Ever wonder why website marketing companies choose the strategies they implement, or where they go to keep up with the ever-changing scape of SEO? Well, as we’re a website marketing company ourself, we can answer those questions for you!
Here’s our latest update on the articles, resources, and tips that have helped us do our job and that will help you stay up-to-date on why we’re choosing these methods for marketing websites.
Thrive’s super website marketing finds:
An interesting fact that you may not be aware of is that many of our clients’ websites are now commonly getting a quarter to a third of their traffic from users on mobile devices.
Just in the past month Google has begun highlighting websites that they consider “Mobile Friendly” in their mobile search results returned to users searching Google on their mobile devices. As you can imagine, websites highlighted this way are more likely to attract more clicks through the mobile search results listings, so it is now more important than ever to be sure your website is considered by Google to be Mobile Friendly.
2. Google’s My Maps tool now integrated into Google Drive
Google’s My Maps tool for building custom drives, trips and routes on its Maps product is now integrated into Google Drive, which means you can build custom maps just as easily as you can new documents, slideshows and spreadsheets.
3. Yahoo search was used three times more on Firefox 34 than on Firefox 33
With the switch from Google to Yahoo as the default search engine in the Firefox browser, Yahoo is seeing a big search bump. The new report shows that Yahoo search usage jumped from 9.6% to 29.4% in Firefox 34, while Google saw a decline to just over 63%. Firefox has 13.26% of the browser market, compared to Internet Explorer at 58.94% and Google Chrome at 20.57%.
4. The secret to achieving optimized content
Great tips for building high quality, user-centric engaging content to build and maintain and audience. Note especially how to build trust & authority.
5. What are local citations, and why are they so important?
Ever notice the maps that appear at the top of certain Google searches with several local results? These results give local businesses an opportunity to rank on the first page for certain searches, even when national brands are competing for that real estate. Local citations or listings are an important factor in achieving a better local ranking.
Did you find anything fantastic last week?
We’d love to hear what you found that was an insight into how the SEO world works, even if you’re not a website marketing company. Share your finds in the comments below!
If you’ve got any questions about the links or tools we’re sharing and why we find them to be useful in our process, feel free to contact us. We’re more than happy to answer your questions!
