As a website owner, you likely know the importance of having high-quality backlinks pointing to your site. Backlinks are links from other websites that point to your site, and they can help improve your search engine rankings and drive traffic to your site. However,...
What is SEO? Improve Your Website Traffic & Visibility
by Heather Valencia | Jul 18, 2022 | Learn How to SEO
What is SEO? Search engine optimization aka SEO is the science of boosting views to your website and its pages through the use of search engines. When your website is optimized, you’re enhancing the possibilities of new user visits via organic listings. Did you know...
Kill Your Website’s About Page. Do This 1 Simple Change Instead
by Heather Valencia | Apr 24, 2020 | Learn How to SEO
The about page is such a neglected page on most websites. It's pretty lame. Ask yourself, Is the information that is there, really there for your visitors? Depending on your type of business, truth is, most people will never venture into your about page. But we want...
Custom Reports in Google Analytics for Your Clients
by Heather Valencia | Aug 30, 2019 | How To, Learn How to SEO
Being that i'm a freelance web designer it's important that I spend time in the mornings looking over my Google analytics custom reports for each of my clients. I need to know the effectiveness of the on-site SEO in my website designs. It is also important to be able...
22 Methods to Increase Reputation, Credibility and Trust Online
by Heather Valencia | Jul 24, 2019 | How To, Business, Learn How to SEO
Do you want to persuade people to buy or subscribe to your cause online? Good luck. Weary of a thousand "calls to action a day," internet readers are an extremely skeptical bunch, According to the Nielsen Norman Group, a web page user designer group How Long do Users...
2018 – SEO Tips and Tactics List
by Heather Valencia | Jun 6, 2018 | How To, Learn How to SEO
Often I get calls about doing a website for a small business and the number one question on the potential clients mind is always, SEO. They want to know what SEO is and how I implement SEO into the website I am to build for them. Although I do follow an SEO guideline...
How To Bulk Optimize Images for Faster Web Pages
by Heather Valencia | Sep 28, 2016 | How To, Learn How to SEO, Web Design
There are several reasons you will need to optimize your images for web. Most digital cameras take very large high quality photos. And when left untouched and raw, they contain a lot of heavy information that is not needed to be served on a website. If you don't...
6 Easy Tips to Increase Your eCommerce Website Sales
by Heather Valencia | Nov 28, 2013 | Learn How to SEO, Marketing
One big problem with eCommerce sites is that some people assume just because a site is online that it will generate sales. This is not the case. It takes hard work, effective marketing and lots of testing to achieve these results. Search Engine Optimize Your Website...
Learn How To SEO | 1st Page Google Ranking
by Heather Valencia | Mar 8, 2012 | How To, Learn How to SEO
Learn the truth right now about ranking #1 on Google. Matt Cuts, software engineer at Google, explains the undying question every client ask's their web designer. Can you make my website number one on Google?...
Learn How to SEO | Domain Age
by Heather Valencia | Mar 3, 2012 | How To, Learn How to SEO
According to Matt Cutts at Google, domain age does play a factor in SEO, but quality content and links play a much bigger role. Google bot has been using historical data in the search engine results since 2005. Google determines domain age after the site has been...
Puerto Rican Coquito Recipe
by Heather Valencia | Nov 6, 2023
As a web designer and developer, my mornings are often defined by a routine that balances the...
How To Transfer A WordPress Website from One Hosting to Another, Manually
by Heather Valencia | Mar 29, 2023
Get ready to learn how to transfer your WordPress website like a pro! If you've been feeling...
Web Design Client Follow-Up: Post Site Launch Strategy
by Heather Valencia | Jan 18, 2023
If you’re a freelance web designer like me, it’s likely that you have read a post online and put...