January 2016

  • When Life Interferes with Blogging

    When Life Interferes with Blogging

    We’re finishing up our new year analytics reports, and seeing again and again that blog posts bring traffic, build authority, and improve rankings like nothing else you can do for your website. It’s our experience that consistent posting works best. There is such a wide range of traffic for blogs that we have seen weekly…

  • Do You Need a New Website?

    Do You Need a New Website?

    Do you need a new website, or can you make changes to what you already have? The first thing to consider when you make this decision is the technology underlying your website. If your site was built a decade ago, or built more recently with outdated code (often seen with offshore products), then you need…

  • Trying out the WordStream Keyword Tool

    Trying out the WordStream Keyword Tool

    Keyword research can involve lots of different strategies, but using a keyword tool is a pretty obvious option. We’ve looked at free keyword tools before, and have not been impressed. Years ago, I read a suggestion to use a dictionary to identify useful keywords, and the keyword tools we tested didn’t rise far above that…