Category: Google
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I’ve been following a conversation online that, to put it mildly, would make the heart of any website owner skip a beat.
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I should point out before I begin that neither of these unrealistic SEO expectations were encountered during client calls. I observed them on a business forum on which business owners post for advice.
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Last week, a call with a prospective client brought about the old web design v SEO conversation. This has been ongoing for at least 15 years, but I recall a time when it wasn’t the issue it is today.
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The coincidence of this is both surprising and frustrating to me. Google has publicly said you can ignore spam backlinks to your website. It is frustrating because I’d intended to blog about it last week, but the surprising element is just how direct Google have been in their comments.
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This blog isn’t going to cover much that you’ve already read about favicons. I’ve asked “are favicons important?” because it would appear that Google is cementing the view that they are, and even associating them with “Technical SEO”.
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There are some questions for which answers are easily misinterpreted. “How long should a blog be?” is one such question, but it is asked time and time again. You could Google it now and find hundreds of different answers. However, there has been some very direct advice from Google recently.
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I have been reading an SEO site this morning and was disappointed at one of the pieces of content. It was, frankly, nothing more than clickbait. The title was deliberately alarmist. The blog was really asking you to consider what type of content does Google like and did little to answer the question, so I…
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Were you one of the millions of people waiting for the Oasis reunion announcement this morning? If you were, the announcement unwittingly revealed an important factor in the relationship between SEO and hosting.
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It is time to address a common question – do images matter for SEO? Yes, in short. However, whenever I’m asked “do images matter for SEO?“, the answer can never be quite so simple. If only it could be! The way you present images on your website, and specifically how you present them to Google,…
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I’m reasonably sure we’ve all seen, heard or read something to do with our jobs or business that has horrified us. You know the type of thing I mean. Practices that should see people unable to work in their profession or work standards that are unacceptable beyond belief.