Google have announced that from October, the latest version of Chrome will flag an error up on any websites without an SSL that allow customers to input information such as search fields or newsletter subscriptions.
Aug182017
Category: SEO
Jul242017
New feature-packed Mobile Page Speed Tool from Google
Page Speed has been one of the major ranking factors for quite a few months now and Google have just released a Mobile Page Speed Tool, packed with new features. If you aren’t focusing on speed, you should be.
Jun142017
Google’s latest: Good content and good Meta descriptions are most important!
The latest on Meta descriptions from the Google Webmaster Central Blog can be read here: Importance of content and meta descriptions, DMOZ, NOODP Tag. At teclan we have always recommended to our Digital Marketing clients they have good content on a web page and have optimised Meta descriptions for that page. Google’s latest Blog post… Read more »
Apr202017
Google’s Mobile-First indexing and what it means for you
It has been almost six months since we first wrote about Google’s Mobile-First indexing. Google is now indexing the mobile pages of websites There has been a lot of discussion and a lot of buzz around what it actually means. This post will give you a quick overview of what the update entails, as well… Read more »
Dec142016
Google Analytics
If you have a website for your business, you must be marketing it so that people know it is there. A list of the main areas your marketing efforts will focus on will probably look something like this: Getting new business Converting visitors into buyers Retaining customers Generating leads But how do you know if… Read more »
Nov92016
Google is now indexing the mobile pages of websites
In April last year we experienced “Mobilegeddon” when Google started to change their search algorithms to give preference to websites that were deemed “mobile friendly”. Google then announced in May this year that the AdWords platform was going to be revamped by 2017 to be “Mobile First“, making mobile ads the primary focus rather than… Read more »
Sep272016
Penguin 4.0 – Finally Released
Google has officially confirmed that the long-awaited Penguin 4.0 update is being rolled out. Webmasters and SEO professionals have been anxiously waiting for this for a long time – since December 2015. As with all Google search updates, it is sure to bring good news for some websites, and bad news for others. So what… Read more »
Sep202016
Google to drop the ‘Mobile-friendly’ label from search results
When MobileGeddon began rolling out in April 2015, Google started to favour the sites which were responsive or mobile optimised. Even before then, from November 2014, Google had officially started showing a ‘Mobile-friendly’ label tagged to websites which were mobile friendly. It told users and searchers that the site was optimised for use on mobiles,… Read more »
Aug242016
Google to penalise websites that use intrusive pop-up adverts
Interstitials are ads that appear while a chosen website or page is downloading (generally known as pop-up ads), and like other types of advertising on the web, they can often be misused. As you may already know Google rewards websites that have good, relevant content which helps towards your organic rankings. That content still gets… Read more »
Mar142016
Google Search Console – the free data source
Google Search Console, previously known as Google Webmaster Tools, is a free service offered by Google to help site owners monitor, maintain their site’s performance and visibility in Google’s search index. There are many benefits of using the Search Console including: 1. It is free; providers usually charge for such in depth data 2. You… Read more »