Turning a ‘yawn’ into ‘awe’: idea generation and content strategy for ‘dull’ industries When I first started learning about SEO, I quickly discovered my mates are not that interested in the most recent updates to Google’s algorithm. That’s because, in some people’s eyes, SEO is a bit boring. Wild, right? I think SEO is fascinating. It’s…
Over the last few years, the term ‘SEO’ has become more prominent within the business and marketing industry. A few years ago, if you mentioned SEO to someone they would simply look at you with a glazed expression. Nowadays, people have a rough idea of what you’re talking about and it’s not just something ‘to…
Content marketing can be used to support every aspect of SEO, and while on-page and technical SEO are both extremely important when increasing organic traffic, off-page SEO can often end up getting ignored. This is often due to the ‘build it and they will come’ attitude which is still prevalent in a lot of content…
93% of all online experiences start with search engines. If you haven’t optimised your website, you will struggle to rank in search results. So, the big question is, how do you improve your positions and click-through rate from search results pages? 1. Choose Relevant Keyphrases Before you can begin to optimise your website you first…
Why Is Content Marketing Important? Content marketing is important as it instils confidence in the brand by demonstrating expertise, authoritativeness and trustworthiness and better satisfying users search needs. This, in turn, drives increased conversions and content marketing is also a core component of link earning strategies. As a fast-growing and highly effective marketing channel, businesses…
Yesterday Google took to their Webmaster Central blog and announced it was starting to roll out mobile first indexing after more than eighteen months of testing and experimentation. In short, where Google has previously crawled and indexed the desktop version of your website, it will now use the mobile version of pages for indexing and…
For local businesses, getting found for local searches makes a huge difference to store footfall, website visits and ultimately, conversions. If you own a cafe or a restaurant and someone in the area searches for ‘cafes’ or ‘restaurants’, then Google will display the businesses geographically closest to them. So, how do you ensure that your…
February 13th and 14th saw Google’s second annual AMP conference taking place in Amsterdam, or AMPsterdam as they termed it. As you’d expect with a Google conference, the two-day schedule was packed with updates from Google’s own team, including Rudy Galfi, who is product management lead for the entire AMP Project. What is AMP If…
UPDATE: Google announced on the 26th March that the mobile-first index has now begun to roll out. Read the latest here In the increasingly mobile-first search world, it is no surprise that Google is adapting to the changing behaviours of its users. In recent years we’ve seen two specific algorithm updates focused on mobile friendliness,…
With sharp insights into ecommerce, Ian Lockwood of Boom shares his rules for winning at Ecommerce SEO, highlighting the importance of identifying and fixing tech issues, alongside incorporating deep and broad content in order to improve click through rates. With Google making it more and more difficult for brands to see click through without having…
