There’s a strong chance that you understand how to use Google Search, but its inner workings are still a mystery to the casual searcher. To make things simple, Google needs to complete three main steps to bring you results: Crawl – Identify as many pages as possible across the web …
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Collapsible Content SEO – Click to Expand, Tabs, & Accordions
Hidden content has been on Google’s radar since the beginning, and it continues to be a high-visibility theme within the SEO community. Today, the conversation surrounding hidden content has moved past blatant shady SEO techniques to thoughtful user experience questions about how click-to-expand buttons, accordions, tabs and SEO work. The …
Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS) – Important Ranking Factor
For years, Google has been introducing ranking factors centered around the user experience (UX) on your website. Elements like offering safe browsing, mobile-friendly pages via responsive web design, non-intrusive pop-ups, and using an HTTPS connection are examples of these UX search signals. A new ranking signal has entered the SEO …
How Much Does It Cost to Have a Website Built?
As a small business owner or marketing manager, you do your best to operate on a lean budget. For that reason, it’s not uncommon to experience sticker shock after the first few website design quotes you gather for your business. You have the option to relegate your business website to …
So, Your Marketing Budget has Been Cut – Now What?
It’s clear the COVID-19 pandemic has affected nearly every business across the globe. In MARION’s headquarter city of Houston, TX, over 90% of small businesses have lost revenue due to the pandemic. In times of economic hardship, marketing is usually one of the first departments to get its budget sliced. …
MARION Integrated Marketing Announces Partnership with SELLect Sales Development
Houston, TX — 09/29/2020 –MARION Integrated Marketing, a Texas marketing agency, and SELLect Sales Development, an Austin-based sales training and development company, today announced that MARION has become a licensee of the SELLect Sales Methodology and its marketing agency of record (AOR).Licensing SELLect’s curriculum for sales training will allow MARION …
How to Make a High-Converting Landing Page [With 3 Examples!]
As a small business owner or marketing manager, having to balance operations, marketing and sales, and customer service leaves you with a packed schedule. Establishing a marketing budget for your small business is one thing, but being responsible for potentially thousands of advertising dollars can be a lofty task. You …
Why Is My Website Not Showing Up on Google? – How to Get on Google
A website not showing up in Google can be a MAJOR problem. However, MARION offers SEO services, so taking our word for it would be like asking a barber if you need a haircut. Instead, consider the following stats. B2B researchers conduct an average of 12 online searches before engaging …
The Google Search Terms Report Is Being Weakened
As a paying customer in any situation, you like to know what you’re getting. Unfortunately, an upcoming change to Google Ads that limits advertiser access to search term data will be breaking that unspoken contract under the guise of “privacy.” But first, let’s make sure you understand what search terms …