Unless your have your eyes and ears closed online recently, you’ve no doubt heard about Google’s planned mobile friendly algorithm update due 21st April 2015. If you’re really unfortunate like some small business owners I’ve spoken to recently, you’ve also been bombarded with emails and calls telling you your website is not mobile friendly. Of […]
Local SEO Like a Pro – Local Search Ranking Factors 2014
The much awaited Local Search Ranking Factors 2014 report is now available. Since 2008, David Mihm has rounded up a collection of pro Local SEOs, picked their brains about local ranking factors and collated results. The report serves as a great resource and benchmark for your own local SEO efforts. Local Search Ranking Factors Survey […]
Google Hummingbird Optimisation Checklist [Infographic]
Following on from my post “Google Hummingbird – Will Hummingbird Affect Your Local Website?” I spotted this useful infographic with 5 useful tips for Google Hummingbird optimisation. Google Hummingbird Optimisation Infographic by Meteorsite 5 Tips to Optimise for Google Hummingbird Increase user generated content on your siteYou can do this by using forums, Q&A’s, reviews […]
Google Hummingbird – Will Hummingbird Affect Your Local Website?
Google announced at their 15th Birthday bash a brand new algorithm – Hummingbird. Perhaps more surprisingly, the Hummingbird algorithm had been in use for a month prior to the announcement and no one seemed to notice… Unlike the now infamous Google algorithm updates Panda and Penguin, Hummingbird is not an update but a new and […]
What You Can Learn From Google’s Interflora Ranking Massacre
The tail end of last week, anyone who reads about search would have spotted the Interflora ranking massacre unfold. It tweaked my interest, not only because Interflora are a huge national brand, but because they also dominate in many local searches too. Chatting with various people over the weekend, it was clear that many small […]
Recent Google Algorithm Changes: Have You Been Bitten?
It’s no secret that Google tweak their algorithms on a daily basis. Some algorithm changes are minor tweaks most people would never notice, others are huge humdingers that set the search world on fire. There have been 2 recent algorithm changes that have done just that. Exact Match Domain These are domains rank for the […]
Understanding Google Local Search Results (or Where Have My Local Rankings Gone?!)
One of the good things about Google local search was until earlier this year you could have a page 1 listing without a local business website using Google Places. As with everything Google, their algorithms change and search moves on. Google Places – your local business page, traditionally pulled the map into the search results […]