Search Engine Workshops UK

Sitelinks are the links sometimes shown below the title, description and address of the top ranking site for a particular search. They were first introduced in 2006 but seem to be here to stay. They are very rarely shown except for the top result, and not always then, and according to Google?s Webmaster Tools Help, [...]

I have always advocated the use of XML (Google) sitemaps so was very interested in an article on their possible dangers – How sitemaps can kill your business. If anyone has had a similar experience, please let me know and I’ll publish them as a comment. (I am always publish useful comments but you need [...]

Does it make any SEO difference whether you use the www or no www version of a domain name?

Very useful resource for checking social names, domain names and trade marks. http://www.ud.com/ Invaluable for checking to see if names are available or if a competitor is using one inappropriately.  Much quicker as everything can be checked at the same location.

Are drops in traffic from organic search a result of the changes to the Google interface, I think so and so it seems do others.

Google adds third column to SERPS and slims down logo

How to find the exact search term used in PPC campaigns in GA search reports

There have been rumblings about web analytics and privacy ever since there was web analytics and this has largely been aimed at Google Analytics.  Why?  Probably because of the huge quantity of data that Google has accumulated from its free analytics offering and partly no doubt because of it it head and shoulders above any [...]

From as early as next week (beg March 2010), Yahoo! will start closing down its search engine operations and import its results from Bing, the new name Microsoft gave its engine last year. This comes as a result of final clearance from the authorities in the States to allow the ‘search agreement’ between Yahoo! and [...]

Link building is vital to develop good rankings – we all know it but do we really have a good strategy in place for continually developing a good link profile.  I know it is something that sometimes takes a back seat with me when other things seem more urgent – even if they are not [...]