many places out there to buy a domain name. A few of the more…
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Check WHOIS If you haven’t heard of WHOIS, then to give you quick insight, it is is used to query…
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Look Up Industry Trends When trying to create content, the first thing to do is look up what’s trending in…
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You should separate words using a hyphens or underscores in the URL.
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At its heart, SEO is PR. This is just another part of your movement to build up your brand recognition…
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Depending on what site you want to advertise on the price differs. The biggest advertising platform is Google Adwords which…
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This depends on the competitiveness of the keyword your trying to rank for. On average, it can take 3-6 months…
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On average, it can take 3-6 months to see results for a specific keyword. Your keyword difficulty and competitiveness will…
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Off-page SEO is an ongoing process. It also takes time for Google to index your new backlinks and build up…
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To get ranked on Google, you need to first submit your website for inclusion to be indexed. Set up an…
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There are a lot of tools available for keyword research but the most accurate and most powerful is Google’s free…
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Keyword research can be done in a few ways with different tools. Google trends and Google Adwords are a good…
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There are a number of tools that can assist with keyword research but the best tool is the Ad Planner…
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You can make your site secure by purchasing an SSL certificate (Yearly) or by using Cloudflare’s free flexible certificate.
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Although SEO is fairly time consuming, the best way I’ve found to think about it as being a worthwhile use…
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There are many ways you can achieve a backlink to your website including directories, blog comments, paid links, advertising, Web…
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Of course you can. First, study up and figure out what your approach is going to be. From there, keep…
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Tools we like to use are Google Analytics, Google Search Console and Ahrefs.
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Yes! Google has hinted that it gives websites a little boost when they are using SSL. As the internet continues…
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Not all backlinks are going to be industry specific but you would like to make as many links as possible…
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Definitely. SEO was made for companies that work hard and are willing to grind to increase their visibility. Don’t get…
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