Traffic Keys Podcast

Why did that customer call?We all get excited when a new prospective customer calls. It makes sense...we get to help someone new and help our bottom line simultaneously. Let me ask you this: Why did they call? Better how did they get your phone number? Imagine if google made a tool that would help you help your customers CALL YOU. Wouldn’t that be awesome. Guess what: They did.How to optimize your Google My Business Profile:https://clientattractionpros.com/brightlocal

On Page SEO IntroductionThere are 3 types of SEO: on-page, off page, and technical SEO. Today we are going to take a high level look at On-page SEO. This is probably the type of SEO most people are familiar with because its about what you actually SEE on the web page.My friends over at Backlinko wrote a fairly comprehensive overview of on-page SEO. Check it out:https://backlinko.com/on-page-seo

Secret way to rank on page 1 of Google!!!Yep...Google gives you a major major hint on page 1 and most people ignore it. Today Im going to share the "secret" with you.

Day 3: Im Site speed confusedWelcome to day 3 of understanding website speed. I probably owe you an apology because the only understanding you probably gained thus far is that you don’t understand at all. So far we have looked at 2 different tools GT Metrix and Google Page speed insights and they delivered different results for the same website.Today we will look at another Google property Lighthouse.

Are you ready to be PISSED OFF?Warning: this video will piss you off IF you care about your business and your website.https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights

You site looks like crap on a mobile device!Did you know Google has switched to a mobile-first indexing standard? This means that Google considers how your site looks and functions on a mobile device FIRST when determining IF o rank your website. SO your site better be awesome on a mobile device!!! But should we just ignore desktop then?

Why the heck is your website so slow?Slow websites are the death of SEO. Honestly, you can do everything else right and if your website is slow it wont rank. Google LOVES LOVES LOVES fast websites. In Google’s eyes a fast website equates to a good user experience. Google prioritizes user experience.No matter how good your content is, if your site is slow no one will ever read it!!!Here is a free tool to help you measure your site performance.https://gtmetrix.com/

What is Organic TrafficIts Mailbag Monday!!!! Today we dive into a question that is at the CORE of what we do here at Traffic Keys: What is Organic Traffic?In Order to understand it we will look at the difference between organic, paid, social/referral and direct traffic.

You are not a DUCK! But what are you?A few weeks ago we started talking about keyword research and we realized that its possible Google can index your site and totally misunderstand who your are. That’s not good!!! If Google thinks you are a duck...but really you are a car insurance sales person then no one will find your organically (except people looking for ducks). You may laugh but that was a real story. So what do you want Google to know you for? What search results do you want to come up in?Resources:moz.comsearch.google.com

Are all backlinks created equal?The short answer is no. Today let’s dive into backlinks a little deeper. Let’s consider are all backlinks valuable and are there different types of backlinks.