Google Dumping AJAX JavaScript Crawling Scheme Hooray! At long last Google is dumping escaped fragment URLs. JavaScript developers the world over can breathe a sigh of relief. Unless they ignored Google’s warning two years ago that they were going to End of Life it. And didn’t do anything about it. In which case they’ll be shocked. Devs would never do that, would they? This is an extract from TWIS SEO News & Updates 8th December 2017. #SEO #SEONews #JavaScript #Googlebot #AJAX… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
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 Like this:Like Loading...
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 Like this:Like Loading...
SEO Bits & Pieces w/e 10th November 2017 Hooray! It’s SEO Bits & Pieces time! What a cracking way to start the week! Chock full of nibbly SEO goodness all about changes to the Google algorithm, images, javascript and fake reviews, read this extract from TWIS SEO News & Updates w/e 10th November 2017. #SEO #SEONews #SERP #JavaScript #FakeReviews #TechnicalSEO … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Google My Business Posts API Added I’m really pleased that Google has finally added Posts to the GMB API. It makes them useful at last. It’s partly due to the way of rolling out projects, and partly due to Google being a bit silly at times. Either way, I think these Google Posts have a real opportunity to help webmasters gain more SERP real estate, and increase click-throughs and action. Read more in this extract from TWIS SEO News & Updates 20th October 2017. #SEO #SEONews #GooglePosts #GoogleMyBusiness #SERP … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Google: Four Things to Get Right for Mobile First Index Well, Google is keen to give us teasers over the looming Mobile First Index. They are not complete answers, but are certainly pointers in the right direction. If you’re not prepared for the Mobile First Index, you will be in for a shock, even though Google is planning on softening the blow as much as possible. Read more in this extract from TWIS SEO News & Updates w/e 08 Sept 2017. Oh, and don’t forget to make sure your website is not just Mobile Friendly, but Mobile First. #SEO #SEONews #MobileFirst #GoogleUpdates #TechnicalSEO #UX … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
AMP Twitter – Apps Linking to AMP URLs AMP is extending its reach, with Twitter apps now linking to AMP variant URLs. It look like AMP is here to stay for a little while. Find out about this move and ways to implement this tricky little beast. If you would like to discuss ways to implement AMP and how it could impact your web business, please feel free to contact me. #SEO #AMP #SocialMedia #Twitter #PageSpeed … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Menu Tab Hits Google My Business At last! Google Local, in the US at least, is showing a menu tab for some restaurants. I can’t wait to be rid of the horrible PDF download, pinch and zoom. Read about it & how to move from PDF to HTML and structured data. If you would like to discuss ways to structured data can help your web visibility, please feel free to contact me. #GoogleLocal #StructuredData #Redirects … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Mobile First Index: Hidden Content will be fine says Google Google has claimed that hidden content will be fine under the looming Mobile First Index. I can’t see it working for search rankings, but, as I say in this post, if that is the case, then welcome to spam land. If you would like to discuss ways to check your website and get it Mobile First ready, then please feel free to contact me. #SEO #MobileFirst #MobileStrategy … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Mobile First Index Will Be A Staged Rollout So, Google will be rolling out its Mobile First Index to individual sites in a staged rollout. This is such a slowly, slowly approach, that you can’t help but wonder if the project is stalling, or if the change will be so substantial it will be earth-shattering for search results, even though Google is PR-heavy on the “nothing substantial will change” message. Read about it now. You need to get your site Mobile First ready, as being mobile friendly is just not enough. If you would like to discuss ways to become Mobile First, or check current status, please feel free to contact me. #SEO #MobileFirst #MobileSearch #MobileStrategy … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Google Gives Incorrect 301 Redirect Advice Wow. Google gave some incorrect 301 redirect advice, which you can read in this post. It centres around redirecting 404s and speaks from a Google perspective, rather than a webmaster / user perspective. If you would like to discuss the ways you should implement 301 redirects and the impact not doing them could have on your web business, please feel free to contact me. #SEO #Redirects #SiteMigrations #TechnicalSEO … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
SEO News & Updates: TWIS w/e 07 July 2017 There’s a bunch of interesting SEO news covered in TWIS w/e 07 July 2017. Not many specific updates, but some entertaining thoughts, opinions, and some slightly daft questions from webmasters. You should read it to find out more about these topics: – New Adsense Native Ads Potentially Breach Webmaster Guidelines; – Why is LinkSpam Being Ignored?; – Mobile First Staged Rollout; – Google Posts Not Quite Ready; – Hidden Content “Fine” in Mobile First; – As well as some remarkably riveting Bits & Pieces. #SEO #GoogleAdsense #MobileFirst #LinkSpam #GooglePosts … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
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 Like this:Like Loading...
SEO News & Updates: TWIS w/e 30 June 2017 Read the latest SEO News & Updates for w/e 30th June 2017: – Google releases big update 25th June; – Canadian Supreme Court Orders Global Google De-Indexation; – Google’s Mobile Test Tool Updated; – Google News Gets A Facelift; – Google Gives Very Incorrect 301 Redirect Advice; – As well as some exceptionally enlightening Bits & Pieces. #SEO #GoogleUpdates #MobileFirst #PageSpeed #GoogleNews #TechnicalSEO … Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Mobile First Index: Align Your Mobile & Desktop Sites Find out the reasons why you should get your Mobile and Desktop Sites Aligned Now in this post. It is becoming critical that your sites are adjusted to the Mobile First Index before it launches. It could seriously impact your web business. #SEO #MobileFirst #MobileSearch #MobileStrategy… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Google For Jobs Goes Live Read the 9 things you should be doing to deal with the release of the brand-new Google For Jobs in SERPs and the ways to implement and manage it all, including the joys of Structured Data and XML Sitemaps. I’m not certain it brings great user benefits yet. #SEO #GoogleJobs #StructuredData #GoogleSearch… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Mobile First Index Is Not Mobile Friendly With Google’s Mobile First Index looming, it really is time to get your mobile websites fully in order. Just being mobile friendly is not enough and, unless Google backflips completely, you need to get ahead of the game on this one. Click the link to read why Google’s Mobile First Index is not Mobile Friendly. #SEO #MobileFirst #MobileSearch #PageSpeed… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
Featured Snippets Not In Google Search Console In this free thought-piece, you can read actionable insights into the reasons for Google not surfacing Featured Snippet Data in Google Search Console. You can find this data in other ways, and whether you should be targeting Featured Snippets in the first place, is still up for debate. Click the link to read. #SEO #FeaturedSnippets #GoogleSearchConsole #ContentStrategy… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
XML Sitemaps Produced by Most CMSs according to Google Click to the link to read the free thought-piece, with actionable insights into the thoughts of Google and how they think Most CMSs Produce XML Sitemaps. Having great XML Sitemaps can influence your crawling and indexation and, ultimately, impact your web business… #SEO #XMLSitemaps #TechnicalSEO #Googlebot… Read More Like this:Like Loading...
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 Like this:Like Loading...