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How to Optimise Your Business Listing: An SEO Agency in Melbourne Explains!

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Your Google My Business Listing is a crucial point-of-contact between you and your customer. However, with the proper optimisation, it can be much, much more… Say a customer wants to Google your business. Before they even access your website, they’ll be greeted by a box to the side that lists: Contact details <li”>Address and location Pictures and photos Pricing FAQs Review scores   Additionally, businesses in specific industries may also list unique information in their…

SEO Attacks (Part 2): Protect Yourself from Negative SEO (and How We Help!)

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Last week, we talked about negative SEO tactics, and the impact they can have on your SEO strategy. This week, we’ll be talking prevention. While the risk of being targeted by a negative SEO strategy are slim for the majority of businesses and organisations, it’s still something you’ll want to keep in mind, especially if you operate in a highly-competitive, cutthroat industry. As long as there’s money to be made in having a high rank…

SEO Attacks (Part 1): A Melbourne SEO Agency Explains Negative SEO Tactics

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Just like any other industry, there are plenty of people who aren’t afraid of playing dirty when it comes to their search engine rankings. We’ve talked before about the various “black-hat” SEO tactics that some other Melbourne SEO agencies might be using as part of their strategies. In our opinion, there are no shortcuts when it comes to SEO. While these tactics may net you some short-term gains, in the long-run, they’re more likely to end up…

SEO for Hospitality: Our Bayside SEO Team Explain the Dos and Don’ts

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You’re already listed on directories. You send out flyers regularly. You’ve even built up strong, mutually-beneficial relationships with travel agents. If you ask us however, you’re missing one of the most potent tools at your disposal for driving bookings towards your business. At AI Format, we are the experts in digital marketing – in particular, we do a lot of search engine optimisation. If you ask us, SEO is the secret to a more successful…

Online Marketing 101: An SEO Agency Explains the Perfect Call to Action

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While we may primarily be an SEO agency, people often ask us about other online marketing techniques. That’s because SEO is just one technique in the extensive toolbelt of an online marketing expert. In our experience, there’s a lot of work that goes into building a website and online marketing strategy that helps you secure leads and make sales. One of which is the Call to Action (CTA). “Buy now.” “Get in touch now.” “Subscribe today.” These…

Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V: Why Copying Copy Is a Bad Idea for Your Seo

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“Good artists copy. Great artists steal.” – Pablo Picasso While Picasso is regarded as one of the most influential artists of the post-expressionism era, we’re not sure we agree with his comments above. High-quality, credible and regularly updated content is a key pillar to your organic strategy. While good content takes time to create, it can pay dividends in raising your search engine rankings and turning your website into a long-term lead generator for business.…

SEO Strategy: 6 Reasons Why Picking Your Battles Is Critical

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This topic that definitely deserves more coverage, as it’s one of the most common questions we get asked: namely, why we start our strategies by targeting specific keywords? We know you want to see quick results. However, when it comes to search engine optimisation (SEO), rarely does targeting highly-competitive searches right off the bat succeed. That’s why we instead focus on getting you found for specific keywords. But why? Reason 1: the bigger the pond, the bigger…

A Beginner’s Guide to SEO Keyword Research: 4 Essential Steps

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Just like the big decisions, your SEO strategy should be backed up by a coherent plan and a well-thought-out strategy. You can’t run a business by the seat of your pants. To do so is essentially inviting disaster to your business! And that starts by doing keyword research and devising a thorough keyword and SEO strategy. What is keyword research, and why is it important for my SEO strategy? Keyword research is when you research…

Why Website Speed Is Important for SEO

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Here’s a question we’d like to ask: when you log on to a website, do you take note of how long it usually loads? The answer is probably no… but only when you don’t have to wait! But make us wait even just a few seconds, and we instantly become frustrated and agitated at the website, the company, and our phone! In fact, it’s estimated that even a 1-second delay could result in a 7% drop…

3 Essential Search Engine Optimisation Tools Your SEO Strategy Needs to Succeed

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Navigating the world of SEO can be like trying to navigate yourself up the proverbial creek without a paddle. If you want your business’s website to go up the search engine ranks, you need to maximise your SEO efforts. That means ensuring your SEO strategy and the content to go with it are: Increasing your ranking on search engines Getting people to choose your business over your competitors While the most important outcomes (read: more…

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