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Domain Authority Is Not a Google Metric — Here’s What Actually Ranks You

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways “Domain Authority” is a Moz invention, not a Google metric. Google has said, out loud, dozens of times that it is not. SEO agencies love DA because it’s easy to sell. A rising DA feels like progress even when your traffic is flat. What…
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FAQ Schema Is Your AI Overviews Cheat Code

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways FAQ Schema is small structured code that tells search engines — and AI Overviews — the exact questions and answers on your page. AI Overviews disproportionately quote FAQ-structured content when they summarize an answer. It is a plug-in-and-fill-out job on WordPress (Rank Math, Yoast,…
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Day-Trippers Are the New Foot Traffic in East Texas — Court Them Right

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways East Texans are day-tripping more this summer — the News-Journal has run stories about it as gas and grocery prices bite. Day-trippers plan on their phones the morning of. If your business is not in their first three taps, you are not on the…
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Why the Local Grocer’s Website Should Not Try to Beat Walmart

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Independent grocers in the Longview area are getting squeezed — the News-Journal has been running the story all summer. You will not beat Walmart on price. You will not beat Kroger on selection. You should stop trying on your website. Your unfair advantages are…
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150 New Jobs Coming to Longview — 6 Website Moves for Nearby Businesses

By Dakota Hagler, web designer at HaglerDesigns (Longview, TX) Key takeaways Ninth Avenue Foods is breaking ground on a $76 million Longview facility and bringing roughly 150 jobs to the area. 150 new commutes reshape the neighborhood. Lunch spots, coffee shops, day care, dry cleaners, gyms, oil-change places — all get a new pool of…
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