Keywords

Shawn Reilly And Political SEO
01Apr
By Case Studies, Client Sites, Cloudflare And SEO, Domain Rank, Featured, Keywords, Link building, Louisville SEO, Organic search, Political SEO, SEO, Strategy, Technical SEO, WordPress 0

Political SEO Case Study: Louisville Metro Council Website

Highlands Campaign Site A site that I was lucky to work on during this 2020 election was that of Shawn Reilly, a candidate for Louisville Metro Council District 8.   The site is aesthetically pleasing, the candidate picked out a good template for that.  The template does incorporate some oddities in its coding and utilizes […]
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Finding The Question Is The SEO Keyword
10Jan
By Client Sites, Domain Rank, Featured, Good SEO Practices, Google Search Console, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, Local SEO, Louisville SEO, Offsite, Organic search, Uncategorized , , , , ,

Picking The Best Keywords For Your Site

What is the best burger in town?  Thats your keyword, not your burger brand. Keywords For Google Ranking SEO efforts always start out with the simplest goal.  Every web site wants to rank for their name.  UltimateSEO.org for instance, most people would say how does it rank for Ultimate SEO?  But thats honestly not of any value, […]
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keywords for seo sem smo smm
24Dec
By Featured, Good SEO Practices, Keywords, Local SEO, Organic search, PPC - Adwords, SEM, SEO, SEO Guide, SEO Services, Seo Strategy, SEO Trends, SMM, SMO, Social Media, Strategy, Technical SEO, Ultimate SEO, Web Design, Web Development , , ,

What is SEO? SEM SMM and even SMO

Each of these four domains of knowledge are collectively Digital Marketing.  Digital Marketing is the promotion of online content to targeted audiences. Search Engine Optimization or SEO SEO is the oldest domain of Digital Marketing.  Don’t be fooled though by the length of time this has been around.  SEO is fluid and often changes making […]
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SEO Keywords
28Oct
By Anchor Text, Backlinks, General, Good SEO Practices, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, Local SEO, Matthew Leffler, My Opinion, Political SEO, Ranking, SEO, Seo Strategy, Strategy , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Ranking Keywords That People Search

Branded And Unbranded Keywords: Not Equal SEO Value This is a short discussion on keywords.  If you have read previous articles here you already know that I consider On Page SEO one of the least important factors in ranking yet one of the most obsessed over among the masses. In On Page SEO Just Doesn’t Rank […]
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Header Tags, H1, H2, H3
16Jul
By Audits, Good SEO Practices, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, My Opinion, Organic search, Ranking, SEO, SEO Audit, SEO Guide, SEO Trends , , , , ,

H1 Tag More Than One On A Page, Order Of Header Tags

Keywords In Headers – How Your H1 H2 Tags Are SEO Keywords Too often people mistake the real value of the H1 and H2 headers when designing a website.  Not only do they come with big or bolder text but used correctly they provide the natural place to put your page’s keywords and thats where […]
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SEO At A Glance
26Jun
By Anchor Text, Backlinks, Domain Authority, General, Good SEO Practices, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, Link building, Louisville SEO, Referring Domains, SEO, SEO Guide, Seo Strategy, Strategy, Ultimate SEO, Uncategorized, Web Design , , , , , , , , ,

Search Engine Ranking: Website Ranking Keywords Backlinks And All

In several previous articles we’ve covered: Domain Auditing, Page Speed And SEO, Backlinks and even some less than white hat techniques such as Private Blog Networks, Guest Posts and more.  All of these are cogs in the greater overall machine which is Search Engine Optimization or SEO.  To you and any other website owner it […]
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24May
By Audits, Backlinks, Client Sites, Domain Authority, Domain Rank, Featured, General, Good SEO Practices, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, News, Offsite, Organic search, Ranking, SEO, Strategy , , ,

Hiring An SEO? Hear From Google What SEOs Do

This Google video “How to hire an SEO” isn’t new but it’s to the point and vital to setting expectations.  I encourage both SEOs and clients to watch this video and learn what Google says you should look for in an SEO. How to hire an SEO [embedded content] Transcript hi I’m Maile Ohye and I work with Google search I like to share advice to help you hire a useful SEO and prevent hiring a bad SEO one who you might pay a lot of money without positive results or even worse one who implements shady practices
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seo visualized site
12Mar
By Audits, Data, Featured, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, My Opinion, Organic search, Ranking, SEO Audit, SEO Tools, Strategy , , , , ,

SEO Site Auditing With SEOprofiler Reports Part 1

What makes the difference between a paid subscription report or a free SEO audit from a website crawl?  Nothing ... they both need human interpretation which is where an audit includes critical thinking and problem solving.. Audits Are Essential First Steps To Any SEO Campaign Where are we going and why are we in this hand basket?  I like data, I've never been detail oriented but I think my years on a help desk taught me how to efficiently step back consider all the facts and determine what the simplest answer to a problem is ... ( turn it off and
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Top SEO Ranking Signals
07Feb
By Analytics, Backlinks, Case Studies, Data, Keywords, News, Organic search, Ranking, SEO, SEO Visualization, Social Media, Strategy , , , , ,

