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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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! […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]