Verifying A Google Search Console Domain Property With Cloudflare
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you set up a domain property in Google Search Console you will not yet have access to all of the features from the old Google Search Console. For example, the disavow file upload, crawl stats and more. You will still need to add additional...
Conversational Search (Voice Search) and Conversational Actions – Current Situation
Voice search (also referred to as conversational search), is dramatically on the increase and according to Comscore it’s anticipated by 2020 50% of search queries will be voice driven (Comscore, 2017). It is important to note however that this statistic is...
Content Marketing Guide for 2020 – Bertey
Content Marketing for 2019 – Fresh Approaches Collaborative Content Collaboration appears to be taking hold in creative communities at the moment. It’s only a matter of time before it becomes a fully-blown trend. Best hop on that boat now before it gets too...
Social Media Marketing Guide For 2020 -Bertey
Social media marketing can be a bit hit and miss if not implemented with some kind of strategy and clearly defined tactics. By that, we mean, it’s a hit for some and a miss for others. So you have to ask yourself, if social media channels are not working for you, are...
Holiday Season Ecommerce and Digital Marketing
Holiday Season and Ecommerce Opportunities So It Begins - Black Friday and Cyber Monday Black Friday and Cyber Monday are the two biggest dates on the consumer calendar. In the States and Canada these two events need no explanation, with hoards of citizens calling in...
Modern SEO Keyword Strategy Guide
Google Hummingbird Approach To Keyword Strategy Hummingbird was supposed to improve search results. But is it fair to say, the short and curlies of it is, this bird ain’t doing nothing. But is it Google’s algorithm that does not work, or is it because the content...
WordPress and SEO
Whilst the subject of WordPress and SEO is vast we wanted to at least get started with a few pointers to help you get off the ground with a few takeaways. We often see WordPress sites which have been built and the developers presume the site is 'SEO-friendly'...
New Website Launch and SEO
Get your New Website SEO Right First Time Contents Get your New Website SEO Right First TimeWebsite Structure, Design And Trust MatterTrust factorUser ExperienceWhat makes a good user-experience?Visual elementsLess is moreWebsite structurePage speedClean...
Google Panda – What Does It Mean For Your SEO?
What Is Google Panda? Google rolled out its attack on content spam with the introduction of Google Panda. It became clear the update was a significant one – not least for a number of news and press release sites. PR Newswire made a lot of the Panda headlines,...
The Future Is Mobile Marketing – Ways To Reach Mobile Customers
It’s no secret that mobile will be the next big stage for marketers. The evolution is already changing at a rapid pace. Tools are not in short supply, but with so many options it can be difficult to know what form of mobile advertising will work best for your...
Website UX Guide
Providing Website Customers With Good User Experience The development of digital media across multi-channel platforms enable brands to enhance user experience. Yet many online businesses concentrate on the product rather than the customer. Improving website...
App Store Optimisation Tips
Technology has a short shelf-life. We know this. But is there a plausible alternative to SEO than site-based rankings? Apparently so! Apps have been rattling around for a few years now, and they are starting to make a noise. With the onset of deep indexing in...
Website Speed SEO and HTTP2 Guide
Website Speed and SEO Website speed and SEO go hand in hand. Google have announced that as of July 2018 there will be a ranking boost available on mobile for faster sites over slower ones. Now the mobile-internet revolution is in full throttle and continuing to...
Local SEO Guide for 2020
Local SEO For Your Business - Where To Start?? Local SEO has changed the search landscape and given smaller business a shot at outranking big competition. However, local search optimisation isn’t just for smaller businesses and any firm that welcomes clients through...
Mobile First – How Businesses Need To Optimise For Mobile
Mobile First Commerce Mobile commerce is thought to be growing 200% faster than eCommerce. Consumers are accessing the internet on handheld devices more than laptops or desktop PC’s. Mobile shopping is also on the rise and will likely become more popular as consumer...
How Video Can Help Your Online Efforts
Video Marketing Rises Video marketing is a must-have element in any modern marketeers toolkit. There can be little doubt that video marketing is destined to be the most effective form of advertising. TV has been for over half a century. All we are doing now is moving...
HTTPS and SEO
HTTPS - What Is All The Fuss About? HTTPS is part of internet security online HTTPS uptake is growing. Although the internet is amazing for many reasons, one of the negative aspects of the online sphere is security. It is a priority for search engine companies and web...
PPC Strategies For Beginners & Mistakes To Avoid
Getting started with PPC – Some tactics and background for start-ups and beginners To boost sales it is not unusual for small businesses to paying for advertising through Google Adwords. Also known as pay-per-click (PPC), the technique gives your ads and... Are You Making These eCommerce Mistakes?
Reports indicate that online spending is set to continue over the next few years. According to Statista, global retail e-commerce revenues are predicted to grow to 4.88 trillion US dollars in 2021, which is almost double the figures from 2017 (2.3 trillion US...
What Ranking Factors Should You Concentrate On?
Earlier this year, Google revealed its three most important ranking factors are content, links and RankBrain. We have a few more to add to these, and don’t think the need for publishing quality content needs further explanation. And if you do publish shareable content...
Google Quality Raters Guideline Updates and Online Businesses
In their efforts to improve the digital experience of internet users, Google strives to continuously tweak its guidelines. The purpose is to encourage online businesses to publish quality content.
User Explorer Reports in Google Analytics
f you use Google Analytics – and you should be – you may have noticed a new feature has appeared in the Audience menu: User Explorer.
The Big G has announced it is slowly rolling out the new metric, and the companies promotions team has been lauding the feature, describing it as “exciting” “stunning” and “long-awaited”.
How To Approach Influencers and Earn Backlinks
Before we explain how to earn backlinks from influencers, we must stress that this SEO tactic will only work if you are publishing high-quality content people are engaging with. If not, make that your priority. Influencers are like gold dust to an online business....
Instagram Marketing Guide
Instagram is a powerful brand engagement network, with a user base that is growing at an incredible rate. At the core of Instagram’s business model is a philosophy to help brands engage with their audience on a deeper level using visual content – which is...
How To Make Your Website Trustworthy
Earning trust from search engines increases your visibility in search results over time. Online marketing involves significant trust factors. Search engines have built Trust scores into their algorithms, and consumers what assurances before they buy from online... Guide to Google AMP and SEO
Google is intent on delivering improved performance for mobile users. The next logical step to the company’s mobile-first-approach is Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP). The key driver behind AMP is to increase page speed for mobile users. The search engine giant aims to...
Paid Ads v Organic Search SEO v Paid Social – Which Is More Sustainable?
PPC has become a major player in online advertising. It gives online businesses more visibility, drives traffic and increases conversions. But is it more sustainable than organic search? It’s no secret that search engines like Google et al make huge profits from paid... RankBrain – Getting Inside Google’s Head: What You Need To Know About RankBrain
According to Google, around 15 per cent of searches performed by end-users on a daily basis are unique. But also ambiguous! In the past, the search engine giant was not able to handle this category of searches effectively – despite their best efforts. When Google...
Google Ranking Factors We Know Of
The title question is the shadow on the back of every web owners mind. The truth is, nobody knows exactly how search engines factor in metrics, and Google is keeping shtum about their methods of calculating PageRank (or its equivalent since PageRank hasn’t updated for a long time, and is not likely to do so again).
However, through a series of tests, research, experience and understanding Google Guidelines, SEO service providers can work out some of the key ingredients web owners need to boost PageRank.