Traditional, physical retailers are great at customer service. They can focus on the specific needs of a handful of shoppers at a time, answering their questions and providing bespoke recommendations until browsers are ready to buy. On the other hand, e-commerce stores have a much broader reach than their brick-and-mortar peers. There’s basically no limit…
Update or delete? Cleaning up old content on your site
Sometimes, content on your website becomes irrelevant or out of date, and you need to decide whether to update it or delete it. It’s part of your regular content maintenance activities. There are several ways to go about this and this article helps you decide what’s the best solution for your old content! Update old…
Why You Should Use Early Bird Registration for Your Next Event
A few years ago on Thanksgiving, my entire family flew to my sister’s house, except for me. I couldn’t afford the plane ticket, so I stayed home. When I looked at their pictures on Facebook, I was upset that I missed out on the trip. That concept is called the fear of missing out (FOMO)….
8 Must-Know Microsoft Ads Tips to Get More Clicks and Conversions
With more than 7.3 billion monthly PC searches in the United States, there’s a good chance that your potential customers are on Bing. Although Bing doesn’t get as much recognition as Google, it still ranks as one of the world’s top search engines. In fact, one study shows that Bing has the highest conversion rate…
25 Review Sites to Get More Reviews for Your Business
What’s in a review? A lot, it turns out. Reviews aren’t just about finding out what consumers think you’re doing right or where you can improve. They’re a highly useful marketing tool for drawing traffic, generating leads, and making conversions. Let me show you why you should be scoping out reviews for your business. Why…
The ultimate guide to robots.txt
The robots.txt file is one of the main ways of telling a search engine where it can and can’t go on your website. All major search engines support the basic functionality it offers, but some of them respond to some extra rules which can be useful too. This guide covers all the ways to use…
Seed Audiences: the Most Practical Way to Make Blogging Work for a Local Business
For most business owners and others who try it, blogging is a frustration factory. The way they go about it, it’s a time gobbler, a grind, and a disappointment until they give up – 47 blog posts and 0 new links, 0 visitors, and 0 customers later. What’s wrong with the way small / local…
Featured Snippets Drop to Historic Lows
Posted by Dr-Pete On February 19, MozCast measured a dramatic drop (40% day-over-day) in SERPs with Featured Snippets, with no immediate signs of recovery. Here’s a two-week view (February 10-23): Here’s a 60-day view, highlighting this historic low-point in our 10K-keyword data set: I could take the graph back further, but let’s cut to the…