It’s that special time of year. Family. Friends. Gifts. Sure, all of that, but this is the special time of year when we get all of the “marketing trends you need to watch out for in 2022” articles. Just about all of them run the gamut from “mostly benign” to “genuinely helpful.” That said, if…
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A Review of Google’s New Product Review Best Practices 2021
Just when Google’s core algorithm update ended in late November, they announced that they’re going to conduct a December 2021 Product Review Update. As with any announced Google update, the first course of action is not to be too concerned. While there can be some fluctuation in the rankings after one of these, things tend…
Post Game: The November 2021 Google Core Update Has Ended
If you’ve been reading our Team Danny Star blogs, then you’ve known about all of the recent Google updates. One ran in November and it just recently ended. We always tell our clients to expect some volatility around this time. If your rankings go up or if they go down, it may not be…
The One Content Writing Tip That Too Many Ignore
Do you feel stuck when you’re creating content? Does it seem like you have to do it but you don’t really feel like you want to? That’s a perfectly understandable feeling. Content is king, as Danny Star says all the time, and the king has to be fed. That means your company has to…
What Google’s Update for Mobile Indexing Can Mean for Your Company
As you may have already heard, on Friday, Google pushed back their plans for “mobile-first indexing.” The idea was, as Google said about five years ago, “to make our results more useful, we’ve begun experiments to make our index mobile-first. Although our search index will continue to be a single index of websites and apps,…
Black Friday Forecast: Remember to Take the Time to Rest, Too
“We’re going to outwork everyone! We’re going to work and work and work until we’ve done more work than any other company!” That can be a good idea. It can certainly help you to get an edge on the competition. But, you don’t want to work too much. You don’t want to burn yourself (or…
Ways to Win Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2021 (and 2022)
Black Friday will be here before you know it… literally. As of this writing, it’s Monday, five days from Black Friday and one week from Cyber Monday. Many companies, at this point, extend their sales throughout the entire week, so as to get as many online buyers/clients as possible. It may be a little late…
Utilizing Google Maps Updates for Your Business
Everyone is looking for more ways to bring in more customers/clients, this holiday season and every other. Google is in the business of connecting users to what they want. To facilitate this, Google recently made some changes to Maps. As a business owner/marketer, there’s some actions you can take to get the most out of…
What to Keep in Mind During Google Core Updates
Today is November 17th, 2021. Today, Google is implementing another core update. By the time you read this, there may be another Google Core Update. Google is always looking for ways to improve their overall systems, hence these continual updates. These can lead to any number of changes for your business. It’s important to…
Your Google My Business, the Holidays, and You
No matter how close you think the holidays are, they’re actually closer than you think. Thanksgiving is in little more than a week. “Black Friday” and “Cyber Monday” follow soon after. You no doubt have your holiday marketing campaigns and plans in full swing. However, there is still something you can do that many different…