My name is Mark Sutton, I am the owner and operator of M Sutton services and curator of a number of online artists and search engine optimization specialists. I provide solid lasting content and optimizations that are search engine friendly and profitable for my customs.
I started in this field in the late 90’s when I was drafted to be the in-house web designer. At the time I was a CNC programmer. The company needed a website and I took on the challenge. Building websites naturally led to marketing those websites so that customers would find them.
Early on, marketing was a hit or misfair. At that time, there was no Google, each of the search engines had their own ways of indexing sites. It was kind of like the wild West. Over time search engine techniques and standards have been refined.
With the advent of AI search and AI mode, ChatGPT and all the rest, claims have been made that SEO is dead or dying. It is definitly changing. But Local SEO, the ability to find local businesses in your neighborhood, is still an absolutly necessary part of digital marketing today.
We aim to do it well, to support our community and the businesses that keep those communities running with income payroll employees.
I am very weary of every new, hit it quick, type SEO scheme that comes along. There seems to be one every day sometimes every hour. Quick hits are nice but they don’t last and they can actually get you penalized. It’s not worth it.
We concentrate on solid industry best practices and standards.
We are happy to do minor SEO repairs, changes, adjustments and consultations. But every one of our customers who is looking to improve their position in Search, on Maps and compete in their local markets, get a complete and thorough competitive research audit, technical SEO audit, code validation and finally a sitewide keyword SEO audit.
A website, like any structure, needs a solid foundation. Cracks (problems) found on one page are like cracks found in the drywall of a house. It could be something simple or it could be an issue with the foundation. In either case you can patch it, but if it’s the foundation the crack is coming right back. It usually only takes a few more minutes to be sure that any fixes are gonna stick and not be