Google say: It’s Fine if 30-40% of URLs in Search Console are 404s
Your website will throw a 404 error if someone tries to go to a webpage that isn’t there. Also known as “broken links”, 404s are […]
The Truth About SEO
Why Long Title Tags Are, and Aren’t, an SEO problem
I always find it interesting when Google let out little nuggets of information that either confirm or debunk long held beliefs in the SEO industry. […]
The Simple Search browser extension gives you what Google doesn’t want you to have – results.
Do you remember when Google just gave you a list of websites that matched your search? No “featured snippets”, no pins from Google Maps, no […]
Google isn’t the only game in town. Diversify your traffic sources to be less vulnerable to problems
I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve written the word “Google” while writing The Truth About SEO. Quite a few times, at least, […]
Google may rewrite your content to fix the web
If you’re serious about SEO, just doing what everyone is doing won’t cut it. You have to look ahead at what search engines might want […]
Why you need to a web host with fast and reliable hardware
This should go without saying but… if you find that the host is having frequent problems (or worse, the same problem over and over again) […]
How to Apply the 80/20 Rule to SEO
The Pareto Principle states that 80% of your outcomes will come from 20% of your efforts. It’s a ratio that crops up in a wide […]
A bug meant Twitter Fleets could still be seen after they disappeared
Yesterday, I posted a short blog about the rollout of “Fleets” being paused because of issues with Twitters mobile apps. Today, another problem has surfaced, […]
The Fleeting Rollout of Fleets
Twitter has halted rollout of its new “Fleets” functionality just a few days after launch. Reports of the Twitter app hanging and crashing would appear […]
Google Completes Migration of Disavow Tool to Search Console
Google continues to troll professional SEOs by bringing back the disavow tool, a tool they have repeatedly said that hardly anyone needs, whilst not completing […]