The 7 Biggest Local Search Ranking Factors
Are you a frustrated local business owner because you want to attract more local visitors to your website but don’t know how? You’re not alone. If you rely on local business, you need an active local...
View ArticleIs your Link Building Strategy Damaging Your Site’s Ranking?
Link building – it may seem like an easy task, but in actual fact it’s a bit of a minefield! Filled with dos and don’ts and ever changing rules to keep on top of un-deserving spammers, it’s without a...
View ArticleOptimising non-text elements of your website for accessibility and SEO
When you’re working on the search engine optimisation (SEO) of your website, it’s important to remember that you need to optimise the non-text elements on every page as well as the copy and meta...
View ArticleHow to boost your business visibility on Google Maps
If you run a local business dependent on custom from people who live locally or who are willing to travel for your products or services, then one of the most effective ways to attract enquiries via...
View ArticleHow to easily boost your organic CTR to massively increase your ranking
On Thursday 3rd March 2016, Paul Haahr, a ranking engineer at Google, finally silenced the debate about whether click-through rates (CTR) are a ranking signal by confirming that, yes, Google definitely...
View ArticleBest Practice Guide: Local SEO for multiple locations
One question that we’re asked a lot at SEO+ is how you can effectively optimise a website for local searches if your business has multiple physical locations. Equally, how can you promote your business...
View ArticleUsing multiple focus keywords and how to rank for synonyms
Should each web page have one focus keyword or are multiple focus keywords allowed? Do keywords even matter anymore? Does using multiple keywords count as keyword stuffing? I’m asked these questions...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Google Ranking Factors: what does Google want now and in the future?
What are the Google ranking factors that will get my site onto the first page of Google? What does Google want now and will that change in the future? These are the big questions for webmasters and...
View ArticleThe Best DIY SEO Tools to Optimise your Website (Tips Included)
I recently promised my Facebook followers that if they posted their SEO questions, I would pick one to answer in my next blog. The question I chose comes from David White who asked, “Hi! I used to use...
View ArticleConvert to HTTPS by October 2017 or Lose Rankings
UPDATE – 19th August 2017: Google is now warning webmasters to switch from non-secure HTTP to HTTPS, or risk losing traffic. The deadline is October 2017. HTTPS (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) is...
View ArticleHow to do a content audit guaranteed to boost your SEO
How confident are you about the content on your website? When was the last time that you looked back through old blog articles to check whether they were still relevant or reviewed the meta data for...
View ArticleHow to protect your website’s quality score by ditching low quality content
Don’t be a victim of Google’s quality score. Find out how to quality control your content and increase your search engine rankings site-wide! Did you know that Google Panda assigns a hidden ‘quality...
View ArticleThe no-nonsense guide to using Google Analytics to boost your SEO – Part 2
In Part One of our Google Analytics mini-series, we looked at how to set up Google Analytics for your website. This article goes deeper into Google Analytics to help you make sense of the various...
View ArticleGoogle Algorithm Updates over the last 5 Years – The Complete Picture
While Google rolls out hundreds of minor changes to their algorithm each year, it helps to know exactly when each of the major Google Algorithm Updates was released and how it affected organic website...
View Article10 of the Most Effective, Free Online Marketing Tactics
Want to make your online marketing budget stretch as far as possible? There’s no reason that a smaller budget should limit your business and stop you from competing with those that have more to spend....
View ArticleLocal SEO vs. Organic SEO: What’s the difference?
“What’s the difference between local SEO and organic SEO?” As I’m often asked this question, I wanted to look at the common ground between local and organic SEO as well as what sets them apart. Whether...
View ArticleThe Ultimate Internal Linking Cheat Sheet
When it comes to important factors for search engine optimisation, most people know that external links from high quality, high authority websites are important. However, the value of internal links...
View ArticleBoost Google Ranking with these 7 Often Overlooked SEO Tactics
Want to boost Google ranking? Of course, you do… well, let’s face it who wouldn’t want a top spot on Google with all the extra visibility and potential sales that comes with that?! Ranking high in the...
View ArticleUser Experience – what you need to know and how it impacts SEO
What is user experience? How does it impact SEO? What do I need to know? We have all the answers and explain why you need to focus on both SEO and UX if you want your website to be a success. We also...
View ArticleGoogle ranking factors in 2018 and beyond
Trying to boost your site’s online visibility, and help content rank higher in Google search results can be a tiring and confusing task. Things aren’t helped by an increasing number of Google ranking...
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