Whilst marketers and SEO experts around the world were left panicking approaching Google’s Penguin 3.0 announcement a few months back, here at Opace we were pretty excited about the update and waiting in anticipation! Read on to find out about Penguin 3.0 and some of...
Rich Snippets for eCommerce: A Guide for Beginners
So, what are rich snippets? Have you ever noticed that some listings in Google search results look so much better than others? You know, those ones that are equipped with little extras like images, prices and ratings? Well they have been created using rich snippets...
Does PPC Marketing Really Work for SMEs?
PPC, a marketer's perspective Pay-Per-Click (PPC) marketing has been around for a long time, and, while the marketers talk is now all about natural SEO, organic listing and social media, PPC remains big business for many brands, but for smaller or medium-sized...
Best SEO Plugins for WordPress: Yoast vs All-in-One
Best SEO plugin for WordPress in 2014? All in One SEO Pack or YOAST? If you are using WordPress for your CMS or blog, you are probably wondering where to start when it comes to finding the best SEO plugin available for WordPress. Before I got into which I find to be...
4 Compelling Reasons Your Business Needs Social Media Marketing
Why social media for business In our experience most organisations know they should be using social media as part of their overall marketing strategy, but for smaller organisations this is not followed up with any actual activity. It may be that they lack time or...
10 Reasons Your Business Needs a Joomla Web Design
If you are developing a website for your new business or looking to upgrade an existing design, choosing a Joomla web design offers many advantages. There are of course other platforms you can use for developing your website, including expensive commercial systems and...
Why Social Sharing is Essential for SEO
Encouraging web users to share the content of your website should be an increasingly important part of your website SEO. Of course, encouraging sharing is good business practice as it will help promote your business, brand, goods and services. However, social sharing...
How to Effectively Use Images in Web Design
Images are important when you are planning your website design for plenty of reasons, but they can also have a negative effect and this article attempts to help you maximise the effectiveness of your design. One area that is sometimes overlooked is the actual images...
How to Develop an Effective Local SEO Strategy
For many smaller businesses who sell their products and services locally, developing localised SEO strategy with their SEO company is a great way to achieve more sales and build their business. There are a number of brilliant tools designed just for local business,...
How to Make the Most of Google Analytics for SEO
Making the most of Google Analytics For a free and relatively easy to use tool, it's surprising how many businesses either don't have Google Analytics or – even worse – fail to regularly look at the very important data they can reveal about your website visitors....