Python SEO Website 404 Checker I hate wasting time doing the same thing over and over and over again*. So I wrote this little python tool to check for a 404 Header Response for a made-up URL on a domain to save me from the drudgery of doing it by hand, to give me absolute consistency of checking, and to give me an audit trail of URLs checked and responses. *unless it’s perfectly acceptable time-wasting like watching cat videos, obviously. #SEO #SEOTools #Python #WebDev #TechnicalSEO … Read More
Python SEO URL Checker for Canonicals & Redirects So, I got really bored and frustrated checking a bunch of domains for a client to see if their domains 301 redirected all variants from http to https and from non-www to www. There are only so many times you can type: curl -I http://domain.com Using my limited knowledge of Python, I crafted this simple little script to do the leg work for me and report back its findings in a readable format which can be slapped straight into an email that even devs can understand (j/k). #SEO #SEOTools #Python #CanonicalURLs #Redirects … Read More
SEO Website Migration Checklist To Do It Properly I’ve been listening to various SEOs and webmasters recently espousing how they do SEO Site Migrations and how they worry because they normally lose rankings and traffic for a while. I don’t understand that. I’ve done a large number of site migrations and I have never lost traffic or rankings – not once. In fact, the usual state of affairs is that I have gained traffic and rankings. This tutorial covers how I do it, with an Excel checklist into the bargain. #SEO #SEOTutorials #SiteMigrations #Redirects #HTTPS … Read More
Web Rendering Service: Google Reveals How It Works Read this guide on how Googlebot’s Web Rendering Service works, and tips on how to set up your website to be easily crawled and indexed by it. Contact me to discuss how best to get your content into a state where it can be Found, Crawled and Indexed – that is critical for surfacing in SERPs. #SEO #Googlebot #WebCrawling #GoogleIndex … Read More
Google Test My Site Tool Updated Find out about the latest updates to Google’s Test My Site Tool in this post. It’s a link / email magnet, but it does have some handy and redeeming features. If you would like to discuss the ways page speed could impact your web business, and improve traffic and conversions, please feel free to contact me. #SEO #MobileFirst #PageSpeed #TechnicalSEO … Read More
SEO Periodic Table 2017 Released Take a moment to read this free thought-piece, with actionable insights from the release of the Periodic Table of SEO Success Factors 2017 and the ways you can use it to improve or tweak your SEO Strategy. #SEO #SEOStrategy #ContentStrategy #TechnicalSEO… Read More