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With the PPP wrapped up, some would say too soon, I included ... the SBA recently expanded the EIDL loan program by redoing the loan limits math. SBA Loan Limits Increased ... But Not Funded Originally the loan was to provide revenue replacement for 6 months but as COVID19 has dragged on longer than that, SBA extended the loan limits to two years of revenue. This limit has a cap of $500,000 compared to the original cap of $150,000.   The EIDL is a program run directly by SBA, unlike the PPP which had small businesses seeking grants through third party banks. The processing demands of EIDL therefore have to be much greater and it seems to show on the processing times. Ultimate SEO LLC was a recipient of an EIDL loan in 2020 and applied for the increase when it was first announced, three months ago. The process has been frustrating to say the least.   Originally applicants had to respond to an email for the increase. Some three or so months later, I logged into the EIDL loan portal and noticed a button there that allowed me to select a new limit using a slider. I wasn't directed ...
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I received no request to review and no reward for endorsing ...this is an honest opinion of my own. You may ask...why would I want an alternative to GTMetrix.com?  They are referenced everywhere including in this site for their benchmarks.  Well....a funny thing happened over the year ... a competitor that was less popular bought GTMetrix or did something ... and is now the engine of GTMetrix.  Its the same thing as Lighthouse ... sadly no one thought to ask why if Lighthouse was so great ... why weren't they number one? So the GTMetrix tests I referenced in previous articles are no longer the tests that you can get from GTMetrix.  Lighthouse isn't horrible ... but it kinda is.  It gives an extremely limited glimpse at only a select group of submetrics. https://www.webpagetest.org/ - A great alternative that gives a user a rich wealth of data is webpagetest.org   As an example you can see just how much and how portable the data is with their csv raw data download.210520_AiDcDE_8c8dff88f5b9d6f9b8e9a78592443c31_summary Another site that focuses heavily on images and their cost to the load time experience is https://webspeedtest.cloudinary.com/ ...
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I think I did one of these articles in 2019 so its time to update the Best WordPress Plugins list for 2021. As an SEO minded person these will tend to lean towards that end of the spectrum but as we continue to see speed and mobile optimization has brought some highly technical requirements into the SEO realm. That expansion of SEO lends itself to an expansion of SEO plugins. 2021 Top WordPress Plugins

