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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 >

SEO in 2019 – Brian Says It Best

Each year we get new "SEO in 2019" type posts from SEO's around the world. These usually come right at the start of the year, or at the end of the previous year, meaning a lot of them are just clickbait and are more about 'predicting' the future, than the actual state of play. SEO evolves all the time. Reading one of these articles each year doesn't make you an SEO expert, but I always look out for articles by Brian Dean of Backlinko.com. Brian talks ... 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 >

Mobile First Indexing Rolled Out by Google

On Monday 26th March 2018 Google announced, via it's Webmasters blog, that Mobile First Indexing is now being rolled out. What is Mobile First Indexing? In a nutshell, Mobile First Indexing goes like this... Google ranks websites in search based on a number of factors. Without going into too much detail, Google rewards sites which deliver unique, relevant, engaging content, matched with excellent usability. Up until now, Google has used the content from the DESKTOP version of a website when deciding on indexing and ranking pages ... Read More >

WordPress Security – A Comprehensive Guide

WordPress Security Explained Really Well... WordPress security is a common talking point. As we already know, WordPress is one of the most widely used, popular and well-known website platforms in the world. In fact, it's THE biggest. It offers a ease-of-use, flexibility and fantastic functionality, which is why we chose WordPress as one of our go-to platforms when we started in Web Design & Development. With popularity comes vulnerability. Being so widely used, WordPress is also a target for hackers, spammers and malicious trolls all ... Read More >

Go Web = Google Certified!

Google Mobile Sites Certification - Google Partners I'm very pleased to announce that we are now 'Mobile Site Certified' by Google, meaning we have been recognised as a qualified developer of mobile-friendly websites. Of course, we've been building great mobile-friendly, responsive sites for years now, but this new certification from Google only started early in 2017 so we've just made it official! During the course and exam, we answered questions about all of the latest technologies, design techniques and up-to-date recommendations from Google when it comes ... Read More >

WordPress Vulnerability – Important

WordPress Vulnerability Puts Older WordPress Versions at Risk of Hacking We've been made aware of a WordPress vulnerability, which makes older versions of WordPress websites susceptible to malicious activity (hacking). If you subscribe to our monthly services, you don't need to read any more, as we always keep your sites up to date with the latest versions of everything we use. Neither do you need to read on if your website isn't built using WordPress. WordPress is the world's most popular, widely used and well supported Content ... 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 Search Algorithms

What Are Google Search Algorithms? The Google Search algorithms are the computer-programmed calculations that look at websites and decide where to rank them in search engine results pages (SERPs). Over the years, Google has launched hundreds of updates to it's algorithms, and has even split the algorithms out in order to target particular behaviour in SEO by Webmasters, searchers and website owners. These specific algorithms are usually named afters animals. Google Panda - First Introduced 2011 Google Panda placed more emphasis on good quality content, rather ... Read More >

SEO in 2017 & What We Learned in 2016

Happy New Year to all our clients, readers and fellow Webmasters! I hope 2017 brings you all the success you deserve. In this post I talk about SEO in 2017. What's new, what's real and what we learned from in terms of SEO in 2016. First things first, I must give credit to moz.com, whose article 'SEO & Digital Trends in 2017' is the inspiration for this article. I am a big fan of Moz founder Rand Fishkin, and have been reading this SEO Guru's work for years ... Read More >

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