Bend Oregon SmartGroup Adds Valuable Insights to Website Success
SmartGroup is a local usergroup setup for our Smart Solutions clients and prospective clients. We’ve covered monthly topics such as: SEO Basics, Newsletter Best Practices, Everything Images, Local...
View ArticleUse Web Analytics To Guide Online Success
When we polled our recent SmartGroup how many had Google Analytics installed, less than 1/3 raised their hands. When we asked how many reviewed their analytics and changed their site based on the...
View ArticleTips For Launching a New Website While Keeping SEO In Mind
We have potential clients call frequently with the intent of retooling their web site. The redesign is brought on typically by a multitude of reasons: “The design is old.”; “We have a new brand.” ; “We...
View ArticleTwitter Background Design Concepts
So, you’re a business and have taken the leap to setup Twitter account, congratulations! One element that often gets overlooked when using Twitter for business is creating a custom background image...
View ArticleIs Your Web Page Fast Enough? (Part 1)
That’s the question heating up blog airwaves since Google incorporated site speed as one of more than 200 signals used to determine search rankings. To get answers, site owners are using the Google...
View ArticleStraightforward Ways to Improve Page Speed (Part 2)
This continues our discussion about “page speed” and what’s needed to stay competitive in organic search rankings. If you missed first blog, go here. Though Google said that it expects fewer than 1% of...
View ArticleTwitter Analytics Tools
For businesses using Twitter, it’s always been a hassle trying to track the impact of your tweets and links. Because Twitter has never offered Twitter business analytics or statistics, we’ve all had to...
View ArticleWhat is A/B Testing – Multivariate Testing for Websites
A/B testing—or multivariate testing—is an experiment that you can use to increase the productivity of your website. A/B testing shows visitors alternate versions of the same web page simultaneously and...
View ArticleA Few Google Analytics Tricks
From Smart Solutions Here are a few Google Analytics tricks that we love and we think you will too! These are three tools inside Google Analytics that we use on a regular basis, and that you can use to...
View ArticleUnderstanding and Stopping Referrer Spam
Having a great looking and user friendly website is essential for an effective web presence. But even more important may be the need to measure this “effectiveness”. Google Analytics is currently the...
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