Pigeon, Panda, Penguin, Hummingbird… What will Google think of next? Since there’s no shortage of cute animals, you can expect many more algorithm updates from our friends at Google.
The tech geniuses at Google are working hard to create a better internet. Although we appreciate their efforts, changing SEO strategy every time an update rolls out, especially unannounced ones, is a challenge. Worse, if you don’t take prompt action, Google penalties could obliterate your hard-earned rankings.
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For the most part, I'd answer yes, but at the same time, it may be inevitable.
By the time a web design trend is recognized as such, it is a fait accompli, and practically all new sites begin to look the same. Take a look at the most recent web trends such as Parallax scrolling, long scrolling pages, use of icons, full bleed images, infographics and the list goes on.
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I was looking over the analytics for our blog, Driving Rain, the other day and noticed that several posts had garnered particularly high traffic. For example, in conjunction with the website design work we've done for Clayton Christensen and Innosight, I had written a blogpost about how we applied Professor Christensen's "Jobs-to-be-done" methodology in creating his website, which has been among our most popular, at least by the standard of "number of visits." Another popular post we wrote was in conjunction with our website for Jim Stengel, former CMO of Procter & Gamble, which also drew a large number of visits.
Neither Clayton Christensen nor JimStengel were in the original list of keywords for our website, but upon viewing our analytics we learned how popular they were as keywords, hence the increased traffic they brought our way. Our end result has been an increased number of leads from other companies, including consulting companies, interested in the kinds of services we provided Messrs. Christensen and Stengel.
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In "How to Build a B2B Website That Serves Multiple Audiences, Part I," I discussed the B2B branding and website design implications of how to create a website that effectively speaks to two or more disparate audiences. In this second part, I will adress this "multi-audience" web problem from the perspectives of information architecture, content creation and SEO.
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If one believes that in life nothing is permanent, then the constant changes in the science of SEO are just a fact of life. But for those who tend to get uncomfortable with things arcane, it's good to refresh yourself now and then. Managing your website's SEO in 2014 looks a little different than it did in 2004.
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