I read an interesting article on SEOmoz this morning about how ‘Author rank’ might start to have a direct influence on search engine ranking positions in the near future. It is lengthy and I won’t try to summarise it here, but I’d highly recommend you take the time to read it. I http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-to-prepare-for-authorrank-and-get-the-jump-on-google Author rank [...]
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It’s starting to happen. I knew it would and I’ve started to see it. In there never ending efforts to ram Google+ down our throats Google have taken to merging Google+ and Google Places. The result is Google+ Local. If you don’t have a presence on Google+ then your business could potentially be missing out. [...]
YouTube optimisation
Posted: 17th September 2012 by By Adrian Willings in SEOTags: seo, video, youtube
I’ve learnt some interesting tidbits lately. Namely that search engine optimisation is not just some you do exclusively to websites, but also to videos. I was reading an article on SEOmoz about YouTube ranking factors and it highlighted some interesting points. I won’t go into all of them as you can read the main article [...]
Google spanks website owners
Posted: 27th October 2011 by By Adrian Willings in SEOTags: content, google panda, seo
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 [...]
Using Twitter properly – it’s good for pimping stuff!
Posted: 19th July 2011 by By Adrian Willings 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 [...]
301 redirecting fun!
Posted: 11th July 2011 by By Adrian Willings in Ramblings, SEOTags: 301 redirect, seo
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 By Adrian Willings 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 By Adrian Willings 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 [...]
Site Speed and SERPs
Posted: 19th May 2011 by By Adrian Willings in SEOTags: seo, SERPS, site speed
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 – [...]