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Website Speed Matters
Remove anything that slows down your site. In the past, you could get away with a slow-loading site. I can recall a time when I had to wait for about 5 minutes before a popular news site fully loaded. Data from Strange Loop shows that a 1-second delay in page load...
H1 Tags – SEO and User Experience
The "H1" tag is important for 2 main reasons: User experience Search engine optimization (SEO) To really benefit from these two areas, there should be an attempt to include an H1 tag on pretty much every page of the site. The majority of pages use an H1 tag –...
Using Alt Text with Your Images
Using Alt Text with Your Images The Alternative Text tag (alt text) is used to describe your images to crawlers. Syntax: <img alt=”First Class Travel” title=”First Class Travel” src=”/wp-content/themes/tm-bluecomet/images/logo.png”> The Alternative Text tag (alt...
How Do Meta Tags Help SEO?
How Do Meta Tags Help SEO? To rank high in Google in 2017 has more to do with relevance and reputation of high-quality content, user satisfaction and popularity than meta tag optimization. In my experience, Meta tags do not noticeably influence where a page ranks in...
SEO WEB Technology Changing Rapidly
Today SEO Web technology is changing very rapidly. When it comes with website optimization, many people are left confused as to which SEO strategies are relevant and which to leave by the wayside. Using outdated SEO strategies can affect your site negatively. Here are...
In today’s globalized world, a true international online presence is not an option!
I decided to write this article as I just received the most absurd feedback from a potential customer interested in the Multilingual Search Engine Optimization services offered by MSEO. Basically, I was speaking to a lady located in the New York area who was...
French from France, or French from Quebec? Spanish from Spain, or Spanish from Mexico? Which one for my website?
When approaching multilingual markets, it is always important to consider the idiomatic cultural ramifications involved with languages like French, Spanish, Portuguese... Let's take French, for example (since it is my mother tongue). I have been asked numerous times...
Automated Computer Translations – Just Wont Do The Trick!
When it comes to International SEO or, in other terms, when it comes to promoting foreign language content on multilingual search engines, ranking algorithms are calculated significantly differently from what you are used to in English. In fact, the multilingual...
What are the largest & most lucrative online multilingual markets aside from English?
With Google reporting that over 75% of their traffic comes from multilingual searches, it has become crucial to consider developing a multilingual online presence. However, the question remains the same: Which markets to target? Which ones are the most important in...
“Gold Mine” behind Third World online markets
All right, I know... I should not refer to "Third World markets", but rather to "emerging economies" to be more politically correct! Let's establish the fact that being politically correct is not my forté and that when referring to countries such as India or Peru, I...