Ignore dodgy SEO emails
You know these emails well. They're from people with sometimes ludicrous sounding names, purporting to be from a certain SEO company and they've graciously analysed your website and found some…
A Technical SEO Cheat Sheet
Handy Bits To Help You With Your Technical SEO Can't remember if a canonical link is self closing, or how to add a 301 redirect? Here's a quick cheat sheet to help…
Easy Ways To Create Great Content
With each algorithmic change that goes by there seems to be increased emphasis placed on producing great content and obtaining links through 'white-hat' means. Creating great content is something that many in…
What Form Of Backlink Provides The Most Quality
Thanks Martin Evans for the question on the 123SEO Google Plus Page. "Since the penguin and panda updates, what form of backlink provides the most quality? blogs? articles? press releases?" In a post penguin…
How To Create Amazing Calls To Action
For most businesses the whole point of having a website is to make money. This can be achieved through direct sales, lead generation or feet through the door. Yet many…
How Small Businesses Can Build Big Links
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What Is The Penguin Update And How Can I Fix It?
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5 Ways To Make Your Website Vanish From Google
Ever wondered how to make your website lose rank and disappear from Google? Everyday we see websites that are suffering from or risking the possibility of penalties and being banned…
Why Small Businesses Should Love SEO: 3 Quick SEO Tips
Small businesses should love SEO. If you own a website for your business, chances are at some stage you've wondered 'Why can't I find my site on Google'. Or if you can…
Does your website have sitemaps?
One of the many issues we cover when we analyse websites of our new clients is the presence of sitemaps.
Sitemaps come in 2 different formats, HTML (which users and search engine spiders can see) and XML (which is purely for search engine spiders).
Their purpose is to provide an overview of all pages across your website. The HTML version has the added advantage of giving your website visitors another means of accessing pages on your site and when you set it up correctly, it creates a great user experience (something Google really loves!).
Some websites have only the HTML version, some only have the XML version but many don’t have either! So what do yo do?