Today we’re discussing SEO best practices. When you’re trying to get a handle on “how to do SEO”, you’ll often find articles that refer to “old” SEO practices versus “new” SEO practices. One well known historical (i.e. “old”) method of … Continued
SEO Audit
Come Visit SHIFT Digital at @PubCon 2012 in Las Vegas October 15 – 18
SHIFT Digital’s Director of Technical Operations, Kirk Holmes, is attending the upcoming Pubcon conference in Las Vegas from October 15 – 18, 2012. He’ll be in the AnalyticsSEO booth on October 17th and 18th representing SHIFT Digital. Make sure you … Continued
7 Habits of Expert Analytics You’re Probably Missing Out On – Part 3 of 3
Here is the third part of my three-part series on 7 habits of expert analytics you’re probably missing out on. Just in case you missed it, here is part one and part two. Habit 5: Seek first to Understand, Then to … Continued
7 Expert Analytics Habits You’re Missing Out On – Part 2 of 3
Taking the time out to think like your visitor, and finding ways to ask the key questions (via surveys or via review sites) can be a powerful tool to get a pulse on your customers and site visitors and more importantly fix any issues or concerns they may have had while utilizing your services or purchasing your product.
How To Give Credit to Post Authors via Twitter
Almost all of the sharing plugins available for WordPress offer the same scenario: when a visitor clicks “Tweet” the Post title and URL are shared along with the companies’ twitter handle. Pretty simple right? But, what do you do when … Continued
Google Zeitgeist 2011
So what the heck is Zeitgeist!? What does it all mean? Well the word zeitgeist means “The defining spirit or mood of a particular period of history as shown by the ideas and beliefs of the time.” Each year Google … Continued
A Gift from Google
For all of us that live and die by Google algorythm changes we have some GREAT news! News that will allow us to enjoy the holidays just that much more this season…no major Panda updates until next year! Although Google … Continued
How to Track Likes, Tweets and +1s via Google Analytics
Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools recently added new features to track the impact of tweets, likes and +1s. They are really getting social these days. Can you believe I’ve written three posts in three days about them? They are really keeping me busy.
Does StumbleUpon Increase Your Bounce Rate? And is it worth it?
A big percentage of our referring link web traffic comes in through the social bookmarking site StumbleUpon. This is also the case for my other personal blog, Social Media for Law Firms. Here’s the official definition: StumbleUpon is a a discovery … Continued
