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What is Website Crawling and Why is It Important?
Having a site structure that allows bots to easily crawl your site is as important as anything when it comes to search...
Meet Brady – SEO Analyst
Brady Balhorn joined the ranks at Checkerboard back in August of 2018. He's our newest team member and the focus of...
Checkerboard Named Burnsville Small Businessperson of the Year
Exciting News! We are excited to announce that Alignable has named Checkerboard the Burnsville Small Businessperson of...
Fix for New Search Console Error: Either “offers”, “review”, or “aggregateRating” should be specified
In the last couple of weeks, Google has been releasing a lot of changes to Search Console. These changes range from...
Will Switching to HTTPS Affect SEO? – Impact of SSL
People are always looking for easy ways to improve their SEO efforts. One of the easiest ways to do this is by...
Responsive: To Be or Not to Be? That is the question.
Did you know that less than two-thirds of small businesses have a website? Did you also know that 52.2 percent of all...
Updating to WordPress 5.0 – Considerations for Divi and WooCommerce Sites
WordPress 5.0 was officially released on December 6th and is causing quite the ruckus with the integration of the new...
What Google Considers Quality Content
One of the most important yet obvious factors for ranking in search engines is having high quality content. Less...
Are you prepared for PHP 5.6 End of Life?
There are some big changes coming this month in the world of PHP, and your site may be affected. On December 31, 2018,...
New Integrated Website for RH Bockstruck
We recently had the opportunity to work on a new web design for Rob Bockstruck. The Bockstruck name is well known in...
How Social Media Shares Affect SEO
The main question many people ask about the relation between social media and SEO is straightforward: Do social media...
WordPress 5.0 Release: Dealing with Gutenberg
A recent topic that has been surfacing again and again on WordPress forums and blogs is the release of WordPress 5.0....