Category: Ask Mike!
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Which is the best way (like website) of checking plagiarism in mathematics content to cover all online and offline content also?
SEMRush Plagiarism Checker
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Must your website have a blog for SEO? How can you improve rankings without a blog?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) No, it doesn’t have to have a blog for SEO, but it makes it a lot easier. Things that you can do other than a blog are social media marketing (post to Facebook, twitter, linked, etc. frequently), hold contents, build backlinks, submit to niche directories ONLY, add…
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How can a site like Google have constant, intense web traffic and maintain near 100% uptime, but then when Star Wars tickets go online none of the theaters can handle the traffic even though they knew they’d be busy?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Jan 23 Because they have money and lots of it! They have so many servers to help take care of the traffic it is not even funny! But… When Google first released Google Analytics to the public for free (which used to cost a few hundred dollars…
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How can I increase traffic to my website without paying anything?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered July 18, 2019 Promote it on social media. Add your website to your business cards, invoices, newsletters, etc. Answer questions on places like this. Give free seminars to educate the general population and ask them to visit your website for more detailed information. Provide detailed information on…
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What is the best way to get some traffic initially to a website?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered August 16, 2019 It really depends upon what type of website you have in order to tell you which way would be the most effective for your particular type of website and business. But, I start out all of my marketing clients by doing these four things.…
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What factors have caused the largest increase in traffic to your website?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered August 16, 2019 Being featured on Reddit at the top was the largest gain in traffic that I have noticed. Also, being displayed on national news or using Google AdWords. · Answer requested by Francis Peralta
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What surprisingly simple changes have significantly increased a website’s traffic?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered September 4, 2019 The one that comes to my mind immediately was when someone contacted me and asked my opinion on why their traffic dropped drastically. I asked them if they recently changed or updated their website and they said yes. I did some quick checking and…
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How can I get more traffic for my site?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered September 25, 2019 I answered one similar to this from another post. You can read my answer and others’ answers here. Promote it on social media. Add your website to your business cards, invoices, newsletters, etc. Answer questions on places like this. Give free seminars to educate the…
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How can I start learning digital marketing online? There are so many courses, so many different topics (SEO, social media, Google ads, etc.), and I get lost. How can I get organized?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Apr 2 I was in the same boat about 16 to 17 years ago. It took a while but I began to learn with sources that were trustworthy. As of today, I would trust Moz’s Whiteboard Fridays, videos, and articles, SEMRush articles, Ahrefs, Search Engine Journal, Search…
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Can you build backlinks without content?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 27 Yes, of course. Getting your business listed in niche directories, your local chamber of commerce, social media mentions, getting mentioned in the news about press releases, having people add ‘badges’ to their websites that point to your website, etc. · Answer requested by Mike Heger