How To Rank Your Site On Google…Forget the Keywords

How To Rank Your Site On Google...Forget the Keywords Well don't totally forget the keywords but I think if you spend more than 5 minutes on keywords you're going to be pretty surprised by some purported data I stumbled across.  As you likely know Google uses about 200 factors in determining your sites ranking.  I personally have place a lot of emphasis on speed and backlinks and while I have thought it was important I must admit I didn't give the social media factor as much attention as I should. The first big thing to not is that 10.3% of
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SEO Tools You Need
30Jan
By Analytics, Audits, Backlinks, Featured, Google Ads, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, My Opinion, Organic search, PPC - Adwords, Ranking, SEO, SEO Tools, SEO Visualization, Strategy , , , , , ,

52 Mostly Free SEO Tools I Actually Use

Free SEO Tools I Actually Use This is a list of resources available through external sites and YES I actually use 98% of them.  I have not received anything from any of these sites and these site links are not affiliate links …. this is simply a list of SEO Tools mostly free that do […]
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multiple domains
15Jan
By Audits, Backlinks, Case Studies, Domain Authority, Featured, Good SEO Practices, Keywords, Migration, Ranking, Redirect, SEO, Seo Strategy, Strategy , , , , , , , , , ,

Multi-Domain Strategy In SEO … Risky But Lets Have Some Risk

Multi-Domain Strategy In SEO So I feel like its everyone's dream to be a media conglomerate, why buy one newspaper when you can buy 100s?  Well, SEO and the internet are one big community...so in the analogy ... why build multiple newspapers in the same city?  No one would do that and it's about the same with the internet or at least it should be...but everyone wants to have multiple top ranking domains. Real Life Examples Of Multiple Domains There is only two ways this could work out... Your brand is merging with another equally powerful and recognized brand
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07Jan
By Keywords, Political SEO, Ranking, SEO Tools, Strategy, Web Development , ,

Keyword Tools: List of SEO/PPC Tools

Keywords And Finding Topics That Your Client's Is Interested In Wordtracker is a tool offered by a company that provides 12 free searches.  I'm not super sold on its grand ability, it took the phrase IT Managed Services and tied into it "movie star planet", "management definition" and "managed service provider", among others.  My concern is that management definition as a keyword is of no use or value to an IT Managed Services company.  The next two terms are so broad all the industries out there will be searching similar words and your chances of paying for a false positive
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17Dec
By Audits, Backlinks, Featured, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, Organic search, Ranking, SEO, SEO Trends , , , , ,

SEO: How long does it take to rank #1 on Google?

It Takes About 3 Months To 6 Months To Rank #1 On Google In the world of politics everything seems to be able the last week of an election, after that its over.  In the business world you have to keep going after a certain defined date to remain in business.  Political SEO requires keeping in mind the business world because in Google ranking they are your biggest competitors and the other candidate is likely just as I was talking with a politico kind of friend in the last two days about the need in getting in contact with any
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keyword ranking
30Nov
By Case Studies, Data, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, Organic search, Ranking, SEO , , , , , , , , ,

Should You Go After That Keyword

Determining When You Have A Chance At A Keyword So as I was reading for fun I stunbled across an often cited and well referenced Neil Patel article.  So this isn’t my work but I wanted to share the excerpt from his much bigger article on how long it takes to rank. 6. Decide which keywords you should win before building out content based on those keywords. Some content marketers set out to win ranking for a given keyword, without doing their due diligence on that keyword. This can be a mistake. Why? According to our data, websites that sought
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Political SEO
06Nov
By Analytics, Backlinks, Keywords, Political SEO, Ranking, Strategy , , , , , , ,

What To Do With Your Political Site After The Election

Its something farthest from your mind, I’m sure.  If you’re working for a political campaign you’re pushing forward and the next 5 weeks are all out war ahead.  What to do with your campaign site after the election?  Heck I suspect some of you are just now getting around to your website, or many feel it hasn’t helped in the past so no need to worry.  You’d be wrong if you fall into either of those mindsets, if you’re the diligent one you’ll find the rewards are like a garden. I started renting a house in my hometown after returning
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12Aug
By Keywords, Matthew Leffler, Political SEO, Ranking, Strategy , , ,

SEO: How long does it take to rank #1 on Google?

SEO: How long does it take to rank #1 on Google? It Takes About 3 Months To 6 Months To Rank #1 On Google In the world of politics everything seems to be able the last week of an election, after that its over.  In the business world you have to keep going after a […]
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Big Data
18Jul
By Client Sites, Featured, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, Organic search, Ranking, Strategy , ,

When Keyword Ranking Requires A Pass

  When Keyword Ranking Requires A Pass Keyword Ranking is ultimately the goal of every SEO and Adword campaign.  I was invited to an Upwork project this past week, I always like being invited and generally I try to make the project work. Someone out there noticed my efforts and wants to hear from me.  It is unfortunate though when I feel I have no other choice but to decline the invite and not submit a winning contract. A new site was seeking proposals for ranking at the top of search results using only organic search. I love a challenge
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On Page Ranking Factors in SEO
21Jun
By Anchor Text, Audits, Cloud, Cloud502, Data, Good SEO Practices, Keyword Ranking, Keywords, Matthew Leffler, My Opinion, Offsite, Organic search, Ranking, SEO, SEO Guide, Strategy, Syndicated News, Web Design , , , , , , , ,

Importance of On-Page Ranking Factors

source: moz.com The way your page is optimized can have a huge impact on its ability to rank. What are On-Page Ranking Factors? On-page ranking factors can have a big impact on your page’s ability to rank if optimized properly. The biggest on-page factors that affect search engine rankings are: Content of Page The content of a page is what makes it worthy of a search result position. It is what the user came to see and is thus extremely important to the search engines. As such, it is important to create good content. So what is good content? From
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