Putting it simply, sitemaps allow web-masters and website owners to help direct Google (and other search engines) to index their web content optimally. In the simplest form a Sitemap is an XML file listing a set of url’s of a given domain, usually with some extra meta data about each url. The meta data that usually surrounds [...]
Continue Reading →Now… I’ve neglected design for a while, focused on the “development” of existing sites. And its not just me that has been doing this, and there is a valid reason… there is less money in web design & development so less people are willing to spend money on a new site when a few changes [...]
Continue Reading →Over the past few months I’ve been asked time and time again “What steps can I take to perform SEO on my site?”
Generally, I ask about the site they are talking about (all sites need something a little different), have a nice little consultation with the person asking the question and then give them a list of things they may want to do (ideally), what they should do (mid-ground) and the things they need to do (must-do). So under those headings I’ve created a Top 10 list of the most common occurrences that I’ve found.
Continue Reading →After many conversations with many people, a lot of whom read this Blog (hello there). I have decided to write a brief post on the top 5 lessons I have learnt whilst being a SEO practitioner. So what are these Search Engine Optimising lessons? Creating multiple pages of the same content, or copying content from [...]
Continue Reading →On Thursday I posted the second part of my SEO Tips (meta tags) . This is the third blog in this series about SEO, and I hope by the end I will have covered most of the bases, though clearly not all! as they are ever changing and I like to keep some secrets for [...]
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