What is Google Search Console? Google Search Console (formerly known as Google Webmaster Tools) is a free web-based service that allows website owners to monitor and manage their website’s presence in Google’s search results. It provides valuable insights into how Google crawls and indexes your website and can also help you identify and fix issues […]
Google is rolling out Local Service Ads in the UK. Local Service Ads help businesses stand out in search results and connect with local customers looking to hire their services. If you run a home service business (e.g. plumbers, window cleaners, or removal services), and want an easy way for local customers to find you […]
Google’s search algorithm is a closely guarded industry secret, and rightly so. Yet for such a mysterious formula, they certainly give us webmasters plenty of information about staying on that algorithm’s good side. If only there was a way to find out how to directly improve your site in a way that both your site’s […]
Google announced that they are switching to mobile-first indexing for all websites in March 2021. This means that Google will prioritise the mobile version of a site for indexing, as opposed to the desktop version. The reason for this change is that a majority of internet users (almost 60% according to Hitwise) now use their […]
Why is Google the most important search engine when it comes to marketing your business online? When digital marketing experts talk about search engine optimisation (SEO), they often talk in terms of “optimising for Google search”. However, there are many other search engines on the market – including the likes of Bing and Yahoo. So […]
With metrics like site speed and security signals remaining firm search visibility factors, it’s clear that Google doesn’t just rank websites whose content most directly answers searcher queries. Sites now have to provide a smooth and efficient user experience too. Enter the forthcoming Page Experience Update. Back in May 2020, Google announced that they’re going to be significantly […]
Google is adding ‘Page Experience’ to its algorithm as a ranking factor in May 2021. Ranking factors are the criteria that search engines use when deciding where to rank your website in its search results. So this update will affect how pages on your website will rank on Google. While this may seem a while […]
If you’ve noticed your website pages rise or fall in Google Search, it could be because Google released a Core Update. In a core update, Google makes significant changes to its search engine algorithms to improve the quality of search results. These changes can have a considerable effect on search engine results pages (SERPs), across […]
Before I go in on third-party cookies, let’s step back and revise what a cookie is. Cookies allow websites to personalise the content you see, track your behaviour onsite and remember things like products in your basket even if you close your browser. They have a bad rep but they’re extremely useful. Third-party cookies have […]
Google+ has about 2.2 billion user accounts and even up to a year ago Google+ was making updates to their platform, so it may have come as a shock to some regular users that it will be closing in April 2019. Even though Google+ has a high number of user accounts it is estimated that […]