by Proceed Innovative | Jul 17, 2019 | Blog, SEO
As many businesses know, being found online takes more than just building a website. Your website must be properly optimized so that it will be crawled by search engines like Google and rank well in the search engine results pages (SERPs). To get your website properly optimized, you must implement a multi-faceted search engine optimization (SEO) strategy that includes content creation, title tags and meta descriptions, internal links, and maximizing site speed to name a few. With so many details that go into good SEO strategies, it is important to regularly keep track of your efforts and realize which strategies are working better than others. If one particular strategy is not working, it can have an impact on your rankings in the SERPs which will ultimately hurt your ROI. The best way to check the SEO performance of your website is to do an SEO audit. It is recommended to do an SEO audit of your website at least once per year to ensure your website is performing to meet your marketing goals. What is an SEO Audit? An SEO audit is an evaluation of the performance of your website in the SERPs. The audit should take several things into account such as website content, page titles and meta descriptions, H1 and H2 tags, internal links, and load speed. When these different areas are performing well, your website is more search engine friendly and likely to have better rankings. Why are SEO Audits Important? The SEO industry is constantly evolving as Google updates its ranking algorithm each year. This means that certain SEO strategies that worked one year may...
by Proceed Innovative | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog, SEO
The purpose of good search engine optimization (SEO) is to improve the rankings and visibility of your website to attract more traffic through search. This can be done in so many ways as there is no shortage of SEO strategies that can help drive traffic to your website and improve your visibility in the search engine results pages (SERPs). However, not all SEO strategies are legit. There are some tactics out there that can help you at least temporarily achieve better visibility and more traffic by bending or even breaking Google’s rules and best practices. These illegitimate SEO practices are known as black hat SEO tactics. Black hat SEO strategies are designed purely to boost rankings and generate more search traffic while skirting the rules of Google. These tactics are considered to be unethical and while they may bring temporary success, it is only a matter of time before Google catches on and either penalizes or bans your website. A penalty or ban from Google will immediately ruin the rankings of your website and make it very difficult to recover. It is best to avoid black hat SEO strategies, but for those who are not well-versed in SEO, it may be difficult to determine which strategies fall under black hat SEO and which strategies are legitimate white hat SEO tactics. One way to avoid black hat SEO is to work with a trusted digital marketing agency like Proceed Innovative that engages in white hat SEO that follows the rules and best practices of Google. However, not all digital marketing agencies stick to strictly white hat tactics, making it important...
by Proceed Innovative | May 14, 2019 | Blog, SEO, Web Design
Your company’s website is often what introduces your potential customers to your brand and your products or services. When people need a particular product or service, they will get on Google, usually from a mobile device, and search for the product or service, visiting the first several websites that appear in the search engine results pages (SERPs). This makes it important for your website to deliver on several fronts: rank on the first page of Google; have a modern design, fast loading time, high usability, and most importantly, mobile responsiveness. If your company’s website has an outdated design in appearance and/ or functionality, you should consider updating the website design. Users will bounce from a website quickly if the navigation is confusing, if it loads slowly, or if it does not display properly on mobile devices. Having a smooth, functional website design is crucial for retaining organic traffic that comes in through searches for your products and services. When updating the design of your website, you need to plan the design with search engine optimization (SEO) principles in mind. Redesigning your website is much more than a cosmetic undertaking, the changes you make to your website must be SEO friendly to retain or improve your rankings in the SERPs. Implementing changes in the design and functionality of your website can undo the progress your website has made from an SEO standpoint. Your website has been crawled and indexed by Google to appear in the SERPs and if you make changes to the design of your website that override the infrastructure, internal links, or content, this could hurt your SEO...
by Proceed Innovative | May 9, 2019 | Blog, SEO
Branding is important because it helps you build a unique identity. Your “brand” is your reputation and the stronger your brand, the more long-term success you should endure. Poor branding makes a company forgettable, even if they are good at what they do. Having a brand strategy helps guide your business by keeping you consistent. The end result of strong branding is the difference between millions of people spending $200 for basketball shoes that cost $16 and struggling to sell $30 shoes. Learn To Create Digital Presence Next is keyword research and SEO, without it, no one will find your site. To put it simply, the websites that are listed first are the ones that the search engines trust the most. It boosts their brand when they give people what they are looking for quickly. If you rank high for something, not only will you get traffic, but people will trust you, because Google trusts you. You need to pick the low hanging fruit that gets a lot of traffic with the buyer’s intent, not research intent. If you work with an SEO agency, their aim should be to get you to rank high for buyer keywords with a high volume and low competition, not just research phrases that have a high volume. Best, top, cheapest, etc. have the buyer’s intent. It’s good to rank for both, but buyer keywords should be your goal. Determine what you want to offer and how to offer it better than anyone else can. You will rank higher and get more returning visitors with a current theme that’s mobile-optimized since 58% of...
by Proceed Innovative | Feb 26, 2019 | Blog, SEO
The organic and mobile search market data for quarter 4 of 2018 reaffirms what digital marketers have been preaching for the last several years. Effective search engine optimization (SEO) strategies, especially strategies that involve mobile friendly SEO and mobile responsive web designs, are of paramount importance for driving more traffic to your website. The number of online searches done on mobile devices has grown each year since it surpassed desktop searches in October of 2016 and Google continues to account for the largest share of overall organic and mobile searches by far. In Merkle’s Digital Marketing Report for Q4 2018, the data shows that Google accounted for 93 percent of all organic searches in the U.S. and 96 percent of all organic mobile searches. Both figures are an increase from Q4 of 2017. With such a high share of internet users turning to Google for their searches, especially on mobile devices, it is important for businesses and digital marketers to focus on optimizing their website for Google’s search engine results pages (SERPs) and ensuring that it is mobile friendly. If your website is not optimized for mobile search, you will quickly be left behind. In this guide, we will cover the importance of optimizing your website for organic search, especially for mobile devices. Your website needs to be well optimized and have a mobile responsive web design so that it displays properly for the growing number of users doing online searches on their mobile devices. If your website is not optimized for mobile searches, you can enlist the help of a digital marketing agency like Proceed Innovative and their...
by Proceed Innovative | Jan 14, 2019 | Blog, Content Marketing, SEO
With so many people searching online for all types of businesses, from restaurants to auto mechanics, it is very important for businesses to invest in search engine optimization (SEO) to ensure that they can be found online. Shockingly, many businesses will invest in several digital platforms to promote their business and drive traffic, but SEO is not an area where most businesses choose to invest. A recent survey from Clutch found that only 44% of businesses invest in SEO, but more than 70 percent of businesses invest in digital marketing through social media (81%), website promotion (78%), and email marketing (69%). Every bit of digital content created by a business, including blogs, web pages, and social media posts, can benefit greatly from effective SEO. Search engines like Google rank every bit of digital content and if your content is not properly optimized, it will not rank very well. When businesses invest in SEO, they can greatly improve the performance and ROI of their social media marketing and website promotion. A solid SEO strategy is built upon quality SEO content writing. Search engines have gotten much better at identifying quality, user-focused content and it is this type of content that gets the highest rankings. As you form the SEO marketing plan for your company for 2019, you must emphasize the importance of content marketing and focus on creating quality content for your audience. Creating quality, user-focused content across all of your digital channels, including your website, blog, and social media profiles, will help you rank higher and drive more traffic for an improved ROI. The following are tips to help...
