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Ahrefs is about to release a new formula for their Domain Rating. Although it definately looks like an improvement the fact remains that the calculation is still full of flaws that leaves you with a domain authority rating that that is, at best, just not very accurate.
So what is the problem?
In this post I will explain some of the problems with this, and similar types of domain authority ratings …
Does web site speed optimization really work as well as some of us claim? Is it worth all the time and money it takes?
Yes, yes and yes! Not sure you believe me? Read on …
In this article I will present a case that demonstrates how one of our clients manage to increase their organic search visibility with 90% just from optimizing the speed of the website according to our specifications.
90% …! Think again. What other single action can you take that will give you such a dramatic increase in search visibility? On top of that comes all the other benefits of having a faster website.
Over the years a great number of studies have tried to show which Google ranking factors are the most important. Recently another big SEO Ranking Factors study came out – this time from the tool provider SEMRush.
Although I very much appreciate all SEO studies as a basis for discussions about what might be important ranking factors most of them suffer from many of the same basic flaws and often conclusions are made that are just not valid and most certainly don’t align with my professional experience about what is actually working.
The most recent study from SEMRush is better than most but many of the problems remain the same. In this post I will look closer at a few of the main problems and why I think the real value is limited.
We just got home after yet another great Search Marketing Conference: SMX London 2017.
I spoke at the first Search Conference in year 2000 and have worked with Search Technology and SEO for over 20 years now, so you might think I have nothing more to learn from going to events like this. Think again! I do (if it’s a good conference and SMX always is).
So let me you you are brief overview of a few of the many things I learned at SMX London this year …
Inspired by Jacob Nielsen renowned 1996 blog post “Why Frames Suck (Most of the Time), I can’t help it – JavaScript suck too. At least when it comes to SEO.
Despite what many developers believe, using JavaScript Frameworks and client side JavaScript rendering, is still not a reliable method for publishing content and links intended for the search engines to crawl and index.
But I understand the confusion. Google is backing one of the most popular JavaScript frameworks Angular and have publicly said that Google can now crawl, render and index content and links published with client side JavaScript.
The problem is, that it is simply not true. At least not all the time. Google may sometimes cache and index JavaScript and they may sometimes not. And when they don’t you pay the price. Google give no guarantee client side JavaScript will always work and there is no way to appeal your case.
In this post I will take a close look at why JavaScript Suck for SEO and a large recent JavaScript SEO study.
Once again, I am going to one of the best and biggest search engine marketing conferences – SMX London in May.
This time I will be speaking about Technical SEO and moderate 4 sessions. So it will be a busy couple of days, but without a doubt yet another great event.
Do you want to go to SMX? If so, I have good news. As a reader of this blog I have a 15% discount code for you!
Anyone that have been trying to implement AMP on a website know what a nightmare it can be to get everything right.
Google constantly change the standards without any warnings or proper backward compatibility, the official tools for testing is inconsistent, Google Search Console report AMP Titles as a duplicate problem and now we have new, even more serious problem …
Google is showing links to AMP pages in search results to desktop users!
Googles search algorithms is a huge and very complex monster that we, as SEOs, have always tried to reverse engineer and understand to the best of our abilities. The better we understand how the hundreds of parameters involved work the better we can help our clients rank their websites in Google.
So naturally, when Google publicly speak about how elements of their algorithm work we listen. And they actually quite often do that – at their webmaster blog, at industry conferences and in interviews.
But here is the catch – you can blindly trust what Google say.
I am not saying Google is (always) lying. Technically what they say may be true (although it is definitely not always the case!) but the effect may be different than what they try to imply.
In this post I will explore a few examples of Google algorithmic comments and how you can learn to read between the lines.
A CPA SEO deal may sound like a tempting option. After all, with a pure performance deal you only pay for the value the SEO-provider creates for you and not for the actual time spend on the work involved.
But is a CPA SEO deal always the best option? What are the things you should consider before making this type of deal? Are you doing it for the right reasons?
Over the past many years I have engaged in many CPA SEO deals but I have refused even more. Most often because the client was not fully aware of the consequences of this type deal and was not willing to accept the fair terms I put forward.
In this post I will take a close look at things you should consider before considering a CPA SEO deal …
– The Top 5 Reason a Performance Based SEO deal may not be right for you.
Many websites have experienced issues with blocked resources from Newrelic in the past few weeks. Google Search Console report it as an error.
Even if you do not use the Newrelic service on your site you may get this error if you use third party components such as embedded videos from Vimeo.
But what is the problem and what can you do about it? In this post we will explain …
