A note before you dig in. I can’t be everywhere, so this blog is resting. My latest and more serious writing on SEO now lives on MagsTags. Everything here stays as an archive.
SEO & Traffic ·
The other day, I asked ChatGPT: 👉 What are the best jeans brands in the UK? It gave me a solid list—some premium British denim labels, a few high-street names, and a couple of niche brands. But it wasn’t the list that made me wonder, but how ChatGPT decided which brands to include. It turned…
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🚨 SEO is shifting fast—Google’s organic widgets are reshaping search results. If you’ve been tracking SERPs lately, you’ve probably noticed that organic listings are getting pushed further down. Features like Popular Products, Discussions, Visual Stories, Deals/ Popular Products and AI Overviews are now dominating prime real estate—reducing CTR for classic organic listings. This is especially…
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Understanding the technical side of your website or blog may not be the most fun part of it, but it will help you get the results you need. Robots.txt is one of the many elements ‘back of house’ at your website that you need to get to grips with to ensure you are getting the…
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Visitor intent governs the traffic to your site. Understanding what and why people are searching for and the way in which they searching can inform your SEO and ensure you make tweaks in the right places.
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Even the most prolific and inspired bloggers have moments when they run out of ideas. Writer’s block comes to everybody but getting out of it doesn’t need to be difficult. The internet has a wealth of resources for inspiration and ideas and one unlikely source you may not have tried is Amazon. Amazon can help…
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I have discussed the importance of evergreen content many times but have you ever considered how to get more out of the content you’ve already written? Many of us have blog posts and articles we have written and are really proud of. Maybe they have delivered great feedback or continue to generate great traffic for…
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I’m taking a closer look at just 5 WordPress setups which could be damaging your blog and how you can fix them, giving your site a better chance of SEO success.
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WordPress is a leading platform for building your website or blog. 26% of all websites created are built using WordPress, and it is a versatile and dynamic choice. It’s a user-friendly platform, and you can really achieve great things with it. You can keep things at a base level but if you want to get…
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Here are five ways you can double your SEO efforts with your blog. Putting more time and effort into the SEO activities which surround your regular blog posts and content schedule will help you gain the attention and engagement you want for your website.
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I watched recently a movie about ant colonies in North America. The humble ant is known for being one of nature’s most successful problem solvers. They communicate, cooperate and are one of the most resilient creatures out there. It made me thinking that these natural abilities can easily transfer to the online business market… Taking a…
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There are many different elements of a blog post that need to be considered. It’s more than just your great content, photos and videos, it’s about all those little signals that give Google and other search engines the pointers they need to ensure you score that fantastic search engine results page ranking you’re looking for.…
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Well optimised images (especially their file size) will give your post or page chances to rank high in Google (lower page load speed), whilst optimisation of image elements like alt tags, file name or creating a sitemap, can help you get traffic from Google Image Searches as well optimise images will rank for the relevant terms!
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Nobody ever said search engine optimisation was easy but it is a skill you can learn and one of the first things you need to do is rid yourself of any bad habits. Here I’m looking at eleven of the worst mistakes you can make with SEO and they are the kind of things which…
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Yes, growing traffic to your blog is a never ending process, but there are some simple rules that can help you grow your website or a blog traffic to 5k monthly visits sooner than later. Here I listed 12 proven ways to grow traffic to your site or a blog. Read, implement and grow! 1. Craft blog…