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Breaking News (not really): SEO Industry Is STILL Full of Scammers
How can you tell which SEO companies are good and which are not? Here are a few ways to spot SEO scams that you can do in just a few minutes' time…Breaking News (not really): SEO Industry Is STILL Full...
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New Year, New Website – Is it time to redesign your website?
Thinking of redesigning your website? Here are a few things that may not have been so important when your website was launched, but have become new standards for a successful website today.New Year,...
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Winning SEO Content Strategy: Give People What They Want
There are plenty of articles about SEO saying "don't do this…" But what SHOULD you do? What exactly does “good SEO” mean? Winning SEO Content Strategy: Give People What They Want is from Ker...
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Russian Hackers May Be Hurting Your SEO
The number of hackers from Russia, China, and elsewhere trying to get into nearly all business websites in the U.S. has exploded - and it can have major impact on SEO. Russian Hackers May Be Hurting...
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Recent Website Design & Development Projects
We design and build websites that take advantage of our optimization expertise and our passion for making responsive websites that work well, are fast, are optimized for search, and look amazing....
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Google did not ban Infowars - despite #FakeNews headlines that say otherwise…
Google did not ban Infowars - despite #FakeNews headlines that say otherwise… Google has neither censored nor banned the Infowars site, despite what some fake news headlines out there say…...Read...
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Google’s ‘Project Owl’ — a three-pronged attack on fake news & problem content
Google’s ‘Project Owl’ — a three-pronged attack on fake news & problem content Google knows it has a search quality problem. It’s been plagued since November with concerns about fake news,...
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Yet Another Reason You Can Stop Focusing on Simple Keyword Based SEO: The...
Yet Another Reason You Can Stop Focusing on Simple Keyword Based SEO: The Rise of Voice Search Voice search is NOT a fad that is going away. It’s time to start optimizing sites for this brave new world...
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Another Look at #SEO for Topics vs Keywords
Another Look at #SEO for Topics vs Keywords The idea is that search engines have evolved, and so should the way websites are optimized. This is a good article about semantic search optimization, though...
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Some Websites Designed and Built by Ker Communications…
Some Websites Designed and Built by Ker Communications… We design and build websites that take advantage of our SEO expertise, as well as our passion for making responsive websites that work well, are...
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Pittsburgh named the Best City for starting a business
Pittsburgh named the Best City for starting a business"Pittsburgh is often described as a city in the heart of the so-called "rust belt," but what so many don't know is that Pittsburgh is now home to...
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How does Google decide the ‘authority’ of web pages?
How does Google decide the ‘authority’ of web pages?"The simple answer is that it has no single “authority” metric. Rather, Google looks at a variety of undisclosed metrics which may even vary from...
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Optimizing for RankBrain a waste of time and SEO resources?
Optimizing for RankBrain a waste of time and SEO resources? John Mueller of Google recently posted a PSA on Twitter saying "If optimizing for Rankbrain = make a great site, it seems like the Rankbrain...
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User Experience (UX) Not A Ranking Factor? That's Bullshit.
User Experience (UX) Not A Ranking Factor? That's Bullshit."Webmasters who spend their energies upholding the spirit of the basic principles will provide a much better user experience and subsequently...
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Is your small business not getting enough local love from Google? We can help!
Is your small business not getting enough local love from Google? We can help! All kinds of small businesses serving a local area can benefit from this. Home improvement, accountants, plumbers,...
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SEO News: Massive Article Marketing Campaigns for Link Building STILL a Bad Idea
SEO News: Massive Article Marketing Campaigns for Link Building STILL a Bad Idea A reminder from Google about links in large-scale article campaignsGuest blog articles, partner posts and other...
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A closer look at Google's warning about syndication & large-scale article...
A closer look at Google's warning about syndication & large-scale article campaigns…"Google’s out today with a warning for anyone who is distributing or publishing content through syndication or...
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SEO or Adwords: a false choice?
SEO or Adwords: a false choice? Business website owners, who often have a limited online marketing budget, have to make tough decisions about where that budget goes. What will give the “best bang for...
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Pittsburgh, the City Trump Prefers to Paris, Plans to Go Green
Pittsburgh, the City Trump Prefers to Paris, Plans to Go Green Pittsburgh mayor, William Peduto, issued a statement decrying Trump’s decision to quit the Paris accord as “disastrous,” and has set a...
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Winning SEO Content Strategy: Give People What They Want
Winning SEO Content Strategy: Give People What They Want There is no comprehensive list of things to do that will ensure your website ranks number one for all the keywords you’d like – but there are...
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Stop Worrying About Google Updates - Start Making Sense!
Stop Worrying About Google Updates - Start Making Sense!#flashbackfriday from 5 years ago:"It is time to undo those SEO mistakes and bad ideas. For many, un-overoptimizing (huh?!) is going to mean...
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A quick lesson on why you should Google your own name and business once in a...
A quick lesson on why you should Google your own name and business once in a while… For some businesses and people, Google shows a Featured Snippet showing some facts and images. Some of those images...
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A quick lesson on why you should Google your own name and business once in a...
A quick lesson on why you should Google your own name and business once in a while… For some businesses and people, Google shows a Featured Snippet showing some facts and images. Some of those images...
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Order your SEO Audit by June 30th and we'll fix what we find.
Order your SEO Audit by June 30th and we'll fix what we find. With our standard SEO Audit, you get a lengthy report of all of the issues your site has so you can fix your website yourself. That's a lot...
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Don't believe everything you read on the internet just because there is a...
Don't believe everything you read on the internet just because there is a picture with a quote next to it.http://buff.ly/2uyNCuG
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How to tell if that ‘free SEO audit’ solicitation email is legit
How to tell if that ‘free SEO audit’ solicitation email is legit You probably already know there is "no free lunch" and that those email scammers never even looked at your site before sending you that...
