by Cecily Crout | Dec 6, 2025 | Optimization
What Happens When LLMs Can’t Find Their Anchors — and Why SEO Still Matters I had the pleasure of attending the Tech SEO Connect conference in Durham, NC over the last couple of days, and I must say, my cup is full :) Several of the presentations honed in on how...
by Cecily Crout | Mar 13, 2013 | Optimization
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 | Jan 30, 2012 | Optimization
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 | Oct 12, 2011 | Optimization
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 | Dec 18, 2009 | Optimization
A website is a collection of web pages, documents and multi-media files that are hosted (stored) on a server (computer) on the Internet. The server can be in your own town, in another part of the country or in another part of the world. All of the public Internet...
by Cecily Crout | Dec 16, 2009 | Optimization
Many people think that the? Web and the Internet are the same, but they are not. The Internet is the foundation the Web is built upon. The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers. These interconnected computers are able to share data (information),...
by Cecily Crout | Aug 27, 2009 | Optimization
SERPs are ‘Search Engine Results Pages’ (the pages of search results you see after submitting your search query). Understanding what kind of content is presented to you in the SERPs, and how it got there, can help you be a more shrewd and savvy searcher....
by Cecily Crout | Aug 24, 2009 | Optimization
Often we work with clients who wish to breathe new life into an existing website. They can do this by adding new content, new features, or by using search engine optimization (SEO) to optimize their current content. When we evaluate an existing website, we try to...
by Cecily Crout | Aug 20, 2009 | Optimization
Since this is a new blog about web visibility, I thought I would kick things off with a bit of basic information about the driving force of the SEO industry, the search engine. The World Wide Web (www), or ‘the web’ as it’s more commonly referred to,...
by Cecily Crout | Aug 18, 2009 | Optimization
The purpose of this blog is to explore a variety of web visibility topics, to educate, inform, and communicate with clients, potential clients, peers and others interested in search marketing and creating effective websites. We plan to publish regular updates covering...