SSL or Secure Sockets Layer is a level of protection most websites in 2018 should have. SSL can be seen by the green padlock & secure note when on Google Chrome. Security & especially cyber security is currently in the news with multiple massive billion pound companies getting hacked on what seems like a weekly […]

What do you want your website to do for your business? Whatever it is, chances are you need as much site traffic as possible to achieve that goal. And one of the best ways to drive traffic to your site? Great SEO. SEO has been shown to be central to online business success. By using […]

There are now more than 1.5 billion sites online. So how do you make your site stand out against all this competition? When it comes to search engine optimisation, it pays to be as thorough as you can. Luckily, there are some great technical SEO tools out there to help you with that. In this […]

Each lead that doesn’t convert to a sale ends up showing on the bottom line. Lead flow is an important part of the sales process. This guide will show why lead flow is integral for bringing in new customers and show you how to improve it. What Is Lead Flow? We’ve all heard of the […]

The point of digital marketing is not to generate more traffic to your websites.  It’s purpose is to generate more leads. Visitors that don’t fill out an enquiry form, or contact you by any other method, shows your content marketing strategies are not working. And what about when your sales team don’t even get in […]

Having leads come to you instead of the other way around is hitting the jackpot when it comes to lead generation marketing.  But how can you increase the number of inbound leads and ultimately take your business to the next level almost instantly? I will be showing you some methods that we use here at HQ […]

At HQ SEO we’ve been involved with some amazing Ecommerce clients around the world. Many of these clients are also selling on a number of channels away from just Google. One of the most common Ecommerce channels for businesses now is Amazon as I’m sure most reading this are aware. This is one of the […]

Ranking in Google in 2018 is no longer a tick each box game. You don’t just build some citations, build some links, do some on-page and just rank magically. The reason why is because Google now wants to see that a business or website is an authority. This is why authority style sites are doing […]

SEO has changed drastically. However far back you look, things have changed. In 2001 it was easy. In 2009 it was super-easy. In 2012 it changed a lot. In 2018 it’s still changing. Nowadays search engines are more like filtering programmes. They don’t start by searching, they start by filtering the cr*p out of results. […]

What makes a good SEO agency? Pretty obvious right. Results. But what else? Is there anything else other than results that makes up a good SEO agency. In my experience there is. 1.) Communication But not too much. One of the most frustrating things for SEO agencies is having clients that call up every single […]