Google Local Business Insights from Client Data

Running an agency that has a great depth of clients provides us with access to some awesome data. This data helps us do a better job of identifying problems, analyzing trends and providing better SEO. Within our portfolio of clients are the local service providers. We love these clients! Part of our SEO Strategy for […]
How Long Does it Take to Rank in Google?

A client recently sent us a link to a graphic that broke down how long it takes to rank on Google. Of course this is an age old question in the SEO industry. And it’s not the easiest question to answer as there’s a wide range of factors that impact that projection. Even with that […]
Google Disavow Link Tool URL

Looking for the actual URL to the Google Disavow Tool? Here it is: https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main So why did we create a blog post about it? Great question! This tool has never been real easy to find. At one point it was linked to within Webmaster Tools (Now Search Console). I only saw that a few times. […]
Wistia Google Mobile Friendly Test Error Diagnosed

I figured I would do a write-up on this crawl error because I couldn’t find any other information on the web about it. We have multiple clients that use Wistia for their video management and periodically run Google’s Mobile Friendly Test Tool to make sure our websites pass. For those that are not aware of […]
Blocking Traffic from Other Countries & It’s Affect on Google

So over the last month or so i’ve debated blocking traffic to Kashmer Interactive from a few select countries. The main reason for wanting to do this is because my site, just like almost every other website out there, has been getting spammed lately. This spam tends to come in a few forms. Trying to […]
SEO Anchor Text Diversity – The (1/3)rd Rule

If your an SEO expert of knowledgeable with SEO than you definitely have some initial insight into anchor text and what it is. I could do an entire blog post series on anchor text, what it is and so forth. For the sake of this conversation, I’ll keep this a bit more on topic to […]
Focusing on Core Service Offerings as a Business

As an SEO Guru and internet marketer for over 15 years i’ve had a lot of experience working at different agencies and companies. Throughout my journey i have always fallen back to my true love and craft, SEO. Partly because I simply love SEO and how I can move results, but also because I love […]
We’re Google Analytics Certified

While it may sound trivial, the Google Analytics certification is important. Google requires that you renew the certification every 18 months. Kashmer Interactive, LLC is currently Google Analytics certified. There is many ins and outs to Google Analytics. Even with my certification, there is still tons to learn and tons to know. Getting certified at […]
Attending Charlotte’s Digital Summit (2016)

So i got the chance to go to Digital Summit this year in Charlotte, North Carolina. A plug for Straight North, it was one of my last weeks there and I fortunately got to attend with them. I didn’t really have many expectations at first. I’ve been to quite a few search marketing / internet […]
Google Turns Up the Dial on Mobile Friendly Websites

For the last year or so Google has started to lobby for the design of mobile friendly websites. Back in April of 2015 they stated that mobile website’s would be included as part of the ranking signal. Not to many took Google at their word and for the most part there wasn’t much of a […]