Google is trying to make it easier for people to find the businesses they need by adding local listings and maps to its search results. If you are using the services of a professional SEO company , then chances are they’ll be using Google My Business to promote your business online. The reason is simple: Google My Business is a free service that allows you to create your business listing on Google. GMB is an incredible platform that can help any local business owner get his business on the map. It’s a huge benefit for local SEO as it helps your business to rank higher on search engine results ...

Ever wondered why those big high-quality images on your product page or a landing page might cause slower loading speed for site users? Why your product images don't show up in Google search results? Did you check conversion? Are your web conversions suffering because of unoptimised images? Unoptimised images can negatively affect your website performance, user experience, and conversion as well. Image optimisation is also essential for customer retention; why?   Acquiring a new customer is 5 to 25 times more expensive than retaining an existing one. A good customer experience is necessary to ...

Page load time or page load speed is a performance metric that shows the time needed for a page to display on a screen. Page speed is one of the most important ranking factors for a website. And each year, the speed importance to your SERP position is growing higher and higher. The website speed optimisation directly influences the critical factors of website success, and they are: conversion visibility usability On the other hand, a slower website will have a low number of conversions, a high bounce rate, and a low number of pages per visit. A better page load time is essential for businesses...

You have your top-performing pages that are doing really well to get the traffic and generate leads. Maybe these are the highly converting pages and the ones that get you the most qualified traffic. But it's just sitting there somewhere on your site. Wouldn't it be great if you dust off your old content that has already proven it's worth and refurbish it to do even better? Refurbishing an old blog or an existing content page is no easier than creating new content. Creating new content pages for your niche is critical to capture more traffic, but while doing so, content creators miss the opport...

Many small business owners are showing interest in improving search rankings and conversion rates through SEO. Many proven SEO strategies can help you improve rankings as well as conversion. One such strategy is local SEO. Although each  SEO strategy is essential, local SEO can be exceptionally beneficial to your company. Local SEO involves optimising your company’s website so that you gain higher rankings in the search results when a user does a local search. What is a local search? A local search occurs when a person tries to find some information with local intent. For example, ‘SEO Consult...

  Creating new website content is critical, but re-creating and refurbishing existing content to add value for your customer is even more crucial. Creating content that adds value to your business or website is not a cakewalk. And sustaining trend is even more overwhelming. To be on top of your content marketing , you must create an ideal content plan that includes evergreen content. It would be best if you kept your content piece alive forever. Here's why? Why refurbish existing or old blog content? Fresh, current and new information is what people look for when searching for something on Goo...

It is crucial for organisations to select the appropriate analytics solution given the rapid evolution of digital marketing and the rising demand for precise data analysis. The two popular Google Analytics versions, Universal Analytics (GA3) and Google Analytics 4 (GA4) will be compared in this article, along with their features, advantages, and differences. In October 2020, Google rolled out Google Analytics 4 as its default property type for analytics accounts. The new update comes as a re-build of GA from the ground up, with more user-centric events and tracking them all through their custo...

Google Analytics 4 is the latest version, and since it the fourth one, it is called GA4. The new version was rolled out in October 2020 and got a complete makeover; introducing new concepts and a different (more effective) approach.  So, what’s new in Google Analytics 4? The other features are the same, GA4 uses a new measurement model called the ‘Event + Parameter’ model, which is user-centric instead of a traditional session + pageviews centric measurement model. The new event model is flexible than the traditional event model in terms of its ability to track a wide range of user interaction...

Given the current scenario, COVID-19 has brought uncertainty for offline and online consumer behaviour. Everything is moving online, education, learning, training and everything else. More and more businesses and eCommerce store owners are now adopting digital technology, impacting how your conversion works. For an e-commerce store, each road leads to your product pages, and these are the essential pages on your website. A product page is where crucial decisions are made, whether to process to checkout or abandon the cart. What is optimisation? The optimisation is one of the most popular words...

  Link building is one of the most vital SEO activities. It also influences your Google search rankings. Link building builds trust between the other websites, your website and even the search engine. We believe that it is still a rock-solid SEO strategy that can generate traffic and expand online presence. So, it is vital to do it right. There are many ways to create a strong link building strategy. However, even seasoned SEO specialists commit mistakes, which can negatively impact your website, causing a loss in traffic, leading to some websites getting penalised in the most severe cases.   ...

