Posts in SEO
‘Mutually Beneficial’ Outbound Links

As a digital marketing practice, mutually beneficial outbound links can benefit everyone involved.

In SEO, it is important to make sure your information and content have a foundation of inaccurate information. One way to do this is to link your sources as ‘outbound’ links in your text. Not only is this a good way to show Google you are using quality information, but it is also a great way to build a linking network and find people who will promote your work for you.

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SEO Horror Stories

Halloween has come and gone, but these SEO horror stories are nonetheless scary.

If you are familiar with the world of SEO, then you know that things do not always go to plan, and when they go wrong… it can be disastrous. The thing is, there are plenty of resources online on how to correctly approach SEO, and what you should do, which is great! But there are not all that many resources showing the dark side of SEO, and how it can go wrong.

The sad thing is that most of the time, these SEO malpractices are not purposeful. Rather, they are often the result of people optimizing their websites poorly without actually realizing they are making a mistake (or doing something they can get penalized for). Here are some textbook examples of how not to approach SEO.

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Squarespace Appointment Scheduling

Squarespace recently announced its first major industry move with the purchase of Acuity Scheduling. Acuity is an appointment scheduling system for businesses to automate and manage leads and meetings online.

Squarespace was looking into releasing their own software, but they already had a partnership with Acuity. They decided to purchase the company and fully integrate their services into Squarespace’s hub.

If you have not already integrated an appointment scheduling system for your business, now is the time, especially with how easy Squarespace has now made it.

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Using SEO to Drive Business

As soon as you open your business, you have entered the world of SEO marketing.

Whether you were aware of it or not, search engines have already begun scanning and indexing your company’s and employee’s digital properties to see how well they should rank.

Similar to any other form of marketing, SEO, also known as search engine optimization, can be enhanced over time. While every business is unique, there are overlapping SEO strategies that can provide better results in your online marketing leading to faster business growth and brand recognition.

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How to Build a Link Circle for SEO

SEO is a common factor that separates good websites from great ones. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the process of driving traffic to your website organically by creating a website with proper strategies that work with algorithms used by search engines, such as Google.

A very common tactic involved in SEO is link building. There are many different types of ways that links can be used to boost traffic to your website. One of these ways is called a link circle. 

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