RCS SEO: Measuring Success
Traditionally SEO has been semi-formulaic; we know the factors that play a role in ranking. We analyze both our clients’ and their competitors’ backlinks, keyword profiles and keyword rankings, content and meta data to find opportunities and build strategies. To bolster competitive keyword rankings, we create content and prospect influencers to develop 3rd party content […]
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John Mueller’s SEO Advice
Here’s some notes on seo I took from the recent Google Webmaster Hangout with John Mueller. John is a Google Webmaster Trends Analyst in Switzerland.
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Updated: SEO For Beginners
If you are new to SEO, I hope you’ll find my updated ‘beginners guide’ to search engine optimisation of use. Please share if you do :)
You can now hire me to help with your seo efforts, direct through my website. See http://www.hobo-web.co.uk/seo-audit/.
Google Testing New Layout for Mobile Local Search Results
Google has made it pretty obvious that it’s prioritizing mobile user experience this year. Over the weekend, I noticed an update to local results on my phone: Before: […]
Create Unique Meta Descriptions For Scraper Sites Benefit Only
Here’s an old school geeky test set to illustrate something I’ve long wondered about. Google has said for years “create unique meta descriptions”. If you follow that advice to the letter – all you are doing is giving somebody else free text for their spam site. A good unique meta description only increases click through rate if the page […]
Keyword research tools: which ones to use?
Two weeks ago, I wrote a post about the use of long tail keywords. Focusing on long tail keywords could be a good strategy, especially when trying to rank in a highly competitive market. But how do you decide on which (long tail) keywords you want to rank? This post will give you some handy tips…
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Penguin 3.0 Update Confirmed As Google Go To War Again
A new post from www.davidnaylor.co.uk. BAZINGA!
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Homepage optimization
Homepage SEO does not exist. That was the statement in the post I did last week. However, a lot of the people that commented on our site, and on Twitter and Facebook, still feel that a homepage should be optimized for a keyword. Perhaps optimizing your homepage for search engines works for some of you, but ranking in…
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Why focus on long tail keywords?
While writing our book ‘Optimizing your WordPress website’ I worked closely together with Joost in creating a section on Search Engine Optimization. The first chapter — after the introduction in SEO — had to be keyword research. ‘Keyword research is the basis of all Search Engine Optimization,’ Joost explained to me, ‘without proper keyword research,…
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Does Homepage SEO exist at all?
It’s clear that a homepage serves a number of different purposes. Among others, it is your welcoming page and your main user guide for your website. I promise to devote another post to that. There is however one purpose that I feel a homepage does not have, and that is ranking for keywords other than your business name or…
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How to Easily Analyze your (& your competitors) Mobile SEO Performance
Aleyda Solis explains how, with clever use of the latest SEO tools it’s possible to easily analyse your website’s mobile SEO performance as well as your competitors.
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How to Easily Analyze your (& your competitors) Mobile SEO Performance
Comment Spam 2.0
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Local Search in 2016: Wearables, Beacons, and Machine Learning
Right now, we are nearing a point whereby the convergence of several related technologies, combined with their improving accessibility (infrastructure and cost) means we are not far away from some big disruptions in local search.
Beware: Google Penguin 3 Imminent in 2014
It’s guaranteed you’ll hear a lot about “Penguin 3” from seo experts over the next few months. It’s not something you want to experience for yourself. Here’s my take (from the UK)….
Google Censoring Negative Predictive Searches in Celebrity AutoComplete Results in the UK
Is Google censoring autocomplete suggestions on celeb searches in the UK? You decide…
Get Your Content On: Social Media Marketing with BuzzSumo
There is only one thing that is more exciting than all of the new features in BuzzSumo, and that is applying them to your social media marketing efforts! In this post I will outline some new BuzzSumo features and share some practical ways you can use them. Just an intro for those of you who […]
Google’s Search in Sitelinks and WordPress SEO
Recently, Google introduced the new “search in sitelinks” box for a lot more sites. In the past this used to be restricted to YouTube and a few other sites. If your site is eligible, you’ll see it by Googling your brand, or receiving an email like this from Google Webmaster Tools: So let’s run through steps…
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Sitelinks Search Box
Google’s new sitelinks search box threatens to take your hard won branded traffic and hand it over to competitors unless you implement the specified markup. Here’s what’s happening and why you need to bump the sitelinks search box markup implementation to the top of your priorities. Sitelinks Search Box On September 5th Google announced the […]
Sitelinks Search Box is by AJ Kohn, originally posted on Blind Five Year Old.
Do you want to WIN, or just “Be the Winner”?
One of the best aspects of travel (aside from, well, traveling) is that I get to meet real people in pursuit of real goals. I get to discuss SEO and Internet business, plus careers, with people from all over the globe (as long as they speak English, sigh). This includes sharing unique experiences that really […]
Image Sitemap Indexation
This post is a bit of penance for yours truly. Read on to make sure you don’t fall into this trap. Image Sitemap Indexation For many months I’d open Google Webmaster Tools and stare at poor indexation rates for images across a number of client accounts. Not just one or two but several clients with crappy […]
Image Sitemap Indexation is by AJ Kohn, originally posted on Blind Five Year Old.