Google has a feature on Chrome that pre-renders the first result on Google's search results before the user clicks on the page, meaning that the load tiem is virtually instantaneous. This makes a big difference for the user experience because loading time is like...
Google’s 23 SEO Questions
You may not appreciate Google's 500+ yearly algorithm changes, but you have to appreciate their transparency in helping you to deal with the changes. Almost a year ago, Google rolled out a very heavy update to their algorithm called "Panda". Soon after they roled it...
New Google Update: Pages with Too Many Ads Penalized
Google released a new update today (although reportedly only affecting 1% of results) that penalizes sites with ads above the fold. In other, words, the less content you have above the fold, the more you will be penalized. The point of the release is to make it easier...
Google’s New Algorithm Change Could Change Your Results
Google loves to shake things up, especially when it comes to their algorithm. Google announced another change today, and it could change up to 35% of the global results. The change mostly affects those who have news-driven topics or could be conceived as such. The new...
A Word About Links
If you read anything about Search Engine Optimization, one item you'll pick up very quickly is the need for link-backs to your website. Now, I think that's a theory that intuitively makes sense to most people, but have you ever really thought about why they're so...
Want to up your Google quality score? – Part 5
Today is the last day of our 5 part series on Upping your Google Quality Score and search engine ranking. Today is a little self-explanatory, but is still very important: building relevant content. Now, this should seem very self-explanatory, but you'd be surprised at...
Want to up your Google quality score? – Part 4
Today we're continuing our series on Upping your Google Quality Score. Today is a little different, however. Today is about creating site maps and robot files. Now, taking these actions won't necessarily increase your search engine ranking, but what it does do is...
Want to up your Google quality score? – Part 3
Today, we’re continuing our series on increasing your Google quality score through quality SEO. We’ve already discussed keywords and links and this time we’re going to talk about the importance of including enough text in your pages. Now, as we talked about yesterday,...
Want to up your Google quality score? – Part 2
On Friday we began our 5 part series on how to increase your Google quality score and SEO ranking by talking to you about links. Today we're going to talk about keyword relevancy. Google looks at all the websites on the Internet using programs called "spiders". These...
Want to up your Google quality score? – Part 1
Today we start a 5-part series on methods to increase your Google quality ranking through Search Engine Optimization. This 5-part series will go over the basics of SEO: building relevant content, ensuring keyword quality, including sufficient text, organizing your...