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Super Bowl XLIX Advertising Insight: Papa John’s Needs an SEO Firm

Bill Hartzer

While looking at the Alexa What’s Hot page this afternoon to see what everyone on the web is viewing right now, I noticed something interesting: the entry for Papa John’s home page includes an index.html file in the URL. There is absolutely no reason that one should ever see index.html show up in a URL. I could only guess.

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Search Engine Optimization: 10 Search Engine Ranking Problems

Bill Hartzer

We all know that google frowns upon and technique that attempts to artificially increase rankings, so here it is vitally important when engaging in link building that you continually check analytics to notice traffic declines. All web sites have a home page, www.domain.com and a www.domain.com/index.html. Unclean URLs.

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25 Important Search Engine Optimization Mistakes to Fix Right Now

Bill Hartzer

Your web site’s real home page is at [link] and not at [link] Index.html is actually a duplicate copy: and other web sites don’t link to [link] they will link to [link] (without the index.html). Don’t just rely on your web site stats if you are using a JavaScript-based web analytics package.

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How to Get Verified on Pinterest: A Step-by-Step Guide

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As a bonus, setting up a business account is free and will also give you access to analytics and other important tools that can help you maintain and grow your professional presence on Pinterest. If you don’t already have a business account, you will need to complete this step before you will be able to become verified on Pinterest.

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