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Worried about keeping up with Google’s algorithm and its occasional changes? First off, don’t be. (Or, don’t really be.) Google recently had a significant core update that’s worth dissecting, but in the end it’s mostly a good excuse to discuss A) Google’s priorities and B) how they affect you. This change should not mean an overhaul of your content strategies — unless said strategies needed overhauling anyway — but Google shows they’re continuing to place increasing significance on content integrity and quality. Here’s what we know: What is this “Google […]
Sometimes when working with SEO, you feel like you’ve hit a ceiling. Every factor that goes into a high-performing site seems to be accounted for. So, what should you tackle when you feel like you’ve done it all? Audit, audit, audit When it feels like you’ve done all you can do, auditing is the first step to figure out what isn’t actually functioning as well as it could. There are many different programs that can help here; one, Screaming Frog, can alert you to missing or duplicate title tags and […]
The following is a collection of tips from the Fujisan Marketing SEO experts. They cover a range of SEO challenges and common e-commerce site problems along with our solutions and advice on how to create the best organic results. So, without further ado: Prioritize Mobile Or, at least, don’t neglect mobile. The fact is, while many companies devote more energy to and typically approach their site from the perspective of a desktop user, 57% of traffic comes from mobile or tablet users. If you’re primarily focusing on your site’s utility […]
So, now you know the what and why of link building (or, if you don’t, check it out in our part one article here), but what about the how? In case that last line wasn’t obvious enough, that’s what we’re going to talk about right… wait for it… now. Types of links and what they mean Before we dive into the tactics of link building, let’s review the different link types and how search engines treat them. These link types are called link attributes, and they’re a way of qualifying […]
Whether you use it or don’t, love it or hate it, voice assistants and their search capabilities are here to stay. In fact, not only are they here to stay, but they’re continually taking up a greater role in our lives. With this in mind, marketers are wise to keep an eye on voice search and how it affects digital marketing. Here’s some thoughts on tackling this challenge proactively: Voice Search Basics Voice search is based on speech recognition technology, which works by taking phonemes and translating them into letters. […]
Well hello, and welcome back to the third and final part of our series on Fujisan’s SEO auditing process. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading parts one and two for a crash course on the benefits of SEO auditing and a rundown of our on-site audit process. After an on-site audit, we conduct an audit of the technical aspects of your site plus one for off-site factors. Here’s how those work: Technical Audit Indexing Part of the technical audit is checking externally related indexing factors like crawl errors and […]
For a business in the 21st century, a well-functioning website is the foundation of your public visibility. In order to optimize your website’s standing, it’s important to make sure its different components are optimized themselves. At Fujisan, that’s where we want to help. An on-site audit is a simple way to improve your website’s functionality, visibility, and discoverability online. Here’s what we check for: Title Tags Title tags are the heading for your page’s Google search result listing. When auditing title tags, we look for missing or duplicate tags, tags […]
If you run a business in 2019, you almost certainly — get ready for a bold statement — have a website. Going out on a limb, we know. But a website isn’t free. You have to pay for the domain, pay a designer to design it, pay a copywriter to write it, and pay a web developer to keep it going. You have to pay with your own time and energy coordinating and collaborating with everyone involved. So, with all the time and money you spend on your site, surely […]
If you run a business, whether you like it or not, Google plays a significant part in your success. The good news is that you have a choice — whether to take a passive role or to take advantage of Google’s role in the modern economy. Enter Google My Business. Before we get into how and why to use Google My Business, here’s a brief explanation of just what the heck it is. In essence, Google My Business (or GMB for short) is a Google feature that shows online users’ […]
This is the second half of a two-part series on using YouTube to build your brand and business. Here we review how to optimize your video content and then how to report on and measure your video content performance. If you haven’t already, we recommend reading part one. Optimizing Your Video Content Assuming you’ve read the first part of this series, you now know how YouTube-based content boosts your search engine positioning and domain authority, plus the factors in which YouTube videos are ranked. We have identified the four main […]
