The Austin Editor When you’re working with a client not in your city (or even in your neighborhood), you need an accurate way to emulate a search from their location. You also need to be able to emulate from different devices, languages and countries. The Ad Preview and Diagnosis tool, is part of Google Ads, but Clay Cazier at … Read more
Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start Start —This post is here to entertain and inspire … And it was blatantly stolen from this Reddit thread and my friend /u/W1ZZ4RD.
I usually steer clear of mom-and-pop clients, and I also don’t like to take on clients who are tied to a geographic area, but somehow I’ve fallen into a few of these commercial/residential service provider accounts over the years. And these guys have become the exception to my “rules.” I love working with them, for … Read more
I’ve been using SEO Site Checkup to “check” my clients’ sites—not because I find their automated reports useful but because running a report generates a permanent link with decent domain authority. Check it out: https://seositecheckup.com/ Or, if you’re on a page that isn’t the home page, scroll down to the bottom and look … Read more
What is the biggest grind in the daily life of a professional SEO? Without a doubt: It is cold-emailing hundreds or thousands of sites to ask for a reciprocal link or a guest post. Also known as syndicating your content. No matter how narrow your niche, there is always another website that wants free content about … Read more
I recently updated meta descriptions for a new client’s site and he asked a very good question upon seeing the finished work: Usually in a description I like a CTA with the phone number. What are your thoughts on that? You Want People To Call Your Business, Right? I agree, the meta description needs a … Read more
Here’s an HTTP-to-HTTPs issue I encountered with a site that recently migrated to HTTPs. Should I do anything if both HTTP and HTTPs versions of pages of a site are “live”? Should I 301 redirect the HTTP versions to the HTTPS versions? or is it sufficient to ensure there are no links to the HTTP versions … Read more
Website content is what draws in the web searcher, familiarizes him or her with your brand, and ultimately builds trust. Properly presented, it will also push him or her towards taking the desired action (calling you or filling out a lead form). Today I want to talk about one of the less “fun” parts of … Read more
Need An Audit of Your Business Website? Do you need to build your on-page and off-page SEO strategy from the ground up? Is your business site not driving the phone calls and/or leads you need? Is your site on WordPress? I can help! Use the form below to contact me and let’s talk. Or, … Read more
In preparation for our upcoming trip to Peru, we tackled River Place Trail twice this week. Our friends Erin and Jay first told us about this trail, calling it “The Stairmaster.” Since we’ll be doing some serious mountain hiking in August, we figured River Place would be the perfect place to break in our new … Read more