San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, and is situated within the San Francisco Bay Area. After rapid growth in the mid-20th century, San Jose has now come to be well known for its affluence and high cost of living. It has been reported that San Jose is one of the […]
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A couple of weeks ago a reader emailed me with a question about creating a Google Site that her colleagues could comment on. She wanted to have a section in her site that had tips and news for colleagues who could then ask her questions about those tips. The old version of Google Sites had
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Working with local businesses already requires a great deal of very specific local SEO skills, but when it comes to Service Area Businesses (i.e. businesses that work in a service area and visit you at your home rather than a working from a physical location) things get even more specific. Service Area Businesses, such as
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Google’s team of webmaster trends analysts discuss the intricacies of nofollow links in the first episode of the company’s new podcast. The podcast brings together Google’s John Mueller, Martin Splitt, and Gary Illyes to discuss topics related to search and share information about upcoming projects. In episode one of ‘Search Off the Record,’ Google reveals
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Creating an ebook can be a pain, especially when you’re not a designer. From thinking about the content, typography, color scheme, and layouts, you may end up overwhelmed.
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Site owners may need to get permission from Instagram users before embedding their posts on a web page, according to a company statement. Newsweek is currently being sued for copyright infringement by a photographer who’s Instagram post was embedded on their site without express permission. The decisions made in this case could have long lasting
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A new executive order from President Trump may affect every blog, recipe site, review site, eCommerce site, and online forum that publishes user-generated content. The executive order specifically mentions Facebook and Twitter. But the scope of the order includes all websites that publish user-generated content that is moderated. According to the text published by the
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Great Ways to Increase Your Site’s Organic Traffic A major challenge for any business today is to make sure that when a potential customer or client is looking for the products or services that you provide, that they do not end up ultimately finding a competitor. When it comes to organic traffic, SEO is the
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Due to the COVID-19 outbreak, many organizations and groups are publishing important coronavirus-related announcements that affect our everyday lives. In response, we’re introducing a new way for these special announcements to be highlighted on Google Search. Sites can add SpecialAnnouncement structured data to their web pages or submit a COVID-19 announcement in Search Console. At
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E-commerce businesses are run almost entirely, if not exclusively, online and getting traffic to their sites is crucial for success. You can’t make any sales if your customers can’t even find you on the Internet. Most e-commerce businesses are familiar with the basics of search engine optimization (SEO) best practices like adding meta descriptions to
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