1. Asset Cleanup: Page Speed Booster - The most damning thing to your site's speed performance is typically the number of requests it makes to render your page. All those plugins you use likely come with js and css files each, many come with more than one set. So if you have 20 or 40 plugins you easily will have over a hundred files required to load a page and its mostly just needless bloat. For instance, if you have Contact 7 for forms .... you don't need that plugins support files loading on pages that dont have a form on them. But ... they are there and wasting your SEO time. This plugin allows you to offload what isn't needed and then combine what is ...
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This site's keyword value has died. I mean it, total flatline. And it can be traced back to a site hack that rendered the site virtual useless. On top of that I moved hosts, from Ultimate SEO on Digital Ocean using cPanel to Ultimate SEO in our data center using Virtualmin. Theres a lot to discuss in this seemingly simple change but lets focus on our SSL certificate. It was adequate but lacked a few items which I felt was hurting the site. So I've gone from the free Lets Encrypt It certificate to a paid Comodo certificate. Additionally the level of certificate has changed from DV to OV. Lets see how this affects keywords ...
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Ultimate SEO has been a technical digital marketing agency since 2018 and we've set ourselves apart by being the technical minded SEOs.
This tech background has led us to redesign businesses infrastructure to better position a site in Google ranks. We've worked in AWS, Google Cloud and Digital Ocean all while testing these environments with our own sites. Its a natural fit then that we officially should offer our own SEO optimized hosting solutions and cloud environments. We've pointed clients to other great vendors for these needs but now we're working to deliver the custom cloud environments ourselves. This began by first moving from a home based business to a dedicated office There we've connected using dedicated fiber optic network resources ensuring fast download and upload speeds. With in our data center we've installed battery backup fail over power supplies and invested in a secure data center that uses biometric and man trap security. Our servers are top grade and boast 12 core servers running 32 gb of ram using cPanel or Virtualmin for web hosting. Out cloud computing servers utilize 18 cores and 192 gb of ram all managed through Virtualizor. Integrating these varied services is a seemless native ...
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From Matthew Leffler, Managing Director We're proud of Ultimate SEO LLC and the diverse experience our business was founded from, which is why we joined the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce and became a certified LGBTBE. To become a certified NGLCC business visit Get-Certified. Our local chapter Civitas, which we are a member provides local networking and support in Louisville, KY. Why bring sexuality up when we're talking business? Because it is already at the forefront, it could be family photos on desks, invites to bring your spouse to the company party and even dealing with prejudice. Its 2020 and even just this year a client told me not to mention my partner because she said he would fire me if he knew I was gay. He is the CEO of a large company and while I didnt bring up my life I also can't hide in a closet after years of fighting for equality. As a NGLCC clients may receive certain benefits from governements and other organizations that seek to build a diverse connection of vendors ...
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The Top Digital Agencies Of 2020, According to DesignRush Reposted From Yahoo Finance DesignRush ranked the top digital agencies of 2020 that help brands to achieve growth online using expertise in branding, design, technology, marketing and global industries. NEW YORK, June 4, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — The best full-service digital agencies combine a group of experts from all areas of branding, design, technology, marketing and global industries. DesignRush, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with agencies, identified the leading agencies in 2020 that provide an array of digital services to help brands grow and succeed through online channels. The top digital agencies of 2020 are: 1. Appetite Creative Appetite Creative Solutions is a creative technology agency that aims to create tech agnostic and unique solutions for clients. They have worked with global clients and have a global vision. Appetite Creative’s team has diverse experience and a shared drive for quality and creativity. https://www.appetitecreative.com/ 2. Athena Media Singapore Athena Media Singapore is a digital marketing agency focused on building unique design and marketing strategies. They help clients enter the digital world with a brand identity which draws attention and establishes an online presence that maximizes success. 3. Comrade Web Agency Comrade Web Agency ...
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SEO Experiments Vs HearsayOne thing I hope folks appreciate about the articles and topics I cover is the experimentation. This article is not any different from our previous discussions based on real world observations. Some of these original articles based on experiments include:

• Technical SEO: DigitalOcean Vs Google Cloud Vs AWS
• Can Page Speed Alone Make A Difference In Google Ranking
• Optimizing For Page Speed: The High Price Of Drift In SEO
• Sex, Speed And The SEO Migration Of Romantic Depot To WordPress
• Is A Site Low Level? DA vs CF vs TF … DR, DS, AS, TS and more!
• What are the other SEO Metrics? Domain Authority Alternatives

Its important to read what others have discovered but you have to take everyone’s opinion for what it is … an opinion. If its based on hearsay, then its not even their opinion … its just a repeated opinion from some unnamed source. With that said I’ll stop preach onWhat Is The Value Of SEO Backlinks From Press Releases in 2020Recently I signed up to be included in a press release. The link to our site’s homepage was distributed on PRWeb to 102 outlets. The main question now is how will this affect organic ranking and visibility. From ...
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Searching is a lot more complex than typing a word and shifting through results.  Using Google Search Operators, predefined instructions that focus the results anyone can gain insights into Google's thoughts. SEO Research: Getting To What Google Really Knows SEO Research often begins and ends with one randomly found site's auto audit. There are hundreds of sites that will tell you the character count of this field and that.  These are all good and well but they aren't intelligent and offer a glimpse of how that tool sees your site, not Google.  In the end do you want to get an A grade by a random SEO tool or do you want to rank higher on Google?  These are not the same goals often. Using Google Search Operators you can extract a focused image of your site.  Here's a fast example, how many pages has Google indexed from your site?  You may have 100 blog posts but thats not the answer here.  You can setup and use Google Search Console, and you should, but a quick way to answer this in the moment is: site: ultimateseo.org Above we can easily see that Google has indexed 2,650 pages of ultimateseo.org.  Thats ...
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Introduction To The Ultimate SEO Guide There are a lot of ultimate SEO guides out there but I feel this is the only Ultimate SEO Guide.  Over the past several years we've added over 175 articles to this site.  Thats a lot of content and unlike many other sites out there this content is fresh.  The oldest information we will be giving out here is from 2018 or newer.  That means this is likely the most relevant and up to date guide of all the other ones. You want the sweet spot in SEO agencies.  Too new and there isn't much to gain in insight from them as they are just learning themselves.  Too old and the least relevant more biased the information is ... in SEO anything over four years needs to be scrutinized.  You're not likely looking for.a historical account of how things used to be, too often thats just what you'll get. The SEO Tips And Tricks From A To Z ...
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Buying a domain that is already registered is a complex process, but that centers around a simple fact.  A domain's value is equal to the amount someone is willing to pay for it.  Its not what a seller is willing to sell it at, cause I can tell you I'll sell "ultimateseo.org" for a billion dollars but it isn't worth that until someone will pay that. Determining A Domains Value There are a lot of factors that come into play.  Here are some:

