All too often these days I will read a nice blog post on someone’s site and go to comment on it and see that “comments have been closed”. This is a big SEO mistake. Interactive web-pages are worth more than non. If a person or company’s reason is that they don’t want to take the …
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This week I was looking for a new landscaping company to cut and trim my grass. I went to a couple of their websites and filled out the contact form then clicked “send”. What happened next is why I am writing this blog. The forms (on two different sites) returned an error page which meant …
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The basic theory to using content for search engine optimization is that while writing unique and relevant articles for your blog or back pages, you not only provide information to inquisitive readers, but you also give search engines more of your keywords to latch onto. Writing informative content about your subject matter will automatically fill …
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Over the past 8 years or so I’ve worked with Brad at Olympus web for web design and SEO needs and have never been disappointed. He doesn’t take shortcuts and makes it clear there is no fast/easy way to rank high in search engines…but the patience and money spent are well worth it when you …
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Brad and his team have worked on several projects for me, from SEO and design, to concept development. All throughout the process I have been satisfied with their professionalism and ability. I will continue to use Olympus for all of my internet business needs.
by Brad Taylor The second part of the evolution of website optimization continues. The purpose of this series of articles is to give a basic overview of the changes in universally accepted methods to optimize websites. Just like any industry there are changes and additions as the years go on and we like to keep …
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by Brad Taylor The fundamentals of optimizing your website are always changing. As Google gets bigger and more powerful, they add to and tweak their algorithms. Although many of the desired attributes from ten or fifteen years ago are still applicable to your optimization efforts, many new items have been added. The theme for the …
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Algorithm updates for Google are not a thing of the past and they’re also something that is not new to those that use SEO and other search engine techniques for their websites. Enjoy the benefits that come from being able to understand these updates and what they might mean for the life of your website …
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Learning more about the new and upcoming advances through Google when you’re a webmaster can put you at the top of your game when it comes to holding that first page spot on their search engine. The newest technology that the company has come out with is Google AMP. This is a new way that …
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In April of 2015, Google released their new mobile-friendly ranking algorithm that is completely designed to give a much needed boost to any mobile-friendly pages that are coming up in Google’s mobile search results that are put into the search boxes. This is good news for all of those that are going to be ranking …
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No matter which study you look at, you will see that Google is the most widely used search engine. In one study, Google was reported to be the tool used for over 65% of all searches worldwide. In another study, Google has over 1 billion unique monthly visitors. Still other studies show that less than …
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The latest Google analytic update is a dual update and they are named Panda 4.0 and Payday Loans 2.0. They are both aimed at reducing the amount of spammy content on their search results. Google tends to keep the minute details of their updates secret so SEO watchers are tasked with dissecting the updates after they are rolled …
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