Conversion rate optimization (CRO) is the systematic process of increasing the percentage of website visitors who take a desired action — be that filling out a form, becoming customers, or otherwise. The CRO process involves understanding how users move through your site, what actions they take, and what's stopping them from completing your goals. What is a conversion? A conversion is the general term for a visitor completing a site goal. Goals come in many shapes and sizes. If you use your website to sell products, the primary goal (known as the macro-conversion) is for the user to make [...]

Bounce Rate Bounce rate is probably one of the most undervalued and underestimated metrics of any website’s search engine optimization campaign. But what is bounce rate and why is it so essential? Well, that’s certainly a very interesting question to ask and unfortunately, Google doesn’t really help you answer it. Therefore, the first thing we need to do is explain what bounce means in search engine optimization terms. So a bounce is basically when someone uses Google in order to look for a product or service online, finds your website, clicks on it and then clicks the “Back” button [...]

Google Algo SEO Changes We're once again witnessing great changes in the SEO landscape and in 2016 there are quite a few ranking factors that Google has decided to leave behind. According to HubSpot, SEO is going to be completely different from what it is now in the next 5 years and marketers will have no choice but to adapt. However, this time, the changes Google made to their algorithm will force marketers to come up with completely new strategies. So with that being said, let's take a closer look at these changes and how they're going to [...]

Should businesses start thinking of a new location marketing strategy in 2016? Since more than fifty percent of computing is currently done on mobile devices, location marketing should be very important for every marketer in the new year. The strength of mobile and the ever increasing strategic value of location data are going to transform local marketing forever. So with that in mind, below we’re going to take a closer look at the top 6 trends that are changing the local marketing landscape this year. 1. Local Marketing Will Fully Rely On Location Data For a very long time, businesses [...]