SEO news is often chattering about various Google Panda updates causing changes in algorithms and thus fluctuations in search engine rankings. In laymans terms this means your website will see less traffic and potential customers and it might not be anything you’ve done (or not done). These Google Panda updates might as well be called [...]
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Google spanks website owners
Posted: 27th October 2011 by Age in SEOTags: content, google panda, seo
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Using Twitter properly – it’s good for pimping stuff!
Posted: 19th July 2011 by Age in Ramblings, SEOTags: DJ Format, Twitter use
The other day I discovered DJ Format on Twitter @djformat4. I was rather pleased I’d found him, but frankly disappointed by his lack of followers. Format is (in my opinion) a truly tremendous Hip-Hop legend. A brilliantly talented, British DJ who is highly under-appreciated. So I Tweeted an #FF saying people should follow him. Monday morning [...]
Options +FollowSymLinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^ageandanniesramblings\.co.uk RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.insertclevertitle.co.uk/$1 [R=permanent,L] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www.ageandanniesramblings\.co.uk RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.insertclevertitle.co.uk/$1 [R=permanent,L] Finally cracked it! Here’s the code that needed to go in the .htaccess file. So basically, both URLs (domains) now point to the same DNS. Then on the old site (ageandanniesramblings) I added the above code to [...]
It souldn’t be that hard – please excuse my balls up
Posted: 11th July 2011 by Age in SEOTags: SEO Fail
I mentioned on Twitter the other day that I’d bought a new URL for the blog (www.insertclevertitle.co.uk). This was mostly because Annie is no longer writing and I thought it was unfair to Kodabar since he and I are the biggest contributors. Technically speaking (in SEO terms) it’s never a good idea to use a [...]
Top *insert number* SEO resources
Posted: 16th June 2011 by Age in SEOTags: seo, website optimisation
Ah, the wonderful world of SEO, it’s an enigmatic beast and a constant battle against the monster that is Google. But there are a few tools/resources/websites out there that you can use to give you a helping hand in getting your website seen and increasing the traffic. I thought I’d list a few, just for [...]
Google believe that site speed is important. It was recently announced that a site’s load speed can have an impact on search engine ranking positions. Many designers and ‘web’ people are aware of this. Interesting articles over at Distilled (Site Speed For Dummies Part 1- Why Bother and Site Speed For Dummies Part 2 – [...]
Clever link building with FREE iPad2
Posted: 28th April 2011 by Age in SEOTags: apple, ipad, link building, seo
A friend sent me this yesterday as he thought I might like to write a blog article and get a chance to win an iPad2, little did he know I hate Apple. However, I do appreciate a clever bit of marketing and in this case, a sneaky link building campaign. Playpennies are offering the chance [...]
A pointless exercise in link building?
Posted: 17th March 2011 by Age in SEOTags: link building, Reciprocal link building, seo
Anyone that knows anything about SEO knows that links are key to success. Links from other websites are seen as votes for your content. A nod of approval, if you will. The more links the better. The better quality the links, the more effective the vote. If you can get a Government, University or other [...]
Google vs Microsoft – the bitch fight
Posted: 7th February 2011 by Age in SEOTags: Bing, google, seo
Google has been claiming (loudly) that Microsoft has been directly stealing its search results for use in their search engine Bing. According to Econsultancy (who sum it all up nicely) Google engineers used fake/nonsense websearches in order to prove that Bing was returning identical results and thus must be stealing. However, it is revealed that [...]