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SEO doesn’t have to be hard.  There are some easy and basic tips that anyone can implement that can do wonders for your website.  So if you run a blog or a website and are looking to get an extra jump on your competition, but don’t know a whole lot about SEO or coding, here are a few things you can do. These basic SEO tips are aimed towards those running a website or blog with Wordpress.  Not the free blogging version on wordpress.com, but the Wordpress CMS that you install onto your own server. Before we do anything, lets go to tools.pingdom.com to check out our websites speed.  input your URL, click settings underneath, pick a server that is located closest to you and click test now.  How did your site do? Write down the load time and save it for later.  We will compare it later  after making some changes. Warning: before implementing any changes, be sure to make a backup of your website and MySQL databases or ensure your host keeps backups that you can recall if anything goes horribly wrong, although it re

On this week's episode we look at all the recent updates by Google such as the AMP Project, the removal of side ads, more top ads and Penguin 4.0.  We hope you enjoy it. Transcript: This week’s topic is about all the changes and updates Google has made in the last few days. Things have been busy over at the Google offices this week.  Some changes have been exciting for SEO and digital marketers and some not so much.  We’ve seen the introduction of the AMP project, the removal of side ad’s, more top ads, but we are still awaiting the new penguin 4.0 release. Perhaps the biggest news to come out of google this week is the introduction of Accelerated Mobile Pages or the AMP project. So What is the AMP Project? Amp is a new mobile protocol being introduced by Google that would give consumers “instant” access to articles. We know that using google on your smartphone is now used more than your desktop and that trend will only continue.  Unfortunately browsing on your smartphone is a slow, sluggish and painful endea

On this week's episode we look into whether or not SEO is in fact dead and what to expect from SEO in 2016. The post Podcast Episode 1- Is SEO Dead appeared first on SEO 404.