Comprehensive, informative and valuable content is crucial for your website. It gets more and more people to your webpages. But that doesn’t mean it will rank well in the search results. If your content is not structured well and doesn’t cover targeting keywords, the chances of it appearing in the search engine results are very low. So, your role is to not only make your content incredibly good but at the same time structure it in a way that makes it easier for Google to identify & determine the value or the information you are sharing. One approach that has grown insanely popular is the c...

After auditing hundreds of websites, we, at Webplanners , realised that there are common SEO mistakes that the majority of website owners make (obviously unknowingly), that can drastically harm website and business as well. It’s common for website owners to think that if they simply list hundreds or thousands of products on an eCommerce store, the traffic and search rankings will start to improve. But the hard reality is, it won’t. It will not get you any organic traffic or search ranking. And even if it happens, it may take years; hence you need to optimise as soon as you can. So, here’s a li...

Millions and millions of businesses, regardless of their size & industry, use Google Analytics to get insights as to what’s happening on their website. They use it to know about the traffic sources, customer behavior, time spent on site, bounce rate, etc. In this competitive world, insights from analytical tools such as Google Analytics are crucial for every business. With more and more companies exploring online opportunities, using analytical tools becomes vital. For most of the marketers, keeping up with the latest Google Analytics trends and improving their use  of analytics is a top p...

  Content marketing is being used to leverage business growth and increase brand awareness. Content is marketing staple as it motivates the buying behaviour. Content marketing has come a long way, and the art and science behind it have also changed over time. But it is still an integral part of marketing and SEO.     As Google’s algorithm is getting more and more advanced and sophisticated at understanding the user’s intent and the context of the search queries, it is essential to create content for the context and intent. Since a while now, search engines, like Google, are shifting their focu...

  Pillar posts, the concept was first introduced by HubSpot in 2017, and since then it has emerged as a  viable SEO strategy . It is more than three years, but Pillar Pages is still a little-known approach. Pillar pages are the content pillars containing comprehensive posts on your website that portray you as a thought leader on the given subject. The page will cover every aspect of a particular subject/topic without getting too deep in detail.    That doesn't mean it isn't informative, the page covers and provides every aspect of the subject, i.e. the detailed information about a topic throug...

Out of all the online business listings,  Google My Business  is one of the most important and crucial business listings. Especially for any local business. Google My Business listing aids local businesses by providing more visibility. It drives the local search results (related to your products and services) on Google assistance, maps, and Google search. For some businesses, Google My Business listing is essential than a website. Any business, whether small or medium, who aims for targeted visibility know that they need to optimise their website and Google Ads. But what they do not know is th...

Marketing, in any economic scenario (boom or slowdown), is crucial for each business, big or small. Marketing plays a vital role in reaching potential customers and driving new leads and sales. Since people are staying indoors and spending most of their time online, digital marketing gives you a huge opportunity to reach those customers.     Logically, the first reaction of a business owner to any economic slowdown or a crunch is to cut down on the budget, back out of marketing and wait for things to get over. However, this is a fatal mistake. You can’t take the risk of leaving your business t...

To help your business subsist with the effect of the current economic slowdown, we bring you the seven workable marketing strategies that convert a downfall into a pool of opportunities. No matter if you're a retail business with no online presence or you are already an established eCommerce store, you can find a strategy that fits your situation and can help you fight through the slowdown.   These online marketing strategies are based on three main criteria: Fast setup and results – You can easily set up these strategies and execute them immediately. And these will get you good results also. ...

  A company's digital presence can maximise its marketing efforts and outcomes. It can give a lot of exposure, which other factors can't. But, if you can't convert this exposure into actual sales, then it’s a sorry state of affairs. Increasing online sales is the primary objective of countless businesses, large and small alike. Whether it’s the eCommerce giant like Amazon or the brick and mortar online store owner, converting leads to paying customers is the key to success. Getting in front of the best prospects is necessary to be successful, yes it takes a bit of work, time, efforts, and cost...

Conversion is pretty much the life and blood of digital marketing. You run a marketing campaign to drive traffic to your website and turn them into paying customers. You run a campaign in the hopes that people will do what you want them to do and eventually produce profitable revenue for your company. But if you are getting traffic to your website, which is excellent, but if that traffic doesn't convert, it's almost useless. One thing we must understand is that conversion doesn't just happen - we need to optimise for it. Increasing your conversion rates is crucial because it is the foundation ...