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Category: Ask Mike!

  • Can the location of the website owner affect SEO or traffic to his/her website if it’s a .com domain?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 5 Yes, each domain extension should be country-specific to the location of the owner or business location. Other things that can factor rankings are computer location that is doing the search, the searcher’s past browser history, and the searcher’s social media statistics.  · Answer requested by Mbareebakyi Deus

  • How do I do local SEO marketing in 2020?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 5 Localized rankings are easier than national rankings. Here are my steps for this. Claim and use your Google My Business page. This will help put you on the ‘map’ and be found when searches are done on a mobile phone. You can enter in all…

  • When SEO experts claim they can get someone’s new blog onto the first page of Google, what are the gotcha’s they are leaving out?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 5 You have to beware of companies boasting this. Anyone can get you to the first page of Google for a keyword phrase that no one searches for. The real worth you have to look out for is how many goals are reached (newsletter sign-ups, sales…

  • When we look at where SEO started and where we are now, what is your opinion of where we are going?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 5 That SEO is dying. They will get so good at it there will be no ‘tricks’. The authoritative website without practicing SEO will come out on top. Search engines will become so advanced that people will ask it something and it will provide the answer…

  • What are the possible reasons why some sites can gradually lose their search rankings over time?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Mar 2 There are a few different reasons. These are the ones that come to mind. Trends: An example of this is that searches for “SEO” are growing smaller and being replaced by searches on “Digital Marketing”. Stale Content: If you haven’t updated the content on your…

  • Why is organic traffic important?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Feb 11 I remember reading a statistic a few years back that organic traffic is more trusted. A Google ad will get clicked on 20% of the time while an organic search result will get clicked 80% of the time. It just shows the authority of your…

  • What are some tips for self-learning SEO effectively?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Jan 23 Read articles from trusted sources like… Moz Search Engine Journal Ahrefs Wordstream SEOBook Hubspot  · Answer requested by Kristen Browne

  • What’s the 2nd page of Google like?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Oct 28 A vast wasteland that hardly anyone visits unless you are on a mobile phone then it is just continuous scrolling. HAHA A long time ago in a land far, far, away you wanted to get your website ranked in the first three pages of Google…

  • What is diib?

    Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered August 14, 2019 I just started using DIIB and I was super impressed! You can read my review at DIIB Review done by Michael Rock of The Internet Presence, LLC. It basically combines data from three different sources, Facebook, Google Analytics, and Google My Business to bring you…