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  • How Your Website’s Mobile Load Time Affects Your Rank on Google

    ByEric Bonar

    In 2010, Google stated that they were going to begin to use site speed as a factor in ranking websites. In 2018, Google doubled down on this by stating that they intend to use site speed as a factor for ranking websites on mobile, with the intent of ensuring that people do not have to wait to find the answers to their questions. This means that if your website is not running fast, or at least faster than the average 15 seconds[1] on mobile, you will have trouble ranking on Google for anything other than your business name. Have a Fast Host The most important part of ensuring your site loads fast for Google is to have a fast host. Fast hosts will implement server-side caching and Gzip…

  • 4 of 5 doctors agree: Reviews Matter!

    ByCharles Crouch

    The classic ringing endorsement for a product is that: 4 out of 5 doctors agree. While the doctors may not have been asked about reviews, it is clear that reviews today matter. We used to go to the Better Business Bureau to find out if a business did good work. But today a business’s customers give you the best insight. After all who knows better? Reviews are endorsements for your products. Between Yelp, TripAdvisor, Amazon, Facebook, Google, and many more, people can easily share their experience with your product or service. You may be saying, “Yes, but this is a double-edged sword. What if they leave a bad review?” This is actually a good thing. For one thing, a bad review can tell you where you…

  • How to use Omni-Channel Marketing for your business

    ByCharles Crouch

    Omni-channel marketing should be a smooth and painless process to market to clients. The Crouch Group is a full-service marketing firm. However, Tim (Crouch) likes to say we are actually in the business of evolution. The world is changing so rapidly today that if we do not constantly evolve with it, we will quickly go extinct. When this company was started, marketing was largely the same it had been since the days Don Draper (Mad Men) worked on Madison Ave. But over the last two decades we have had to constantly pivot on how we market our clients. In the days of Mad Men, marketing avenues were largely print media, radio and television ads. With the advent of the internet, a digital component was added,…

  • Pay-Per-Click Campaigns for Lawyers

    ByCharles Crouch

    Pay-Per-Click campaigns with Google Ads (formerly Google Ad Words) for attorneys are the some of the most expensive per action on the internet. An action could be someone clicking to your website, calling your office, in other words interacting with your Google Ad. On average, Google ads cost $8.88 more per action for attorneys than any other industry. Why is this? There is a lot of competition for legal keywords. There are Family Law attorneys, Personal injury, Tax Attorneys, Business attorneys, Criminal attorneys, DUI/ DWI attorneys, Civil Rights attorneys, and the list goes on. So, the question is: Since Google ads for attorneys are more expensive than any other industry, are they worth it? Two Kinds of Google Ads Before answering that question, let’s be…

  • Is Search Engine Optimization still relevant?

    ByCharles Crouch

    Search Engine Optimization is nothing new. It has been around almost as long as Search Engines have existed, gaining widespread prominence around 1997. But how does a 20+ year old term still have relevance in a digital landscape that drastically changes, sometimes even month to month? Like every aspect of the internet, Search Engine Optimization has constantly evolved over the years, or it would have completely disappeared. Search Engines are designed to deliver the best user-experience and the most relevant links to someone’s search. The companies who develop Search Engines are constantly upgrading their product to deliver the best possible experience. Being the largest mover in Search Engines, Google largely controls what happens in Search Engine Optimization. Depending on the source, Google controls anywhere from…

  • Are you ready for #Mobilegeddon? We are!

    ByEric Bonar

    You might have already heard that on April 21st Google launched it’s new algorithm that favors sites which are “mobile friendly”. This means that websites that are not “mobile friendly” will not show up in search results on mobile devices. Recent studies show that over 60% of people use their mobile phone for everyday activities so it is likely that this could mean a decline in business for those websites that don’t show up in search results. Is your business website ready for mobile? Here are 5 tips for surviving #Mobilegeddon. Don’t Panic! This is not the zombie apocalypse so luckily there’s no walking dead to worry about. Take the mobile friendly test to determine if your site will be impacted. Just follow the link…