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250 251 252 <div id="x-iso-container" class="x-iso-container x-iso-container-posts cols-3"> 253 254 255<article id="post-3919" class="post-3919 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-ecommerce-seo category-hosting category-seo"> 256 <div class="entry-featured"> 257 <a href="https://link2light.com/is-x-cart-still-the-best-ecommerce-platform-for-seo/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "Is X-Cart still the best ecommerce platform for SEO?""><img width="850" height="554" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/x-cart-woocommerce-magento.png" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="X-Cart, WooCommerce or Magento" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/x-cart-woocommerce-magento.png 850w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/x-cart-woocommerce-magento-300x196.png 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/x-cart-woocommerce-magento-768x501.png 768w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/x-cart-woocommerce-magento-100x65.png 100w" sizes="(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px" /></a> </div> 258 <div class="entry-wrap"> 259 260<header class="entry-header"> 261 <h2 class="entry-title"> 262 <a href="https://link2light.com/is-x-cart-still-the-best-ecommerce-platform-for-seo/" title="Permalink to: "Is X-Cart still the best ecommerce platform for SEO?"">Is X-Cart still the best ecommerce platform for SEO?</a> 263 </h2> 264 </header> 265 266 267<div class="entry-content content"> 268 269 270 271<p>In early 2022 X-Cart made a major change to their business model. Instead of downloading the code, paying a one off licence fee (c. $500) and ‘off you go’ the new setup requires a $199+ monthly subscription. That’s a major on cost for some businesses.</p> 272 273 274 275<p>With X-Cart now effectively costing $2,400+ per year is it the best option for businesses who rely heavily on SEO to get their traffic?</p> 276 277 278 279<a href="https://link2light.com/is-x-cart-still-the-best-ecommerce-platform-for-seo/" class="more-link">Read More</a> 280 281</div> 282 283 </div> 284 285</article> 286<article id="post-3813" class="post-3813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-seo"> 287 <div class="entry-featured"> 288 <a href="https://link2light.com/how-to-handle-googles-natural-language-processing-changes-for-ecommerce-on-a-budget/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "How to Handle Google’s Natural Language Processing Changes for eCommerce … on a Budget""><img width="1200" height="675" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-1200x675.png" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="Confused Google Bot" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-1200x675.png 1200w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-300x169.png 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-768x432.png 768w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-1024x576.png 1024w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-100x56.png 100w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot-862x485.png 862w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/confused-google-bot.png 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /></a> </div> 289 <div class="entry-wrap"> 290 291<header class="entry-header"> 292 <h2 class="entry-title"> 293 <a href="https://link2light.com/how-to-handle-googles-natural-language-processing-changes-for-ecommerce-on-a-budget/" title="Permalink to: "How to Handle Google’s Natural Language Processing Changes for eCommerce … on a Budget"">How to Handle Google’s Natural Language Processing Changes for eCommerce … on a Budget</a> 294 </h2> 295 </header> 296 297 298<div class="entry-content content"> 299 300 301 <p>Creating the content needed to rank – or continue ranking – as Google’s Natural Language Processing (NLP) changes roll out over the coming months could put you back thous
301ands of dollars <em><strong>per page</strong></em>.</p> 302<p>If you’re a small business without a hefty budget I’ll show how you can minimize the costs.</p> 303<p><a href="https://link2light.com/how-to-handle-googles-natural-language-processing-changes-for-ecommerce-on-a-budget/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> 304 305 306</div> 307 308 </div> 309 310</article> 311<article id="post-3770" class="post-3770 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-link-building category-seo"> 312 <div class="entry-featured"> 313 <a href="https://link2light.com/what-googles-september-2019-update-was-really-all-about/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "What Google’s September 2019 update was really all about""><img width="600" height="400" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/partnership-600x400.jpg" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="Google's September 2019 update fits its longer term strategy" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/partnership-600x400.jpg 600w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/partnership-600x400-300x200.jpg 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/partnership-600x400-100x67.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></a> </div> 314 <div class="entry-wrap"> 315 316<header class="entry-header"> 317 <h2 class="entry-title"> 318 <a href="https://link2light.com/what-googles-september-2019-update-was-really-all-about/" title="Permalink to: "What Google’s September 2019 update was really all about"">What Google’s September 2019 update was really all about</a> 319 </h2> 320 </header> 321 322 323<div class="entry-content content"> 324 325 326 <p>Google’s latest algorithm update in late September left many people scratching their heads but when you consider it alongside the search giant’s main strategy everything becomes clear.</p> 327<p>First let’s run down what a great many webmasters experienced … reduced visitor numbers. But this wasn’t the usual swipe at spammers or the loss of prized keyword rankings.</p> 328<p><a href="https://link2light.com/what-googles-september-2019-update-was-really-all-about/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> 329 330 331</div> 332 333 </div> 334 335</article> 336<article id="post-3758" class="post-3758 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-seo"> 337 <div class="entry-featured"> 338 <a href="https://link2light.com/is-neil-patel-right-content-isnt-king-anymore/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "Is Neil Patel right, content isn’t king anymore?""