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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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 [...]
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 [...]
An interesting article about search neutrality
Posted: 28th January 2011 by Age in Ramblings, SEOTags: search neutrality, seo
Google is a thorn in my side. No one knows about how their algorithms work, what makes up the 200 factors that effect PageRank or how to truly beat the system – there’s good reason for that. Google (and the other major search engines) seek to provide the best possible results for the end-user. On [...]
Life is extremely subjective
Posted: 25th January 2011 by Age in SEOTags: content, people, seo, writing
In my current role I’ve learnt not to take things for granted. Life is extremely subjective. Just because I’d do something or not, doesn’t mean you or Johnny from the street would do the same. An example – the goal of a lot of things on our website (like many sites out there) is to [...]
Google PageRank updated in 2011 – you shouldn’t care
Posted: 21st January 2011 by Age in SEOTags: google, pagerank, seo
News from @sengineland (First Google Toolbar PageRank Update Of 2011) shows that Google have celebrated the new year by releasing an update to their infamous PageRank system. Many websites can now find out how Google currently rate their website by staring lustily at that little green bar in the Google toolbar add-on for your favourite [...]