From 1st July 2019 all websites will be indexed by Google using mobile-first indexing. Older websites have been slowly migrated over to mobile-first for some time and this process will continue. This new announcement only covers newly launched websites. So what is mobile-first indexing? In order for your website to appear in Google search results […]
On the 1st August Google announced that they had begun the roll out of a large update to their core algorithm. This has resulted in widespread reports of ranking fluctuations in many industries but it does particularly seem to have targeted health and medical websites. This week we released a broad core algorithm update, as […]
If you’re website isn’t setup in Search Console then you’re missing out on a host of valuable data. It includes details such as how Google is indexing your website and what search terms people are using to find it. It’s full of useful resources which detail how Google bots interact with your website. It’s where […]
As we approach 2018 we’re sure you still want to continue ranking as high as possible in all relevant search results. Developments in the world of SEO never cease, and you can be sure as anything that a tactic you’ve employed in the past will stop producing any benefit. It’s important to stay up to […]
By the end of October all websites that include any kind of text input are required to have an SSL certificate to avoid users seeing a ‘not secure’ warning. This is all part of the Google initiative to help users browse the web safely. The upcoming update that will be applied to the Google Chrome […]
Smart Insights Search Engine Statistics 2017 We’ve recently been studying a great piece of research by Smart Insights which has looked into trends and performance of all aspects of search engine marketing. Some of which are no surprise, but other statistics reveal a fascinating picture – our major takeaways from it: There are 6,586,013,574 worldwide searches […]
Not only has Google just created a holding company for itself called “Alphabet”, with Google now a subsidiary branch of Alphabet, it has now changed its logo as well. The new logo and reasons behind the change were unveiled on Google’s blog on the 1st September 2015 and this marks a big stage in not […]
Google’s Panda 4.2 update Google’s new search engine algorithm, known as ‘Google Panda 4.2’ has been launched in recent weeks. Like the Google Panda 4.1, the new algorithm is affecting search engine rankings on Google. However, whilst officially out, Google Panda 4.2 is reported to be rolling out slowly and as such, Peter Roesler from […]
You may have already noticed Google highlighting ‘mobile-friendly’ sites in search results. Well this is about to be taken a step further. From 21st April, the company will be increasing search rankings of sites that are mobile-friendly. The internet giant say they plan to expand use of mobile-friendliness as a ranking signal and that these […]
