Why Online Reviews Are Essential to Your Business
Editor’s Note: This article was initially published in May 2019 and updated in February 2023. In a time when people don’t buy products or book a service without first reading reviews, it’s crucial to seek out these testimonials from your customers and know how to manage and use them to your advantage! Why Reviews Are... Read More
Matthew BrownResponsive Search Ads are Replacing Expanded Text Ads
After June 30th, You Won’t Be Able to Update Expanded Text Ads One thing that is constant is change, especially at Google! Starting June 30th, 2022, you will no longer be able to create or edit Expanded Text ads. Google’s move to sunset Expanded Text Ads is part of their push for automation with Responsive... Read More
Ciprian RusuCore Web Vitals Update: Why Google Says You NEED to Fix Your Slow Website Experience
Sure – Google has told us for years that they favour websites with a strong user experience; something that loads quickly and allows users to explore and interact effortlessly with your content. And yes, we know that improving the speed of your website has been on your digital team’s “to-do” list for the last couple of... Read More
Terri CarlsonHow to Remove Private, Outdated, or Duplicate Content from Google
It happens to the best marketers. You search for your website on Google and notice the search engine has indexed some pages that you would have preferred to keep private or hidden. This could include outdated information, duplicate content or content that contains sensitive or private information. Once you’ve discovered this content on Google, one... Read More
Kathy WatermanGoogle Chrome to Add ‘NOT SECURE’ Label to Websites Without HTTPS – What You Need to Know
For most of the year, the web has been buzzing about Google shifting to label sites that don’t use HTTPS as “not secure”. In a recent round of emails to Google Search Console account holders with HTTP sites, Google confirmed their October deadline, saying, “Starting October 2017, Chrome (Version 62) will show a “NOT SECURE”... Read More
Bryan SmithRank Higher on Google Search with Mobile-First Indexing
Mobile has been a key focus of Google’s for quite some time now. It used to be that when consumers prepared to make a buying decision they would flip through the phonebook to find listed companies before choosing one to do business with. That type of research was replaced by internet research, and now the... Read More
Shauna Heryford3 Ways Google Analytics Can Help Your Business Get Results
When most people think about Google Analytics, the first reports that jump to mind are often basic metrics like: Visits (or sessions) Pageviews Bounce rate Visit duration Chances are you’re already tracking these indicators, but they aren’t telling you much. So which reports are actually going to generate valuable insights and results for your business?... Read More
Shannon YoungBluetrain Earns a Premier Google Partner Badge
Just when we thought we had left our Brownie and Boy Scout badge-wearing days behind us, Google has bestowed us with our very own Premier Google Partner Badge. They like us. They really like us! What does it mean? The Premier Google Partner badge highlights Bluetrain’s expertise and represents our team’s dedication to growth, excellence,... Read More
Alyce KominetskyXML Sitemaps vs. HTML Sitemaps: What’s the Difference?
Every website has two types of users: The humans: and the machines: Web crawlers (also known as spiders, bots or automatic indexers) use XML Sitemaps to create search engine indexes. Human users use HTML Sitemaps to navigate websites. Does your website need both types of Sitemaps? Let’s find out! What is an XML Sitemap? When... Read More
Glenn WalkerSee What Happened When Google Sent Our Team a Paint Nite Kit [Time-Lapse Video]
First off, thank you, Google, for sending us this wonderful paint nite kit! Our team thoroughly enjoyed it during last month’s team social and were extremely proud of the “art” we managed to create. Some highlights of the afternoon included: seeing Bryan in a smock, watching Glenn paint an interesting picture then proceed to... Read More
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