• The length
• The TLD ( is it a .com or a .wtf )
• The Traffic It Gets
• The SEO Value It Hold
  • How many sites link to it?
  • How many keywords does it rank for?
  • The perceived authority of the domain...
• The Search Volume
• Its ranking position for the keyword it represents ie ( ultimate seo ... who ranks for that term )
• Its history
• How its being used presently
• Who owns similar names ... if the .org .net for instance are not registered then the .com isn't as valuable. This speaks toward how many potential buyers there are for the domain.

Ultimate SEO LLC has ultimateseo.org as well as ultimateseo.net but ...
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Buffer.com Alternative  Post to WordPress and be done with it. Using IFTTT you can setup applets to then auto post for you to Social Media.  Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Blogger, Tumblr, Instagram, Pinterest, Flickr and more all for free all from IFTTT's servers.  I show you how in this quick and easy self help video.  So take back your time and save some money instead of paying services like Buffer.com Got any questions or requests?  Feel free to let me know in the comments, or tweet them too me @UltimateSEO3 ...
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There are countless guides that will walk anyone through creating a Cloudflare account, installing the plugin and completing the setup on WordPress. This isn't one of those guides. This is whats next ... what to avoid and how to mitigate common issues. General Cloudflare WordPress Troubleshooting This goes for almost any issue...the first steps to solving a problem. First ... clear the cache of all files ... if this does not resolve your issue turn on Development mode.  This completely bypasses the cache.  To ensure the firewall or page rules aren't the source of your issue you may want to temporarily, completely turn off Cloudflare by unselecting the orange cloud in your site DNS records.  If the cloud is grey and the issue continues its not Cloudflare.  Remember to click the grey cloud turning Cloudflare back on ... indicated by an orange cloud. If your site has an issue and its not Cloudflare it can very easily be another cache.  I have a css js combining plugin that creates cached css js files that then are feed to Cloudflare who caches them.  Clearing Cloudflare cache doesn't clear the plugins, so check those as well. Cloudflare And WordPress Common Issues

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The Top Content Marketing Agencies, According to Digital Marketing Agency Rating Platform  Originally Published At Yahoo Finance PR Newswire PR Newswire April 22, 2020 Content marketing generates three times (3x) more leads per dollar than paid search advertising. TopMarketingCompanies.com determined the top agencies that develop content marketing strategies and materials to help brands increase their leads. NEW YORK, April 22, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Content marketing generates three times (3x) more leads per dollar than paid search advertising. TopMarketingCompanies.com, a B2B marketplace connecting brands with digital marketing experts, identified the best agencies who help brands create unique content marketing strategies that aid lead generation and conversion. The top content marketing agencies are: 1. 256 256 is a Dublin-based strategic content marketing agency. They create engaging content across print, digital and social channels to help clients define and deliver their marketing objectives. Their team is made up of experienced journalists and award-winning writers and designers. https://www.256content.com/ 2. Magnificent Marketing Magnificent Marketing is a full-service digital marketing agency with a specialization in content marketing, video marketing, social media marketing & advertising and SEO. They help companies with full marketing plans and also help fill in any gap clients need help with. https://www.magnificent.com/ 3 ...
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