Something that will have an impact on Internet search this year is the mobile-search and the rise of personal assistants like Siri and Cortana. As more and more people are using mobile phones for their searches, and using these assistants, conversational queries will also become more important. Conversational queries are the types of questions a… Read more »
Google Penguin 4.0 – real-time update Google has been rolling out several algorithms to make sure that the results they produce for their users are genuine, accurate, really useful and spam free. We have discussed previous Google updates in other blog posts, but the entire SEO community is discussing and waiting in anticipation the arrival… Read more »
Previously penalised websites may be banned forever from Google results if they’re found to be violating Google guidelines. The Google Webmaster Blog released a post recently (http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.co.uk/), where they mentioned that if a website previously penalised for bad or spammy linking practices is found to be violating the Google Webmaster Guidelines again, it might… Read more »
If I ask “Are you ready for Christmas?” most of you will say “It’s only August and you are talking about Christmas! Is it not too early?” No it is not. If you are reading this, chances are you are an online business owner. If your business reaches its peak during Christmas, now is… Read more »
Over the past week Google began rolling out yet another algorithm update, this time in the form of Google Panda 4.2. Google Panda is a Google algorithm that penalises websites that have duplicate and/or poor content. This roll-out will happen over several months and affect around 3% of organic search results. What does this… Read more »
Google announces date for mobile friendly algorithm update – 21st April 2015. Mark the date in your calendar. The countdown has begun! Google recently announced that from the 21st April 2015 they will “be expanding our use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal. This change will affect mobile searches in all languages worldwide and will… Read more »
Before we commence with any dire warnings and start scaring you about imminent Google ranking disasters let us first discuss some facts. A recent ComCore report shows that around 60% of all web traffic is from mobile devices. We have passed the tipping point now. Mobile traffic is now greater in volume than desktop… Read more »
Prachi looks at the latest Penguin update from Google and what it could mean for your website.
Google penalises websites that violate their Google Webmaster Policies. In other words, it does not like sites that have no content, duplicate content or thin content (Panda Updates) and the sites that previously used spam techniques for link building purposes (Penguin Updates). If you have used these methods, it is likely you will see your ranking being… Read more »
Content is still king! The SEO landscape has changed a lot since 2012 and Google has been working hard to ensure that the search results they provide their users are as clean as possible. As part of this drive, they have made a lot of changes to their algorithms, which unfortunately have adversely affected many… Read more »
