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Does Page Speed Matter?
The Google Developer’s Tool PageSpeed Insights got an update yesterday, now welcoming users with the message “Make your web pages fast on all devices”. Webmasters (and white hat SEO companies… I’ll...
View ArticleBouncing Around with Your Bounce Rate
Last week, I talked a little bit about the power of online reviews and your rankings. This week, I would like to touch on an old, but sometimes forgotten, ranking factor. Bounce rate. We spend a lot...
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DoFollow Links and Social Media
As we have talked about before, social media is integral to the continued success of an SEO campaign. Not only is it a fantastic method for raising brand awareness and increasing traffic to your site,...
View ArticleWhat is Social Bookmarking?
When talking about SEO and search engine marketing, the term “social bookmarking” gets bandied about a lot. So what exactly is social bookmarking and how can it help your site rank better on Google?...
View ArticleGoogle Webmaster Tools Part 2: Search Queries & Internal Links
As mentioned last week, I will be going through gold mine of site information that is Google Webmaster Tools and how to use it to your advantage. Since we the “Links to Your Site” section, let’s...
View ArticleAdventures in Disavowal
Just as SEO can be used to improve a website’s performance on Google, it can also be used for evil, or rather to devalue one’s website. This practice is known as “negative SEO” and it is when a...
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10 Low Hanging Fixes (Fruits) for a Quick Boost in Rankings
Below are some quick fixes you can make to your website that will result in an instant increase in rankings. Please bare in mind, there are additional obvious fixes that you won’t find on this list...
View ArticleBig Sites vs. Small Sites
There’s been much debate around the web on whether Google favors larger websites over smaller websites in terms of performance on SERPs. Based on reports from a lot of SEOs, evidence seem to support...
View ArticleHow to Tell Google You’re Sorry: Surviving Penalties and Reconsideration...
As my colleague James discussed last week, Google has recently added a feature in Google Webmaster Tools called “Manual Actions” that alerts you if your site has received a manual penalty from Google....
View ArticleImproving the Foundation of your SEO Campaign
It’s that time again! That’s right everyone; a new blog series. As an SEO professional, it is really easy to feel like you are shouting into the wind sometimes. With all the updates and modifications...
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Disavowing One Day at a Time
Disavow. After almost a year, it remains to be the hot topic in the SEO world, and continues to be the subject of many group discussions/headbangings here at SEOhaus. Jori and Brian have shared their...
View ArticleMatt Cutts Announces New Link Reports in Webmaster Tools
On August 8th, Google announced the addition of the Manual Action Tool in Google Webmaster Tools. This week, they have also announced another update to the way in which links are reported. It seems...
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Improve Your SEO Campaign: Part 1 – Your Web Design
My last blog introduced my new mini blog series, “Improving The Foundation of your SEO Campaign.” This week we focus on the first of four fundamental steps to make sure you have the strongest possible...
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Improve Your SEO Campaign – Your Backlinks
Have a healthy backlink profile Checking the backlink profile of a client / potential client should be standard practice right now. We are no longer solely focusing on the number of backlinks that are...
View ArticleImprove User Experience with Breadcrumb Navigation
When structuring the navigation on your website, you may want to consider using breadcrumb navigation. So what is breadcrumb navigation and how can it improve SEO for your website? The name “breadcrumb...
View ArticleIn the Everchanging World of SEO, the Client Remains Consistent
There’s no doubt about it, the world of SEO has been thrown some curveballs this year. Between dodging updates and beloved tools changing or being taken away altogether, Google has definitely kept us...
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Matt Cutts Announces Yet Another Google Update: Dancing with Penguin 2.1
Back in May, Matt Cutts announced Penguin 2.0 and had this to say about the update: “So this one is a little more comprehensive than Penguin 1.0, and we expect it to go a little bit deeper, and have a...
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Hello, Operator: Our Favorite Google Search Operators
As Google constantly works to make searches more user-friendly, the information it uses to satisfy a search query continues to expand. From syntactic clues that include synonymy and linguistic...
View ArticleDuplicate Content: The Silent (Rankings) Killer
One of the beauties of being an SEO account manager is that I am constantly observing the search engine health of multiple websites. The advantage of this, over say just someone managing their own, is...
View ArticleHow Images Can Help Your SEO Campaign
There are many ways to increase traffic and generate page one rankings for your SEO campaign. If you are a photographer, or sell a lot of things with images as well as content, image optimization is a...
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