><img width="850" height="400" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/condused-content-king.jpg" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="So content isn't king now?" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/condused-content-king.jpg 850w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/condused-content-king-300x141.jpg 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/condused-content-king-768x361.jpg 768w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/condused-content-king-100x47.jpg 100w" sizes="(max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px" /></a> </div> 339 <div class="entry-wrap"> 340 341<header class="entry-header"> 342 <h2 class="entry-title"> 343 <a href="https://link2light.com/is-neil-patel-right-content-isnt-king-anymore/" title="Permalink to: "Is Neil Patel right, content isn’t king anymore?"">Is Neil Patel right, content isn’t king anymore?</a> 344 </h2> 345 </header> 346 347 348<div class="entry-content content"> 349 350 351 <p>It’s a SEO mantra, “Content is king”. You can’t rank without it. So when Neil Patel claimed in February 2019 that content wasn’t king anymore was he onto something?</p> 352<h2>Neil Patel</h2> 353<p>If you haven’t come across Neil Patel before he holds a celebrity status with <span class="text-underline">some</span> do it yourself search engine optimizers. You can’t help but enjoy his upbeat persona as he bounces around the screen on YouTube videos or throws out his tips on podcasts.</p> 354<p><a href="https://link2light.com/is-neil-patel-right-content-isnt-king-anymore/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> 355 356 357</div> 358 359 </div> 360 361</article> 362<article id="post-3750" class="post-3750 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-seo no-post-thumbnail"> 363 <div class="entry-featured"> 364 </div> 365 <div class="entry-wrap"> 366 367<header class="entry-header"> 368 <h2 class="entry-title"> 369 <a href="https://link2light.com/characteristics-of-successful-internet-entrepreneurs/" title="Permalink to: "Characteristics of successful internet entrepreneurs"">Characteristics of successful internet entrepreneurs</a> 370 </h2> 371 </header> 372 373 374<div class="entry-content content"> 375 376 377 <p><img class="alignright wp-image-3749 size-medium" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-300x264.jpg" alt="Podcasts" width="300" height="264" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-300x264.jpg 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-768x677.jpg 768w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-1024x902.jpg 1024w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-100x88.jpg 100w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-862x759.jpg 862w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Podcast-1-1200x1057.jpg 1200w" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100v
377w, 300px" /></p> 378<p>I’ve been doing quite a bit of traveling recently which has given me the chance to catch up on some podcasts. They’re a great way to learn something new when there is nothing else going on except motorway tarmac or air stewardesses trying to sell you over priced drinks.</p> 379<p>Most podcasts are interviews with people who have achieved some level of online success and listening to a number of these back to back I started to get a picture of characteristics they all have in common.</p> 380<p><a href="https://link2light.com/characteristics-of-successful-internet-entrepreneurs/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> 381 382 383</div> 384 385 </div> 386 387</article> 388<article id="post-3740" class="post-3740 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-link-building category-seo"> 389 <div class="entry-featured"> 390 <a href="https://link2light.com/google-searches-for-trust/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "Google Searches for Trust""><img width="1000" height="480" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust.jpg" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="Google's Trust Measurement" srcset="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust.jpg 1000w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust-300x144.jpg 300w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust-768x369.jpg 768w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust-100x48.jpg 100w, https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/seo-trust-862x414.jpg 862w" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" /></a> </div> 391 <div class="entry-wrap"> 392 393<header class="entry-header"> 394 <h2 class="entry-title"> 395 <a href="https://link2light.com/google-searches-for-trust/" title="Permalink to: "Google Searches for Trust"">Google Searches for Trust</a> 396 </h2> 397 </header> 398 399 400<div class="entry-content content"> 401 402 403 <p>This summer Google started rolling out its new way of thinking. It hit some online businesses hard while others will not have noticed a thing ⦠for now.</p> 404<p>The industry Google was taking to task was pharmaceuticals and medication in general. Where Google had once in the past seen links from quality sites to yours as a reason why you should rank highly in the search results it now wants to see extra authority.</p> 405<p><a href="https://link2light.com/google-searches-for-trust/" class="more-link">Read More</a></p> 406 407 408</div> 409 410 </div> 411 412</article> 413<article id="post-3144" class="post-3144 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-link-building category-seo tag-article-writing tag-link-building tag-seo"> 414 <div class="entry-featured"> 415 <a href="https://link2light.com/fatjoe-and-gotch-seo-link-building-disasters-in-the-making/" class="entry-thumb" title="Permalink to: "FatJoe and Gotch SEO – link building disasters in the making?""><img width="520" height="273" src="https://link2light.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/fatjoe-gotch-seo-link-building-schemes.jpg" class="attachment-entry-fullwidth size-entry-fullwidth wp-post-image" alt="Link Building schemes tend to collapse later than people think causing others to join through a fal
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