SEO Blog Posts

Showcases the latest news and developments in the world of SEO as written by members of the E-Web Marketing team.

Removing URLs from Search Results Using Webmaster Tools

by Kevin Dam May 19, 2011 SEO

Direct from the Google Webmaster Central blog, it is now easier to temporarily remove a page that you no longer want indexed within Google’s search results. Steps are shown here below: Previously there was a requirement by Webmasters to block the unwanted page before it could be removed from search results – this has now [...]

Google Webmaster Tools – Skewed ‘Links To Your Site’ Data

by Kevin Dam May 17, 2011 SEO

This morning a member of our SEO programming team noticed that all his link data was missing when viewing Google Webmaster Tools. Some investigation into the matter helped him learn that there was a lag in the link counts being reported – however this issue has been rectified. If you use Google Webmaster Tools to [...]

Google Testing New Search Engine Results Page Layout

by Kevin Dam May 11, 2011 SEO

Google has within the last week been testing out a new layout for their SERP’s. Some noticeable changes include: Changes in the colour and boldness of links Increased spacing between results Underlining of result links are no longer present Horizontal lines appear between results Another version doesn’t have horizontal lines between results Let us know [...]

Keyword Rich Domain Names to Aid Google Rankings?

by Special Guest April 29, 2011 SEO

In the past, a good strategy for online businesses was to buy a keyword rich domain name instead of brand names because this would help in ranking for that particular keyword. As a result of the recent Panda algorithm changes, many ‘keyword rich’ domains that were previously ranking for competitive terms, were no longer dominating [...]

Is Page Speed A Ranking Factor?

by Special Guest April 11, 2011 SEO

There has been a lot of talk about the effects of page speed on SEO lately, so I thought I’d set the record straight. For those of you who don’t know about page speed, it is the time it takes for your website to load. We all know that some websites take ages to load, while others are [...]

How Does Google Instant Search Work?

by Special Guest April 10, 2011 SEO

Google Instant Search has generated many comments and questions from users since it was introduced last year. Some long-time Google users complained that it was an unwelcome and confusing change, while others reported finding Instant as a very useful and more efficient means of searching for the results they wanted. However, there is a fundamental question that many reading this [...]

How To Boost Static Pages With Blog Posts

by Special Guest April 4, 2011 SEO

Hi everyone, and welcome back once again for my Monday blog post! Today I would like to go over something I have been experimenting with recently. The strategy of increasing the relevancy of a static page through a new blog post is something I’ve come to believe would be beneficial for the majority of websites out there. [...]

Google Springs Panda Algorithm

by Special Guest March 22, 2011 SEO

SEO consultants dogmatically preach the importance of websites having unique content. With another major update on Google’s search algorithm, it has again been shown that this approach is both effective and necessary. Known as the Panda algorithm, the latest Google algorithm update is intended to take out “content farms”, that is, websites that have huge amounts [...]

Does HTML Validation Need to be Perfect for SEO?

by Special Guest March 21, 2011 SEO

Welcome to my Monday blog! I hope you all had a great last week and are looking forward to the one ahead. A question that I have seen a lot around internet SEO forums: does HTML validation need to be tip top in order to impress Google and rank highly? If you aren’t sure what HTML validation [...]

Are Meta Descriptions Important? Yes!

by Alisha Young March 11, 2011 SEO

The importance of meta description tags in SEO has diminished over the last few years. Once an indispensible part of search engine optimisation strategy, the short blurb used to describe a website in the SERPs (search engine results pages) has purportedly been ignored by Google as a ranking factor for some time. There is ongoing [...]