SEO Ranking and Keywords When you are doing your SEO, don't allow yourself to be tempted by just "high rankings". You have to ask the questions "high rankings for WHAT search terms?". It's low class SEO is to find the least competitive and least important keywords and offer to make a website to rank #1 for that. You may have a website like "rollingoakdental.com" and with very little work you can boast that this website is ranked #1 for the keyword "Rolling Oak Dental" or "Dental Clinic in … [Read more...]
Improve SEO with Regular Blogging
One thing that anyone can do to improve SEO on their website is begin a program of regular blogging. I am an San Antonio SEO expert and have done search engine optimization for some of the busiest websites in town. Good SEO in a competitive environment can be very time consuming an expensive. One thing that I always press hard with clients is that we will cross the finish line faster as a team. Yes, I can write great content and I am very familiar with the dental field and several other health … [Read more...]
Increase SEO Ranking with Paid Ads?
Yes, you sure can. Increased traffic always impacts your SEO ranking. So this is not quite the way that conspiracy theorists might like to present it. Does Google skew search results in favor of their own Adwords customers? I have never seen evidence of this. But absolutely and categorically you can give your website a general boost in SEO ranking when traffic picks up. (To learn more information see my article about general SEO.) My personal observation is that the amount of traffic across … [Read more...]
Dentists Best Use of Social Media
It is generally understood that the power of social media is something that any business must harness and use if they expect to get ahead of competitors in today's busy marketplace. However for dentists, social media is a bit more obscure. There are some age groups and activities that lend themselves very well to social media. Fashion has always been driven socially. For a business to understand how they can use social media they have to understand the two very different approaches. First you … [Read more...]
Dental SEO – A Case Study
In early 2013 I was contacted by a dentist who asked me for a full website development. This was for a brand new dental practice website. Normally a brand new website takes a while to show up on Google Search and rarely does well without specific dental SEO. If you are interested in what makes for good seo in general, check out my explanation of how to get a high seo ranking. When I build dentist websites, I am aware that my clients are not looking for a showpiece, they are looking for … [Read more...]
Search Engine Optimization Secrets? – Not Really
Google and Search Engine Optimization Search engine optimization is dominated by the Google formula for evaluating websites. Because Google has over 65% of all search traffic it's results are the yardstick that most marketing people use to judge a website. And they have since early years kept the exact formula for judging websites a very closely guarded secret. Over the years internet marketers and SEO experts have searched for ways to "cheat the system" and get their site on top of the search … [Read more...]
What Makes a Great Veterinary Website?
Your veterinary website is an important part of your veterinary marketing strategy. Most major cities get 200 searches a day for "find a veterinarian". Right now, a lot of people are looking for your services. Top Four Factors for Your Veterinary Website You Must Have Your Phone Number Very Visible: The impulse to call your vet clinic as a result of seeing your website is very fleeting. A person thinks "maybe I should call this vet" and a moment later the thought is gone and they are … [Read more...]
Is your Website Fresh?
If you are in business, then you know that your website ranking can be directly translated into gained or lost income. In the age of consumer control and unlimited choice, website visibility is of major importance. Of course if you have a terrible website design, your site is hard to navigate or looks amateurish, then you will lose the battle right there. However the most modern, accessible and attractive website design in the world will not compensate for bad search engine optimization … [Read more...]
San Antonio SEO Consultant shows 8 Ways Web Sites Sabotage their Search Engine Rankings
The recent public opening of Google+ and the announcement of sweeping changes for Facebook underscore the growing complexity of search ranking factors (SEO), and the need for website owners to ensure they aren’t sabotaging their own sites, according to San Antonio SEO consultant Wayne Baumgarten. “We see a number of clients who need help in pulling their sites up in search rankings,” said Baumgarten, owner of San Antonio website design firm Cook Profitability Services. “And in many cases, the … [Read more...]
Website Design -Do I Need a Separate Mobile Version?
To Mobilize or Not to Mobilize, that is the question. Well the answer is categorically YES, you do need a mobile version of your website. Here at the home of San Antonio Website Design we run some very large, very busy websites. Lets take a look at some specific numbers. The largest and busiest vet website in San Antonio is the Becker Animal Hospital website. And guess what? They get 21% of all their visits through mobile devices. Another busy website (over 20,000 visits a month) is a health … [Read more...]