If you’ve gone into Google Analytics lately to look at your website performance, you’ll notice a large chunk of traffic and conversions attributed to “Direct.” It’s tempting to think all those visitors came to your website because they either already know your brand, or saw some kind of offline advertising you did. But in this […]

In many ways, organic search rankings are the lifeblood of the online business world. As SEO specialists know all too well, Google is famously quiet about what goes into their search ranking algorithms, which they update all the time. When a new update is released, search enthusiasts are quick to make assumptions about how to […]

Google today announced a major new initiative around its Chrome browser that will, in the long run, introduce significant changes to how Chrome handles cookies and enhance its users’ privacy across the web. With this move, Google is making cookies more private and also adding new anti-fingerprinting technology to its browser. While some of the […]

Domain investors typically buy two different types of domain names: exact match domains that match a product or service, or brandable domains that can be used for many types of business. Most of the good domains that fit these categories are already registered, meaning that investors have to buy them from someone else. But every […]

Domain names are fast becoming an asset for thousands of worldwide investors and business owners. A domain name is an easy way for people to locate a website on the Internet. For many corporations the names are becoming a brand in their own right and can be traded for additional value because of the brand […]

It’s frustrating when the domain name you want has already been registered. You spent ages dreaming up the perfect name for your website, business, or blog, only to find someone else got in there ahead of you and snapped it up—aargh! When this happens, there are two roads available. The first is to try and […]

Posted by MiriamEllis Staff at your agency get asked this question just about every day, and it’s a local SEO forum FAQ, too: “I’m located in ‘x’, but how do I rank beyond that?” In fact, this query is so popular, it deserves a good and thorough answer. I’ve written this article in the simplest […]

Whether it’s for a business or blog, or you just want your own slice of the internet, your domain is your digital address online. If your domain is your address, your domain extension is like your ZIP code in that it gives your website visitors a little more information about you. In the beginning of […]

Businesses want stability. They understand that domain prices increase over time but want predictability. Imagine if next year you had to pay 10 times as much to renew your domain name as you paid this year. Based on an action proposed by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), price caps could be […]

When you first start an Internet business one of the first items on the list, after you've written your business model, is getting a domain name.  In years past it wasn't as difficult to find a decent name for your site.  Today however, it's not as easy to get your dot com name.  The process […]