Big news in the SEO world today. Google has officially announced the roll out of the updated Penguin Algorithm on its Webmaster Central Blog. Initially launched in 2012 the Penguin Algorithm targets poor quality and spammy link tactics. It’s been nearly 2 years since the last Penguin update, so many websites hit by the previous…
The rise of online shopping has seen a huge shift in the way that consumers seek information, meaning that traditional PR is not the only way to run a successful campaign. Think about when you purchase something online, where do you go for further information? Rather than trusting what a company says about their own…
On Wednesday Google announced a new feature via their Webmaster Central Blog. They are now introducing ‘Reviews from the Web’ to the knowledge panels for businesses when you perform a Google search. This allows businesses to display reviews from 3rd party sites such as Facebook and many others providing you are using the correct type…
Shortly after Google’s official announcement in May that they would be releasing a new ad format in the form of expanded ads, Bing followed suit (as expected) announcing its support for this feature. Just like in AdWords what this now means is that you get 50% more character space to fill with enticing & useful…
Read the following guide to learn how to set up Facebook conversion tracking to track specific events on your website via Google Tag Manager. NOTE: Since May 2017 Facebook has enabled an auto setup feature for Google Tag Manager. However the manual method below is still recommended as the best option to use. By…
If you are in the know when it comes to the content and content marketing world, it is highly likely that you will have heard of the Content Promotion Summit that has been taking place over the last couple of weeks. If not, worry not. Hosted by Cody Lister, blogging enthusiast and avid content promoter,…
I thought today I’d share something a little different than the usual SEO posts I write. When I am not at work I can usually be found around my car. I’m quite a keen petrol head and spend far too much money on running and modifying my car, as well as products to keep it…
There are so many aspects to writing a blog — setting up your own website, images and the like, but this blog just talks about how to approach writing a blog. Baby steps and all that. I’m potentially putting myself in the line of fire here, writing a blog about how to write a blog. But…
It’s that time again Google has got itchy feet, cue there latest update… ‘Showcase shopping ads’. So what do these ads entail and how might they affect your campaign? Firstly it’s worth noting that this new ad format will only be triggered for broad, non-branded product searches such as ‘women’s shoes’ or ‘makeup brushes’. These…
In a recent article that appeared on my Twitter feed, Ann Handley, esteemed content marketing expert and Chief Content Officer at Marketing Profs, talked about how Facebook has recently declared the death of online written content, or rather predicting it will dead be very soon. And I wholeheartedly agree with Ann. Scaremongering much? Whiff of…
