Is Adding a 100 Keywords to Your Footer a Good Idea?
This is a recent question we received and let me be very, very clear when I say NO!!!!! SEO is not as simple as adding tons of keywords in places and hoping for the best. If there is a phrase you want to show up for there is much more than adding keywords. In short, […]
Restaurant Owners, 10 Things Your Website Needs to Be Successful
If you own a restaurant and you want to have a successful website there are some “musts” SEO Aware recommends and also includes in our clients’ websites. Our suggestions: You need your dinner and lunch menus on your site and that they be completely readable. They should also mimic your current menus so people can […]
Inflated Traffic Data – Are You Really Getting That Many Hits?
We talk to a lot of businesses and often they believe they have much higher traffic than they really do. This can be for multiple reasons: Analytics programs that include hits from bots; Google Analytics does not include these hits and is much more accurate. Web companies that inflate the hit count with various methods. […]
Is Your Web Presence Well Rounded?
I was inspired to write this by Lisa Barone and her article about Twitter. Lisa is always an inspiration, but I will get back to my point. Is your Web presence well rounded? Have you covered all your bases? Have you covered any? 5 Things You Need to Be Well Rounded Online 1). A solid, […]
Business Owners, Some Things to Keep In Mind
After many discussions with business owners I have found that many either don’t see things or don’t want to see things. So, here is a list of things that could apply to you: You might like your site, but in many cases others do not. Whether you want to spend the money or not you, […]
Can you build me a website for $1,000? Can we barter?
I know I am not the only person that gets phone calls/emails with these questions. I am writing this to let businesses know a few things. Your Website Can Be A Huge Marketing Tool and Source of Revenue If your website is done right a website can help a business increase both its visibility online […]
Nothing Interesting On Your Site = No Traffic!
I am not sure if I am getting too irritated or if this is just a difficult concept for people to understand. I have had like 10 conversations this week with people that do not understand that traffic is just that, traffic. It doesn’t mean that it is “quality” traffic- traffic that will convert to […]
Social Media is Not a Cure-All Solution
Businesses are constantly being told to start getting into social media. Social media has its benefits and it can be very beneficial, but it is not a cure-all. You can’t just get a Twitter account, get followers and assume the money will start rolling in. It just doesn’t work that way. As with any advertising […]
Your WordPress SEO is Only as Good as Your "SEO"
Everyone is talking about WordPress and SEO today- Chris Pearson’s twitter stream- @Skitzzo There are TOOLS that you can use with WordPress to make your SITE more SEO friendly 😉 @Skitzzo It’s a common misconception—”WordPress is good for SEO”—and it’s wholly false. How can I not comment? 😀 about 15 hours ago from Tweetie in […]
Please Don’t Let Your "Friend" or "Nephew" Set Up Your Website
This is advice and kind of a rant because we get the same calls every week, “My friends knows all about the web and SEO and she/he setup the site, but I can’t find it on Google…” “My nephew set it up and he says an all Flash site is impressive, but no one can […]
