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How to Reverse Engineer Your Competitors’ SEO Strategy

Convince & Convert

Indirect: These competitors offer similar products and compete for the same customers but sell goods outside of your niche, too. For example, a supermarket and mobile phone brand are indirect competitors. For example, websites on HTTPS can implement HSTS, which tells search engines your site is secure. Collate Your Research.

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8 Ways To Improve Your Small Business Website

Socialmedia.biz

When looking at two competing businesses a customer is likely to go with the one that has a more professional, engaging, website. Optimize Site For Mobile Viewing: According to Google, there are nearly 28 billion more search queries executed on mobile devices than desktop computers.

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Foursquare Evolves From Gamification To Recommendation – But Why?

SocMed Sean

The combination of location-based check-ins, competition for points and “mayor” titles and the ability to add tips/photos is attractive to mobile-device addicts and business owners, alike. They do have something, though. I even started wondering whether these types of geo-location check-in networks were bad for small business.

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Seven Ways to Increase Your Brand Influence

Webbiquity SMM

Brands compete for the attention of their customers in real-time, across various channels. A 2020s website should act as a hub for all marketing activities, including email marketing, link-building, content marketing, search engine optimization (SEO), mobile marketing, PPC advertising, and much more.

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Did You Hear From Google Yet?

Small Business Mavericks

Recently, Jennifer Slegg of the SEM Post wrote about Google continuing to send more warnings about non-mobile-friendly websites to webmasters. Since one of the ranking factors in their search is being mobile-friendly, that’s what the algorithm is set up to look for. Mobile-Friendly Sites Matter.

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Top 5 Most Popular Streaming Apps: How to Choose the Best One

BeingOptimist

The rise of streaming apps has transformed our televisions, laptops, and mobile devices into the new silver screen. Focus on services that emphasize a user-friendly interface, simple navigation, and a powerful search engine. As we move towards an increasingly digital era, our consumption of entertainment has also shifted.

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Two New Google Developments

Small Business Mavericks

Again, that doesn’t sound like much, but this is a popular feature on Facebook and the fact that Google+ is adding the feature means that they are serious about competing in the social arena. Keep saying that Google+ isn’t competing against Facebook. That’s right, keep saying it. Google’s New Tablet.

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