Google Search Console - An Important Google Tool for Webmasters

Web & SEO in 2019 & 2020 – A Summary

Hi everyone, It's been a busy year so I've not had too much time to provide general updates about the world of web & SEO this year. I've been so busy with new and existing clients this year that it's been a bit of a whirlwind. I thought I'd provide a quick update of the bits of 'web' news that have caught my eye this year. There's always lots happening and changing in the web design, web development and SEO world, but this is just a ... Read More >

Manual Actions in Google Search Console

Introduction to Manual Actions in Google Most people have been victims of hacking, whether they know it or not. Any website owner will have suffered attempts to compromise their website. Sometimes these don't work - good news. Other times, the hackers get what they want so you then have to deal with manual actions in Google Search Console. As we have built and managed hundreds of websites, we can offer an insight into the type of activity currently going on by hackers and spammers. We can ... Read More >

Link Building for Small to Medium Businesses

Introduction to Link Building What is meant by link building? Well, in a nutshell it is the process of gaining valuable backlinks from other websites. A backlink is where another website links through to yours from their own. Good backlinks (as in those from reliable, reputable and respected sources) can have a big impact on how well your website ranks in Google Search. In the same token bad backlinks (those from spammy sites or minor directories) can have a negative impact on your websites performance in ... Read More >

Google Set to Roll Out Mobile ‘Popups’ Penalty

Punishing Sites with Mobile Popups Last year, Google announced that it was going to start penalising sites that display certain types of popups on the MOBILE version of the website. The most common examples of mobile popups you will have seen is where you visit a website and instantly get a 'Sign up to our newsletter' box, or some kind of special offer, which hides the main content of the website. Google is taking this action against mobile sites to make user experience better for mobile users. ... Read More >

Google Chrome Not Secure Warning Kicks In

Tonight I have received the first warning message from Google for a website that DOES NOT have SSL security. This email states that Google is taking action NOW against websites that do not protect (encrypt) it's users details. If your website already has an SSL certificate, you don't need to worry (just make sure you renew the SSL when it is due). To check this, please contact me or visit your website in a browser and see if you see the green padlock next to your web ... Read More >

AMP, Rich Cards & Improvements to the Google Mobile App

I'm guessing that most of you reading this will make use of the Google Mobile App on your smartphones? If so, you will have noticed some handy (sometimes annoying) new items on your Google home page. These items, known as Rich Cards, display content that is relevant to you, based on information from websites you have previously visited. What do the changes to the Google Mobile App mean to website owners? This new feature in Google could be very important to website owners when it comes ... Read More >

Google Webmasters Hangout Summary – 07/10/2016

Happy Friday and thank you for reading our summary of the latest Google Webmasters Office Hours Hangouts. We've attended two Google Webmasters Hangouts this week, the first of which was on Tuesday 4th October and then the latest one on Friday 7th October. To save you time and energy, we've combined our summary into this one article. Google Webmasters Hangouts are a live session on Google's YouTube channel featuring a weekly question and answer session, hosted by Google's John Mueller. This weeks hangouts again brought up load of different topics, ... Read More >

Google Webmasters Summary – 23/09/2016

Welcome to the latest article in our series following Google Webmaster Office Hours Hangouts. We've just attended the hangout held on Friday 23rd September at 09:00 hours, and this summary comes immediately after that. Google Webmaster Hangouts are a live session on Google's YouTube channel featuring a weekly question and answer session, hosted by Google's John Mueller. For this weeks hangout, John was joined by another Google employee who looks after the Google Webmasters Forum, working on manual penalty recovery. We didn't quite catch the guys name, but ... Read More >

Google Webmasters Hangouts – SEO Gold

Google Webmasters Office Hours Hangouts are a fantastic way of learning how to optimise a website for search engines (SEO). Google Webmasters Hangouts are a weekly get-together on Google's YouTube channel, streamed live all over the world. Viewers get the opportunity to log in to the chat and ask questions directly to a guy called John Mueller, who works for Google. John fields questions from viewers on all topics concerning Google search, including ranking signals, algorithm changes and often confirms or dispels the things we hear in the world of ... Read More >

Google Search Console – The Most Important Google Service for Webmasters