Search Engine Optimisation is quite technical. After all, it all boils down to mathematics. Search engines have their equations for working out what page is most important on any given subject. This site is about SEO training, so therefore it is more important for that term than other sites that do not concentrate on this Read More
Category Archives: Google
What is the correct keyword density?
Keyword density is the number of keywords as a percentage of the total text on a web page. Too little density and the search engine algorithms will presume that the page is not important for that keyword. Too much density and the page will get penalised for keyword stuffing. Since nobody has access to the Read More
Why does my site not show up on Google?
You are certainly not the first to ask why your site is not showing up on Google, and you definitely will not be the last. The whole point of SEO training is to try and avoid this very situation. The trouble is that it is hard to answer the question without more information. If your Read More
Get Found Online
Getting found online is not all that difficult. It is not incredibly easy either. Of course it depends on how much competition you have. Why do some sites show up above others? On Google it is a combination of over 200 factors! In general these are split into two types of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Read More
No Follows are just mean hearted
Recently Google admitted that no follows (rel=”nofollow”) on links do not actually stop “link juice” from leaving your site. They just stop the target site from receiving any juice. How long has this been going on? Over a year!!! Why didn’t they tell anybody? Well, nobody actually noticed so they didn’t feel the need to Read More
Be My Valentine Google
With Valentines day fast approaching I started thinking about what is wrong with how we think about SEO and Google in particular. With SEO training Google tends to be the main focus with clients. They want to climb the Google ranks. That is because in many ways Google is the only search engine that matters. Read More
Personalised Search and SEO
Most users are unaware that personalised search even exists, let alone plays a part in hindering SEO efforts. For those of you that are, bear with me. When you log into Google, for instance to access your Gmail, any searches you do are registered. This information is then associated with your account. Google uses this Read More