by Cecily Crout | Mar 13, 2013 | Google Adwords, Google Analytics, Paid Search
While trying to set up Analytics goals as conversions in Google Adwords I came across a bug when using the “Import Google Analytics” option and thought I should share in case anyone else has the same problem and is trying to troubleshoot the issue. This is...
by Cecily Crout | Jun 11, 2012 | Paid Search
If you’re reading this, then it’s likely that you are trying to take the Google Adwords Certification Exam and have found that somewhere between registering & before starting the exam, you get the ominous message “Secure Validation Error”....
by Cecily Crout | May 12, 2012 | Link Building, Local SEO, SEO
Before your website can rank in a search engine, your website pages have to be in the search engine?s index (database). So the question of how to submit to the search engines, is really, how do you get your website found, crawled and indexed by the search engines? The...
by Cecily Crout | Jan 30, 2012 | Local Search, Local SEO, Search Engine Marketing
Maintaining a positive web presence for your business is an important part of your search engine marketing strategy. Link building and business listings play an important role in ensuring that local customers can find your products and services online. You may already...
by Cecily Crout | Dec 6, 2011 | Local SEO, SEO
CCSEO is pleased to be collaborating with The Fort Collins Digital Workshop on a beginning level SEO class, ?Getting Started with SEO for Business?. The three hour introductory course will give local business owners an overview of SEO fundamentals such as how search...
by Cecily Crout | Nov 7, 2011 | Web Development, Web Sites
As web marketers and developers we sometimes get too involved in all things web, and it’s a great idea to occasionally step back and view the technologies we are so used to interacting with from a new or different perspective. Recently, a client was reviewing...
by Cecily Crout | Oct 12, 2011 | News, SEO, Web Development
Today, Google is honoring Gumby creator, Art Clokey, with an interactive Google doodle of Gumby and Friends. Here at CCSEO we are celebrating Mr. Clokey?s life & accomplishments as well as the successful launch of the new official website for Gumby and Friends,...
by Cecily Crout | Sep 8, 2011 | Local SEO
A slick salesman gives you a call promising guaranteed leads, a risk-free trial, and a no-hassle setup that will take none of your time as a swamped business owner; is there a downside? what’s the catch? It sounds too good to be true, a promise to setup local...
by Cecily Crout | Jun 20, 2011 | Conversion Optimization, Search Engine Marketing, Web Analytics
Savvy website owners understand the need for web analytics to keep a head count and make sure their services are on target. However, for many website owners the world of web analytics is quite overwhelming. They realize the importance of measuring their web traffic,...
by Cecily Crout | Jun 3, 2011 | Link Building, Search Engine Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, SEO
A major ranking factor in Google?s algorithm is link popularity. The search engines assess the quality and quantity of links pointing to your website pages and factor that in when assessing the value of your website and where it should be ranked. ?When Google was...