What is Voice Search – And why is it important for SEO
Voice search seems to be all the rage these days. People have grown tired of typing and find it easier to simply ask their device to find something for them. Even beyond phones and computers, …
How to Optimize Website Images w/ Google’s PageSpeed Tool
Important Update: On or around 11/13/2018, Google updated the PageSpeed Insights tool. As a result, the link to Download optimized “images, Javascript, and CSS resources” for this page referenced in this post is no longer available. …
How to Get Your Google Listing to 100% Complete
When we begin working on a local business’s internet marketing, one of the most common flaws we see in their current local search efforts is an incomplete or inaccurate Google My Business listing (previously known …
Is Your Site Mobile Friendly? Find Out How to Check.
Today more people are browsing the web from their phones than their desktop or laptop computer. This makes it absolutely critical for all businesses to ensure their website is mobile friendly. On top of your website …
Google Local Search Results Update: August 2015
You may or may not have noticed, but on August 6, 2015 Google started changing the way some of the local search results appeared on Google. By the morning of August 7, 2015 all of Google’s local …
How to Put Your Business on Google Maps – Free & Easy
*Updated November 28, 2018 As an Official City Partner of Google’s “Let’s Put Our Cities on the Map” program, St. Louis Digital Media wants to help every business get found on the web—starting with yours. People …
What You Need To Know About Fake Online Reviews
For the past month and a half or so ‘fake online reviews’ has been a real hot topic in the internet marketing industry. In late September BusinessWeek posted an article describing how the State of …
St. Louis Digital Media Is Now A Google Certified Partner
Credentials Verified By Google St. Louis Digital Media is proud to announce that we are now a Google Certified Partner! Google describes the Partner Certification as: … A globally recognized stamp of approval which showcases …
Google Searches Now Secure – What Does This Mean For My SEO Campaign?
Within the past week Google has decided to make all of their searches secure. As a result, the organic keyword data from Google searches in Google Analytics will no longer be provided. Below we will …
Google Penguin & Panda: A Simple Explanation
In the search engine optimization (SEO) industry there are a lot of ‘technical’ terms that seem to confuse local business owners. At St. Louis Digital Media, we spend a good amount of time figuring out …