Raven’s new Site Performance tool instantly collects 30+ metrics for any website. Then, you can… well, find out.

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On the ‘optimization’ part of SEO

You’ve seen the articles. SEO is dead, linkbuilding is dead – everyone is ready to bury SEO right along with bulky computer towers and link farms. But SEO isn’t anywhere close to death. Those stories simply perpetuate rumors in pursuit of the cheapest form of … Read More

New look for Facebook, Twitter and YouTube metrics

Raven’s social media metrics have been around for several years now, coming on the scene right around the time we dropped “SEO” from our name. So they were due for a good facelift – and this week we’ve given them just that. You’ll notice the … Read More

6 ways this 14-year-old’s content kicks butt

Go down the YouTube rabbit hole and you never know what little piece of incredible you’ll find. Recently, this wildly-unrelated-to-my-search video showed up. SPOILER: It’s a music video featuring the profanity-free rap of a middle-school child. It’s title? “Don’t Cuss.” I watched it, all the … Read More

Did you know? How to add screenshots to Raven reports

Ever wanted to add a screenshot (or other image) to a Raven report? Maybe there’s a new, niche Google Analytics reporting view that would really be nice to include for a client. Maybe you want to include a user-submitted photo from a social media campaign. … Read More

Are you crushing your creativity? Retrain your brain

Everyone knows content marketing works – but no one said it was easy. For content to have a serious impact on your business, you’ve got to be dedicated. You’ve got to produce relevant, informative, engaging and valuable works (be they tweets, blog entries, videos, infographics, … Read More

3 kick-ass ways to use Raven’s new Site Performance

It’s simple, versatile and chock-full of data. It’s our latest Raven feature, Site Performance. Site Performance is designed to automatically check and report on 30+ SEO, site and social metrics, and local listings, all with one click of a button. This opens up a whole … Read More

When does the world stop turning?

At least 30 people died when bomb after bomb exploded, each one timed to inflict maximum casualties. In Iraq. On Tuesday. Did you stop your marketing? Did you stop your marketing the day that Steve Jobs died? Roger Ebert? Margaret Thatcher? Nora Ephron? What about … Read More

Site Auditor now checks for schema, allows error exclusions

Raven’s recently launched Site Auditor continues to get lots of great feedback while it’s in beta. We’ve even had several customers tell us that Site Auditor alone is worth the price of admission. Our developers have been busy tweaking and updating Site Auditor based on … Read More

Be helpful, be kind or be quiet

Something horrible happened yesterday in America. In the midst of the blood and terror, there were the heros we all hoped we would see: runners who kept on running to the hospital to give blood, first responders taking control of a chaotic scene, strangers opening … Read More

Did you know? Facebook Metrics: People Talking About This

Over the past month, we’ve offered a full breakdown of Facebook metrics in Raven, covering the Summary, Likes and Reach. This week, for the grand finale of our Facebook Metrics miniseries, we’re tackling arguably the trickiest metric offered by Facebook: Talking About This. Talking About … Read More