Years ago, I have given a couple of SEO workshops at blogger conferences. It was a lot of fun, as these bloggers were widely successful with their hobby turning into real businesses. They were fascinated with the stuff I presented, which is my daily … [Read more]
Twitter Complaints as Effective Acquisition Channel
This morning, while I was dealing with a website that didn’t load right after I published a new post here, I received an email regarding my problems with my site at Godaddy. That was fast I thought, customer service really is beefed up there. Nope, … [Read more]
Putting SEO to Work to Drive Traffic & Brand Awareness
A couple of weeks ago I saw this post from my buddy John on How long does SEO take to start working. He describes how his business Credo has been growing over the months he has been heads down building it through good content marketing execution, … [Read more]
NCAA March Madness Colors Google Answer Box
With the start of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament starting this week, we here at Fanatics have been planning a decent amount of presence content on the WeAreFanatics blog. So far the March Madness Winning Teams Color Analysis has … [Read more]
What can an SEO do about Google rankings ‘Did the Holocaust Happen?
If you have been following, there are a number of people and publications calling out Google for ranking a holocaust denying page at the top of the results for the term; "Did the holocaust happen?". This started with an article in The Guardian on how … [Read more]
Google Knowledge Graph slower updates than Snippet
Google is super fast these days updating the SERPs. The sad news of John Glenn (RIP) passing has already been updated on Wikipedia and reflected in the SERP's. However, the knowledge graph box on the right side, also based on Wikipedia, is not … [Read more]
Mix Lolcats with eCommerce and Branding
I saw a tweet today, which was pretty great. Mix Lolcats with a branded box, and you have the chance to get an influx of brand impressions when the tweet goes viral. Is this a turning point for the Fanatics brand to go even more mainstream, having a … [Read more]
Google Answer Box Impact on SERP’s
You might ask yourself, where are the organic results on this Google Search Result? Even when you’re first in the organic results, you actually are not anymore, as Google puts a pretty large answer box in between the advertisement on top and the … [Read more]
Cubs vs Indians in 2016 World Series
While I'm watching the World Series of Baseball for the last couple of nights between the Chicago Cubs & the Cleveland Indians, I can't help my mind to wonder off to my teenage years when I had the movie Major League on VHS tape. I watched that … [Read more]
This is why I’m OBSESSED with Ernie Banks Chicago Cubs Google Rankings
Last year, while visiting the Fanatics Authentic show in Chicago, I almost shelled out $250 for a signed Ernie Banks jersey (here is an Ernie Banks signed jersey from Sportsmemorabilia.com for $399.95 in a fancy frame). The price was a little too … [Read more]
