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Searchfest 2014: Your Guide to Eating & Drinking in Portland

SEMpdx’s Searchfest is right around the corner and WebRanking is excited to play a role in what we consider to be the best one day digital marketing conference anywhere. Our founder Tony Svoboda is on the SEMpdx’s board of directors, while our CEO James Svoboda will be speaking at Searchfest for the first time. So, […]

The 5 Hard Truths of Content Development

It’s the start of a brand new year which means new beginnings and resolutions. For some of you this is also the time you commit (once again) to making content a priority for your website and blog. So to prevent another year of unfulfilled resolutions and empty blog posts, we present the 5 Hard Truths […]

The 2013 Local Search Ranking Factors Released

Nobody knows Local Search like David Mihm, which is why each year’s Local Search Ranking Factors release is something that’s always anticipated by the search community. This year the 2013 Local Search Ranking Factors survey looks at general ranking factors, specific ranking factors, negative factors along with discussions and input from the experts. And once […]

Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts in 2013

  We don’t typically pay much attention to “Top” lists, but when our friends over at PPC Hero put together theirs we couldn’t help but notice. Recently they published their “Top 25 Most Influential PPC Experts in 2013” and as WebRanking provides Paid Search services to our clients, we were eager to see who made […]

WebRanking is sponsoring WordCamp Minneapolis

WebRanking is proud to announce our sponsorship of WordCamp Minneapolis 2013, which is happening Saturday, April 27th at the Minneapolis Community & Technical College. WordCamp is a conference that focuses on everything WordPress and features industry experts speaking on topics ranging from security, theme and plugin development, blogging 101, SEO and more. As a sponsor, […]

What You Need to Know About Facebook’s New News Feed

As was expected, Facebook today announced a major overhaul to their news feed, which will begin limited roll out today (to sign up for the preview go to www.facebook.com/newsfeed). While it will take some time to figure out exactly how this will affect paid advertising, it will significantly change how we interact with Facebook, both […]

2012 Holiday Toy Drive and Company Dinner

This past Sunday in Minneapolis, the entire WebRanking crew and immediate family were fortunate to have the opportunity to all be together to celebrate the holidays and what was a very successful 2012 for the company. With offices in both Portland and Minneapolis, it isn’t often we have the chance for everyone to get together […]

LinkedMinnesota Holiday Extravaganza Sponsored by WebRanking

WebRanking is the platinum sponsor of the LinkedMinnesota 2012 Holiday Extravaganza. This full day event is on December 17th at the Mall of America Hilton, in Bloomington, Minnesota. Attendees of LinkedMinnesota’s signature networking event can expect a day filled with speakers, learning, networking, socializing, lunch, cocktails and prizes. Bestselling author Jill Konrath and sales and […]

Tyler Purcell, Former Employee at WebRanking in Minnesota

  Update: Tyler Purcell no longer works at WebRanking. His start date was December 10th, 2012 and his final date was September 8th, 2015. WebRanking is excited to welcome Tyler Purcell as the newest member of our Minneapolis marketing team! Tyler, as a Digital Marketing Associate, will be focusing on Paid Search campaigns for our […]

BamCast Business and Marketing Podcast Interview

Last week I had the privilege to appear on the BAMcast Business and Marketing podcast. The interview is now available for download and covers a wide range of topics related to digital marketing. If you can get past a few “ums”, I think you will find that there is some good content and discussions about […]