Another post on the banning/de-indexing of Digg by Google, datadial popped up on an SEO group with the 1st instance of this news and many posts have followed, read my related posts for more opinions. Update 1800 20th March 2013 Matt Cutts reveals Google inadvertently de indexed Digg whilst tackling a spammer. So, let’s look at the scenario, Digg is…read more →
Thanks to a find from Martin MacDonald, Google are explicitly giving this warning in the SERP’s (meta desc placeholder): “A description for this result is not available because of this site’s robots.txt – learn more.” Here’s an example screenshot generated by this query: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Ayoast.com%2Fbugs%2F&pws=0
Update Vanity URL’s are now being rolled out, have a look at the headline strap on your profile if you can claim your URL. A recent post by Saurabh Sharma at Google gave examples of vanity URL’s becoming available for Google+ for profiles and pages, she cited examples of brands and celebrities. Until now the only way to get…read more →
Ok did you just get the dreaded Google unnatural links warning message in Webmaster Tools? Oh no is my site to be penalised? Usually this would be the way, but no, even more confusion and panic after the latest spam messages received as Google’s head of web spam Matt Cutts explained on G+: If you received a message yesterday about…read more →
Google are finally launching Google TV in the UK, it’s been a long time coming and set-top boxes made by Sony will be available in UK stores from 16 July, prices starting at £200. What is Google TV (If you don’t already know)? Google TV allows you to surf the internet, play games and watch videos through your TV using Android software…read more →
Leeds based Search Marketing Agency Blueclaw Media organised the ionSearch conference at The Carriageworks, Leeds on the 18th April 2012. The event saw some of the leading SEO professionals speak on a range of topics. A good blog post from a colleague covers a roundup of ionSearch 2012. The 2012 videos to the event have been released and here are…read more →
After following Paddy Moogan‘s #searchlondon talk as he live tweeted via Twitter on how to make link building via blogger outreach easier, here is a list of sites and tools to help organise, connect and how to research when link prospecting: Link Prospecting Sites Blogdash Blogger Link Up Follower Wonk AuthorCrawler Topsy Browser Plugins Multi Links Firefox Linkclump Chrome (Similar…read more →
On Tuesday May 22, 2012 I spoke at Manchester Net Squared‘s monthly meetup to talk all things SEO. The evening over at the Manchester Digital Laboratory hosted by Steven Flower featured myself and Danny from PushOn talking about Pay-Per-Click & Google Grants for Non-Profits. Here is the run down of the talk and links to a few tools i mentioned. Agenda: Setting…read more →
As a kid i would visit my grandparents and every week be given a pack of Penguin biscuits so when I heard about Google’s latest webspam algorithm update being called ‘Penguin’ I thought ‘penguin’ seriously? The SEO world can be a quirky lot at the best of times so I thought this was a bit of a laugh, but no…read more →
Another month and another Google update from their Inside Search quality changes for March. Google have announced 50 new search updates, I will look at a few specifics in detail: As I eluded to in last months Google February 40 changes post, there was an interesting update was mentioned regarding link evaluation, now there is a little bit more detail and will…read more →