According to the Statista, there are 3.58 billion internet users worldwide. Out of the total 323.1 million population of the United States in 2016, almost 270 million were online, and this number is expected to grow to 275 million in 2018. The Internet world has grown to be the single most influential customer market for businesses of all sizes. Companies in the United States and across the world are tapping into the endless potential of this incredibly large and effective customer marketplace for increasing lead generation and leads. As the leading Bay Area Digital Marketing company, we take it on to us to inform you about how you can increase lead generation for your business. Are you wondering what is lead generation and why it is important for your business? Here is a brief description. What is Lead Generation? In the simplest terms, leads are potential customers. Lead generation is…
The holiday season is coming to its end and with it, the season of gifts and indulgence is also almost over. As we enter in 2018, it is about time to get back to business and get things straight. It is time to reflect on what will dominate SEO horizons in 2018, what kind of year it would be for Webmasters and businesses, and what can we expect from the year? Search engines have continued to evolve last year, maintaining their tradition to refine and improve search result quality. At the same time, more businesses are taking an interest in internet marketing and optimization efforts. With sophisticated and complex algorithms, raging competition, and increasing awareness around Search Engine Optimization, SEO is becoming more complicated than ever before. SEO is no more just about keyword density and backlinks. In fact, some of the famous SEO techniques of the past have become…
From the way people look for information online to search engine algorithms, the internet is becoming a different world than it used to be. People are increasingly searching for local businesses and places nearby them and the search engines increasingly display results based on the location of business; hence, giving birth to Local SEO. The Bay Area SEO industry is abuzz with Local SEO and is increasingly emphasizing its importance for small businesses in Bay Area. Local SEO is quite different from average Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and integrates local ranking factors such as Name, Address, Phone Number, Photos, and Customer Reviews along with traditional SEO components. Local SEO helps your business to standout in local searches while local searches are known for driving ‘Real’ and ‘Ripe’ leads. Let’s have a look at some of the facts indicating the high volume of local searches and the traffic they generate. By…
Are you thinking about implementing a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy on your website? Many businesses around you are exploiting the potential of the internet based marketplace to get more customers. When you are thinking about implementing SEO strategy, choosing the right person to do your SEO can be tricky, but crucial for achieving results. Many businesses are inclined to do SEO on their own instead of hiring a professional agency or expert. These companies either consider themselves capable of handling their web presence or find it difficult to take out a budget for SEO activities. On the other hand, a major portion of businesses looks for local SEO agency like Los Angeles SEO companies to work for them. Why you should hire an SEO agency is another debate, and unless you are a pro with SEO training, you will have difficulty in crafting, running and managing the campaign. But,…
Don’t want to read the article? Watch the video to know. Google’s advertising revenue has continuously increased in the past years, and the bulk of Google’s $75 billion revenue comes from its proprietary search Ads. Launched in 2000, the AdWords has grown into a multi-billion dollars’ industry. Google dominates the search ad industry, but there are other Ad or Pay Per Click (PPC) platforms including Apple ads, Bing Ads, Yahoo Ads, Android, Facebook Ads, etc. Parallel to the paid ad industry, the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has grown to become bigger and better in the last two decades. Even though SEO can be traced back to as early as the 1990s, it became a prominent internet marketing strategy in early 2000s, and in 2016, the worth of SEO industry is totaled at $65 billion. As both SEO and PPC are internet marketing strategies with proven results, a question which is…
We are in 2017. It has been five years that Google launched its critical Google Panda update that heavily penalized low-quality websites filled with useless links. Google Panda not just changed the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) forever, but it also had the lasting impact on the link building part of SEO. With Panda filter becoming an integral part of Google’s core ranking algorithms, Backlinking did not remain as easy as just uploading anchor text rich articles with a backlink on every other website. Such content farming websites with spam or fake backlinks saw a major throwback in ranking as Panda was rolled out. But did backlinks stop making a difference in ranking? No. Even in 2017, inbound links make up one of the most important ranking factors, and there is an average difference of 10,000 links on the websites ranked on 1st position, and the site ranked on 10th position….
Halfway through 2017, so much has already happened in the dynamic and ever-evolving field of Search Engine Optimization (SEO). From ‘Intrusive Interstitial Penalty’ to unconfirmed major updates along with various minor changes in algorithms, the updates in the first quarter of 2017 had the major impact on the ranking of the websites. The ranking of the websites fluctuated with major and minor updates, and as SEO specialists, the importance of keeping up with Google updates cannot be more emphasized. Whether you run a New York SEO Company or are the local SEO specialists in Melbourne, the Google updates and ranking factors are game changers in the digital world. The sooner you acquaint yourself with the ranking factors, the sooner you are on the right track to achieve your goals. Based on the SEMrush’s data driven research study on the ranking factors, here are some of the factors that you should…
If it is said that it all begins with Keyword research, it is not an exaggeration. Whether you plan on running an AdWords campaign or want to dive into full-fledged organic optimization, the right keyword research can make you or break you. Keyword research has a huge impact on not just what you are trying to rank for, but it also determines what you are going to get from that ranking. Are you going to get any traffic? Are you going to get lots of traffic, but no lead? Or are you going to get ripe, ready to convert customers? Not so surprisingly, the internet is full of guides on how to do keyword research, and most of them are good. But, the focus of most of these guides is ‘keywords’ rather than ‘keyword research’. So, here I want to explain how it made all the difference in traffic when…
“Customers are won or lost in one second.” Have you ever heard ‘every second matter’? Now, it is time to hear the SEO version of this maxim which is, ‘even every millisecond matters.’ Unbelievable? Let’s hear it. Amazon reported that every 100-millisecond in their page loading time cost 1% sales. The Walmart also reported the similar results with conversions increasing by 2% with every 1-second improvement in page loading time. Shopzilla decreased its page loading time from 6 seconds to 1.2 seconds and their revenue increased by 12% and page views by 25%. Yahoo improved its revenue by 9% with 400-millisecond improvement in page speed. Let’s take a different turn on these stats. According to a report published by Aberdeen group, a 1% delay in the website loading time costs 11% fewer visits 16% decrease in customer satisfaction and, 7% decline in conversion Why Website Loading Time Matters? If you…
With all the technobabble and acronyms surrounding optimization, it is common for small business owners that are new to online marketing to feel confused. Small business owners may have to search for words that come out of the mouth of their Search Engine Optimization (SEO) experts or are written in the report provided by SEO agency. If you have been scammed by a fake SEO agency, you would also know how they manipulate these words for their benefit and your loss. So, if you are done living in the dark about your site’s optimization, we as the SEO experts in San Francisco Bay Area not only help you get there but also help you understand SEO well. With ESP Interactive Solutions’ tradition to simplify things for small business owners in Bay Area combined with a decade-long SEO experience, we have compiled a list of the eleven important jargon terms with…