Google Analytics is Changing to GA4 from Universal Analytics Let's take a deeper look at GA4 - Google's newest analytics platform. This post answers the questions: What is GA4? Why do we care? When will GA4 be the only analytics platform? When will Universal Analytics stop collecting website traffic data? Google [...]
How to Win Search with Effective PPC Campaigns – Part 3 Ad Extensions, Landing Pages, Bidding Strategies, Budget Setting, Auction Insights Part 3 in our PPC (Pay-per-Click) series - How to Win Search with Effective Campaigns - dives deep into how to extend the reach and impact of your ad with the versatile ad [...]
How to Win Search with Effective PPC Campaigns – Part 2 Keywords, Match Types, Quality Score, Search Ad Types Search engine marketing with paid ad campaigns (also called PPC ads for Pay-per-Click advertising) is the fastest way to the top of search results in Google. At the time of writing this article, Google is [...]
How to Win Search with Effective PPC Campaigns - Part 1 PPC (Pay Per Click) marketing, also known as search engine marketing (SEM), is an especially important tool in the toolbox of every marketer. SEM uses PPC ads, such as Google Ads (formerly called AdWords) or Bing ads to achieve paid top of page [...]
7 Components for Building A Successful New Website When you begin to consider a new website, do you begin to imagine something visually stunning that injects new life into your brand? Do you picture your competitors seeing this new website and doubting their ability to stay in this race with you? Typically, the biggest [...]
Basic Search Engine Optimization - Get the Fundamentals Right How to Improve Your Organic Rankings for Keywords, Images, Videos and Featured Position 0 Snippets Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a dance of art and science. The science is paying attention to what Google’s AI (artificial intelligence) algorithm values. The art is paying attention to [...]
YouTube Optimization Best Practices Optimizing your YouTube channel and videos is a reasonably straightforward process. Follow this step by step instruction list to drive more traffic to your channel, which in turn will drive more traffic to your website. Help your potential customers find your unique adventure content. First, let’s start with optimizing your [...]
Today, I'm going to share a little-known secret to getting the related video selections removed from videos you upload to YouTube and then embed on your blog or website. In the adventure travel and tourism space (as well as many others), YouTube is a great tool to help demonstrate activities and share real, authentic experiences [...]
We're in the calm after the Google virtual storm. How did your site do? Here's what we all got worked up about last month: Google demands mobile-friendly websites for mobile search - does your site pass? Google announced its mobile search algorithm would change to prioritize mobile-friendly sites over non-mobile friendly sites, effective April [...]