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Why free SEO audit tools are not very useful…
Why free SEO audit tools are not very useful…https://kercommunications.com/seo-services/seo-audit/#free-seo-toolsSEO Audit Services
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The purpose of SEO is not to convince everyone that an ugly duckling is...
The purpose of SEO is not to convince everyone that an ugly duckling is really a beautiful swan, but to help the duckling become that swan. http://ker.fyi/2sr7AH3SEO – Stand Out From The Crowd, Rise...
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Google's new website speed test - Another speed test with unattainable goals…...
Google's new website speed test - Another speed test with unattainable goals… um, yay? It's really the same tests as Google's older PageSpeed Insights. But it does look nice. If you are struggling to...
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Optimizing for voice search: conversation, content and context…
Optimizing for voice search: conversation, content and context… Voice search is becoming part of consumers’ everyday lives, yet many marketers still don’t have a plan for voice search.SEO is always...
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Hit by a Google Quality Update? Here Are Some Things to Do
If your website has original, well written content, and you haven't done any questionable link building - but you lost search engine rankings and organic search traffic at the time of a suspected or...
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Pittsburgh's Allentown neighborhood is about to get wonderfully weirder…
Pittsburgh's Allentown neighborhood is about to get wonderfully weirder… Skull Records and The Weeping Glass opening in...
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"How long does #SEO take?" is the most asked SEO question, sometimes...
"How long does #SEO take?" is the most asked SEO question, sometimes repeatedly. The answer is still 4-12 months Sometimes you'll start to see progress sooner, but not usually before 2-3 months unless...
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It's true. #SEO takes at least a few months to start showing positive effects.
It's true. #SEO takes at least a few months to start showing positive effects. Despite most SEO experts saying it takes at least 3 months, and even Google saying 4-12 months, people still expect SEO...
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Don’t follow the leader: Avoid these 5 common SEO mistakes
Don’t follow the leader: Avoid these 5 common SEO mistakes Keeping an eye on the competition is good - but don't assume that they are doing everything right. Something I frequently find is that some...
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Apple's Siri gets smarter by switching to Google from Bing for web searches.
Apple's Siri gets smarter by switching to Google from Bing for web searches. You may not know that when you ask Siri a question and "she" searches the web, she's been using Bing. Siri is now going to...
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Considering the potential impact of Google's Adwords campaigns exceeding your...
Considering the potential impact of Google's Adwords campaigns exceeding your budget by 100% - It's complicated! Google AdWords campaigns may now spend as much as twice the daily budget that...
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Pittsburgh Episode of Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" Airs This Week
Pittsburgh Episode of Anthony Bourdain's "Parts Unknown" Airs This Week The theme of the episode, which airs at 9 p.m. Sunday on CNN, is a town in transition. That subject has been a topic for local...
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Pittsburgh's bid for an Amazon headquarters could now come topped with fries...
Pittsburgh's bid for an Amazon headquarters could now come topped with fries and slaw."Primanti Bros. announced Tuesday it will offer free sandwiches to every Amazon employee who works out of...
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Can SEO help your website rank higher in time for Black Friday?
Can SEO help your website rank higher in time for Black Friday? It is that time of year again. Black Friday madness sets in as retailers prepare for the big sales weekend… ...Read more... »
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Urgent:The FCC plans to dismantle net neutrality regulations, clearing the...
Urgent:The FCC plans to dismantle net neutrality regulations, clearing the way for companies to charge you more for less, and block access to some websites for any reason they...
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How some companies buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company, and Huffpo...
How some companies buy their way into Forbes, Fast Company, and Huffpo articles in an attempt to rank higher in Google search…Did you ever see a link to a company's website from Forbes, etc that seemed...
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Small Business Owners: If you think it sucks to have to pay for SEO and...
Small Business Owners: If you think it sucks to have to pay for SEO and Google Ads to be found online now, it just got worse.Now, the big internet providers like Comcast, Verizon, etc can choose to...
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Google announced a "Speed Update" for mobile searches
Google announced a "Speed Update" for mobile searches Web page loading speed is already a relatively small ranking factor for searches done from the desktop. Starting in July 2018, Google will...
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Pittsburgh forges a new future, remaking iconic steel town into a modern...
Pittsburgh forges a new future, remaking iconic steel town into a modern innovation factory GeekWire is putting its own HQ2 in Pittsburgh for the month of February 2018 — reporting on the people,...
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Time for a website redesign?
Time for a website redesign? What was once a perfectly good website that still looks good may not perform very well as a marketing tool today.It may be time to take a close look at your website and...
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Chrome web browser now includes a default ad blocker for intrusive ads.
Chrome web browser now includes a default ad blocker for intrusive ads. If your marketing includes annoying popup ads and videos that play automatically, you should stop that. Google's Chrome browser...
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MaxCDN (now owned by StackPath) has been down all morning. If your website...
MaxCDN (now owned by StackPath) has been down all morning. If your website uses MaxCDN it is probably broken. Many website add-ons use it too: Disqus, some webfonts and Fontawesome implementations,...
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404 Errors in Google Search Console (Webmaster Tools) - Should You Worry...
404 Errors in Google Search Console (Webmaster Tools) - Should You Worry About Them? Do 404 errors hurt, do you need to fix them, can your rankings drop because of them, how do you handle links or...
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Google added a "Recrawl Now" link to Search Console today. Go ahead, login to...
Google added a "Recrawl Now" link to Search Console today. Go ahead, login to Google Search Console and click on it to see if it works for you. #SEO#Google#april1
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