Tourism is back, hotels, pubs and restaurants are re-opening, shops and shopping centres are open, hairdressers and barbers can now get to work and there is talk about non-essential offices being staffed again – and we are all breathing a huge sigh of relief………… or are we?  Or is it fair to say that the we are really concerned that the …
In the last 13 years the Highlands, Scottish and UK economies have dealt with severe threats to their stability. The financial crisis of 2007/2008, the slump in oil prices and Brexit. The latest addition to this list is COVID-19. It’s tempting for many businesses to pull the plug on their marketing budgets at the first …
Google searches now show results specifically from the region you are in. When performing Search Engine Optimisation I often use the various Google country Top Level Domains for searching. For example, if I want to search how a site is performing in Australia, I will use google.au; for New Zealand I will use google.co.nz and …
Altering Google search results for the region you need. Read More »
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 …
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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 …
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, …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
Put the jingle in the bells of your Christmas Search Engine Optimisation. 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 …
Poor web content attracts unwanted attention…from Google Panda Read More »