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    Marketing efforts that rise above the rest, including Weird Al.

    Even if you're not a fan of Weird Al Yankovic, this is an intensively creative version of Robin Thicke's "Blurred Lines." Not only is it a great song to begin with, but Weird Al has made it an educational song, as well. Creative, Intelligent, and amazing visuals Consider this: it was his first #1  hit in his 30 years in the business, the album this song is from (Mandatory Fun) was the first com...

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    Don't worry about the bounce rates in your Google Analytics.

    So your Google Analytics shows your website has an average bounce rate of 70%. Time to worry? Not at all! Why is that? Well, as we mentioned in our previous blog, we don't believe Google is even using your website's personal analytics (even if the are Google Analytics) as a ranking factor to determine how worthy your website is of ranking well. The two main reasons we think Google Analytics aren...

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    Does Google use your analytics' bounce rate as a ranking factor?

    We’ve been reading recently, that Google doesn’t actually use a website's “personal" Google Analytics to determine that specific website's ranking. This is a big issue for us, all our clients, the SEO world, and basically everyone around the globe who cares about their Google Analytic's report. So what do we know? First, let's say what the SEO world does know: that Google has hundreds, or thous...

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