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Optimize Speed and win the SEO “Fight”

When you think of SEO you probably think about conducting keyword research, creating engaging content, and building links. However, speed optimization is equally as important, although it’s often overlooked. This is probably because this factor was only applied to desktop searches until recently. Recently, Google has changed all this with the announcement that speed will …

Watch out for These 6 Types of Negative SEO

Negative SEO is a daunting threat because unfortunately it’s easy for your competition to ruin your ranking today. Understanding how this is defined will help you gain a better understanding of how your competition can hurt you. Essentially this is a set of off-page activities that will lower your rankings in the SERPs. Sometimes hacking …

Page Speed, an Essential Ranking Factor in 2018

In 2017, Google announced that website speed will be one of the most important ranking factors in its mobile-first index, as more than 50% of searches are now done through mobile devices. Obviously, webmasters had to adapt to this, making their websites as fast and accessible as possible. Or, if you prefer, put some serious …

How Can Local SEO Fire Up Your Link Building Campaign

One of the most important parts of an SEO campaign is building backlinks, as they play an essential role in improving a website’s rankings. However, when you’re optimizing for a local business, the process is a bit different… Generally speaking, link building consists in obtaining backlinks from high authoritative domains. As many as possible, that …