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Is 160 characters recommended for webpage meta descriptions?

Yes, 160 characters is the widely recommended length for a meta description for the best possible SEO results and top search engine rankings. Google can technically handle longer snippets, but it often truncates descriptions exceeding 160 characters in search results. … Continue reading

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Enhancing SEO: Post Meta Descriptions in Your UltimateWB integrated WordPress Blog – No Plugins Necessary!

As you may know, WordPress does not include meta descriptions by default – even though it is very much valued in SEO rankings by top search engines like Google. We decided to change that. As part of our ongoing commitment … Continue reading

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Wix does not allow you to add SSL to your websites

With Google pushing for all websites to be hosted with SSL, to protect personal data and increase website security, Wix still does not allow you to add SSL to your website.  It is currently a feature request their customers are … Continue reading

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Should you get SSL for your website? Top 5 Reasons to go HTTPS, and Top 5 Drawbacks

Top 5 reasons to purchase SSL for your website, in David Letterman style, without the jokes lol: 5) Increased Google Ranking Earlier we wrote about how adding SSL may give you a bump up in your Google search engine ranking, … Continue reading

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Google Uses HTTPS (SSL) as a Website Ranking Signal

Last year in August, Google announced that it would use “HTTPS” as a ranking signal.  HTTPS denotes that a website’s server has SSL installed, a security technology to encrypt the transfer of data, between the web server and user internet browser … Continue reading

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Google To Favor “Mobile Friendly” Websites In Search Starting Tuesday

Is your website mobile friendly?  If your website is not by this Tuesday you could be dramatically losing traffic to your website from smartphone users!  This coming Tuesday Google plans on rolling out their new revised formula in calculating who gets … Continue reading

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Are Alexa Site Rankings Accurate?

If you keep checking your website’s Alexa Ranking you might be wondering if they are accurate.  Your traffic statistics are improving, but then at the same time your Alexa Rank is getting lower.  And then when your traffic statistics shows … Continue reading

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How to get your website top ranking on Google, Yahoo, and other top search engines

Follow these 5 easy steps to get your website top ranking on Google, Yahoo, and other top search engines for your Target Keywords, using Ultimate Web Builder software: 1) Go to Configure Site > Basic Set up, setup site-wide SEO … Continue reading

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Can’t get your website on the first page of Google/Yahoo…or even indexed?!

If you are struggling to get your website on the fist page of Google, Yahoo, or other top search engines for you target keywords, or even get your website indexed for that matter, chances are you are not using Ultimate Web … Continue reading

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How to have SEO-Friendly URLs on your WordPress Blog for FREE!

How to have SEO-friendly URLs on your WordPress blog: 1) Login to your Blog Admin panel – the link to your admin panel should be on the right side links menu of your blog, the direct link is your_website.com/blog_folder/wp-admin.  2) Then scroll down … Continue reading

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