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Need SEO guidance? Learn insider tips and tricks so you can boost your knowledge and win more visitors to your site.

What is Organic Traffic & Why is it Important? An Intro to “Free” Traffic

Last Updated on 1st November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

What is Organic Traffic?

If you've recently started a blog or website, you'll be getting to grips with lots of new concepts. Today I am focussing on the one of the most widely coveted topics for any website owner: organic traffic. If you're not 100% familiar with this, I'll explain what organic traffic is so you're clear. … [Read more...] about What is Organic Traffic & Why is it Important? An Intro to “Free” Traffic

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Bing, Google, Organic Traffic, Search

How to Submit a Google Reconsideration Request to Fix SEO Penalties

Last Updated on 1st November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

How to Submit a Google Reconsideration Request

If you're reading this it's likely you have suffered a Google manual penalty and are looking to fix it. I have some experience in this having suffered, and recovered from, such a penalty myself (you can read about it in my anatomy of a Google penalty). I'm guessing you've tried to fix some of the … [Read more...] about How to Submit a Google Reconsideration Request to Fix SEO Penalties

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Google Manual Penalty, Search Console

What is the Google Sandbox? Is It SEO Fact or Fantasy?

Last Updated on 2nd November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

What is the Google Sandbox?

So as the owner of a very new domain (ahem, this one) today I am going to talk about a very controversial subject… at least it's controversial for some. That subject is (drumroll)... the Google sandbox! The Google sandbox is an oft discussed beast, the existence of which is analyzed, dissected … [Read more...] about What is the Google Sandbox? Is It SEO Fact or Fantasy?

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Links, Sandbox, SEO

Submit URLs to Google & Index Your Pages Immediately!

Last Updated on 5th October 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Submit URLs to Google

Want to know how to submit URLs to Google? Read on friends! This morning you’ve opened up your website to the public and you’re very super excited about how it’s going to grow. Why shouldn’t you be? Putting a new website project live is something to be hyper-excited about. Seeing your … [Read more...] about Submit URLs to Google & Index Your Pages Immediately!

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Search Console, SEO

What are Black Hat SEO Techniques & What Google Does to Perpetrators

Last Updated on 2nd November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

What are Black Hat SEO Techniques?

Have you heard of black hat SEO techniques? If you haven't, you're like a friend of mine with whom I had a discussion about this very subject some weeks past. My friend happens to be a journalist... not that this is relevant. He writes mostly for financial journals but he has an interest in all … [Read more...] about What are Black Hat SEO Techniques & What Google Does to Perpetrators

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Google Manual Penalty, SEO, SERPs

Google SEO Penalties – What Are They & How Do You Avoid Them?

Last Updated on 4th October 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Google SEO Penalties

If you’re unlucky you’ve suffered the effects of a Google manual penalty. It’s no laughing matter, I can tell you! Google SEO penalties are brutal, decimate your organic traffic and take a while to fix depending on why they've been imposed. But did you know there were different types? I’m going … [Read more...] about Google SEO Penalties – What Are They & How Do You Avoid Them?

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Google Manual Penalty, Google Search Console

The SideGains Page Load Speed Test – How I Improved Page Speeds

Last Updated on 25th November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

SideGains Page Load Speed Test

I'm kicking off today with a description of how to run a page load speed test on your site. This has been a very important subject for me during SideGain's first month so I'll set the scene for you to explain why! I launched SideGains around 30 days ago on 26th June 2019. As you can imagine I've … [Read more...] about The SideGains Page Load Speed Test – How I Improved Page Speeds

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Optimization, Page Speed, SEO, WordPress

Why is Page Load Speed Important for Your Blog & SEO?

Last Updated on 17th July 2021 by Paul Leave a Comment

Why is Page Load Speed Important?

If you're like me you've put a great deal of effort into building your website, writing content, formatting images and publishing posts. You may have also worked hard configuring your site and tweaking all your content for SEO. But what if your site is slow? Page load speed is such an important … [Read more...] about Why is Page Load Speed Important for Your Blog & SEO?

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Google, Page Speed, PageSpeed Insights, SEO

What are Broken Links & are they a Big Deal for SEO?

Last Updated on 4th November 2020 by Paul Leave a Comment

Are Broken Links Bad for SEO?

Today's post focuses on broken links, how they impact your site and how to use link checkers to find them. So without further ado, let's press on. You’ve done research online and arrived at a website that looks like it has the products or information you need. You click a link to purchase, … [Read more...] about What are Broken Links & are they a Big Deal for SEO?

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: 404 Pages, Links

Getting a Manual Penalty from Google: An Anatomy of My Experience

Last Updated on 5th November 2020 by Paul 4 Comments

The Effects of a Manual Penalty from Google

Receiving a manual penalty from Google is not an experience I recommend! A few years ago I managed a site that received one, and it wasn't nice. What follows is my experience and how I survived it. But first, let me set a scene for you... You are responsible for the paid and organic search … [Read more...] about Getting a Manual Penalty from Google: An Anatomy of My Experience

Filed Under: SEO Tagged With: Content, Content Quality, Disavowal, Google Manual Penalty, Link Building, Quality, Search Console, Spam, Thin Content, Unnatural Links

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