It's hard to know how you're doing relative to your competition. You probably have a pretty good idea where you rank in Google generally speaking but how does your business compare against industry average? A recent local business study looked at 11,000 businesses. Personally I think you need to aspire to way better than average but at least this will give you a relative benchmark to determine how you're business is doing.

When you play in Google's sandbox, you have to play by their rules. One of the biggest complaints I get from clients is the suggestions at the end of the video are either not relevant or worse, they are competitive videos. Here's an easy way to prevent your embedded videos from showing suggested videos at the end.

I hear it all the time. What can I do? To that, my answer is almost always the same. SEO is not hard. It can be tedious at times but if you're diligent, a little can go a long way. Here are the top SEO things anybody can do and if you do these religiously, you'll beat most of your competition. You'll probably beat the other SEO gurus too... shhhh!

It may have been a while since you've updated your website and you're looking for a new web design. While your site is probably due for a fresh look and feel, you may need to consider more than web design. Your business probably needs a fresh internet strategy. Consider this...

Our tagline is "Google-able Web Design". We cater to small local businesses. Most of our clients come to us with the need to RE-design an existing site. These are the things you should take into consideration BEYOND web design when you are upgrading from an existing website to a new design. It is not a coincidence that these are also the reasons why 50Bubbles is the right choice for web design in Dayton Ohio.

Due to the nature of my business, I get to see a lot of different types of businesses and some times its interesting to consider how far they've come and from whence they started. Every one of them has a story to tell. As an ex-Chemical Engineer, I've come across this simple truth. It helps me understand why some businesses fail and some don't... and it's never about the money!

Searching for a Web Consultant? Why? The digital age has reduced the globe to the size of your smart phone. You can find anything and anyone in the confines of a box that is about 6"x3"x.25". And when you have that kind of access, what is going to determine your choice? I would argue that what will make the difference is this...

Very often we let our web developer handle the conversion of a website to its mobile-friendly counterpart but sometimes that isn't enough. There are some considerations that may affect how your responsive website looks and that is best handled by the website designer before the project is handed off to the development team.

More than 70% of searches online are for local products and services. 78% of those searches result in a purchase. If your local business is not showing up in a google search, your business is missing out on an incredible opportunity.

It might surprise you know that your average Google review rating is NOT the determining factor on where you show up in a Google search. After all, isn't everybody telling you to get more reviews? Your business placement in Google MAPS is affected by Google reviews but probably not the way you think.