Fix your website! 4 ways to get more people to your site using SEO

A savvy business owner knows the value of website optimization. In today’s cutthroat digital marketplace, an SEO-friendly website with solid keyword research, meta tags, good page speed and backlinks helps you stand out. If you want to know how to improve search engine rankings for small business websites, you’ve come to the right place.

Here are simple ways to attract more people to your site.

1. Good backlinks can improve your search engine rankings

You must make high-quality content that trustworthy websites want to link to. Try to appeal to your industry or niche. You can even send emails to connect with influential people or experts in your field.

You may need to clean up your reputation if you’re having trouble making connections. Set up alerts to see what your customers are saying about you.

2. Your website optimization strategy needs target keywords

You can look at search suggestions from Google or use complex keyword tools like LSI Keyword Generator.

If you’re looking for free tools, check out Google Trends. QuestionDB is another helpful tool you can use to find better keywords. It helps you generate hundreds of content ideas. Just input a broad keyword to create many valuable keywords you can use.

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3. Use descriptive URLs

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Fired after sexy content was found online

Just because you only have a few followers, doesn’t mean you can’t go viral.

👀 This is auto-installed on most Androids: Go to Settings > Apps > See all apps and search for SafetyCore. It’s the app that checks for NSFW content in photos. Delete it if you don’t want it.

Parents, know this about Disney

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Disney+ adding Hulu content might seem like a win for variety, but parents aren’t thrilled. R-rated flicks and reality drama are creeping into what used to be a family-safe zone.

🛑 Big Tech, big trouble: President-elect Donald Trump has chosen Brendan Carr to lead the Federal Communications Commission. His first order of business? Cracking down on tech companies like Google and Meta for censorship and content moderation. What’s standing in his way? The FCC needs Congress’ permission to make changes.

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Available on each Delta flight. That includes 300 movies. A six-person team swaps 20% to 25% of the lineup every 30 days so frequent fliers don’t get bored. Honestly, I don’t think airplane jokes are funny; they’re just really Boeing.

Watch out for scam ads on social

Scammers are upgrading their tactics. The latest scam uses enticing ads featuring AI art, making everyone think they too can be a content creator.

🧼 Give your feed a refresh: Instagram is testing a feature that lets you reset your algorithmic suggestions for your Feed, Reels and Explore sections. Head to Settings > Content Preferences > Reset Suggested Content. Note: This reset doesn’t delete anything and won’t change the ads you see.

This is a crazy story: A jaguar cub spent the first few months of its life passed between an OnlyFans model and drug dealers. The adult creator rented him out for $1,000 an hour for photo ops, then sold him for $25,000. The full story is a long one that’s worth reading. Spoiler: The cub eventually found a forever home at a sanctuary in California, thank goodness.

💰 Make money on Facebook: Meta has paid out over $2 billion to Facebook content creators in the past year alone for videos, Reels, photos and text posts. To see if you’re eligible, from your Facebook for Creators page, tap Menu > Professional dashboard > Monetization. Coming soon: Facebook Content Monetization Beta, which puts your in-stream ads, ads on Reels and performance bonuses all in one spot. Right now, it’s invite-only, but you can ask to join.

Prison changes a man: About two weeks after his arrest in France, Telegram’s CEO says it’s not fair he was held responsible for others’ criminal activity on his app. Still, he calls it his “personal goal” to fix the problems. Step 1: Telegram’s updated FAQ page says users’ private chats are no longer protected from moderation. Cry me a river. Way too little, way too late.

🚨 All that and dim sum: Researchers dug into Communist China-owned TikTok’s algorithms and found they suppress content critical of the Chinese Communist Party. Search for “Xinjiang,” a region linked with genocide and crimes against humanity, and you’ll find only 2.3% of results are anti-China. Compare that to 21.7% on YouTube. And the cherry on top? They’re not above manipulating teens with pro-China propaganda.

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Would make 56% of Americans content, according to a poll of folks ages 18 to 43. Money doesn’t buy happiness, but a safety net sure doesn’t hurt.

🐔 Chick flicks: Chick-fil-A is dreaming up its own streaming platform. Step 1 is family-friendly content like game shows, followed by original series, animation and other licensed content. If it works, think of all the advertising bucks and data they’ll get their hands on.

Kendrick Lamar is somewhere laughing: Drake just dropped a 100GB folder of music, videos, photos and random content for his superfans. There are three unreleased tracks, but the bulk is behind-the-scenes footage of him making music, as well as storms in Miami. There are 13 videos of just rain and wind knocking around palm trees. Uh, neat.

The best times to post on Instagram

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Want your posts to go viral? Timing is everything! Here are the best times to share your content and watch your engagement soar.

5 words to spot AI content

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It’s becoming tougher to tell if an article was written by a human or an AI. So how can you figure it out? Look for these key signs to help you spot the difference.

🔴 Intimate IG: Instagram now lets you livestream just to your close friends instead of all your followers. Tap the + button, choose Live, then select Close Friends and start recording. You can add up to three pals. Want to tweak your list? Head to More > Settings > Who can see your content > Close Friends, and then add or remove people.

Instagram is turning into a porn site

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The Wall Street Journal uncovered that, within minutes of first logging in, Instagram regularly recommends sexual videos to minors who have shown interest in racy content. Here’s the latest.

🤖 Glimpse into the future: AI has replaced 52% of copywriters, but there’s a new role to fill: Making content sound more human. ChatGPT and others generally sound too formal, choose odd words and invent facts. Writers, all is not lost!