I know that the SEOMOZ Open Site Explorer implies a higer Domain Authority and Page Authority score is good but what is considered a good score? Having just checked one of my sites it comes up with an Open Site … Continue reading
V1 SEO have devised a new SEO tool that calculates the amount of unique visitors based on the selected keyword for the position achieved in the Google SERPS’s for that keyword. Google Traffic Calculator Keyword: Position in Google: Amount of … Continue reading
V1 SEO have started a process to identify the Google delegated authority evaluation system primary authority and contributing authorities used for gauging; reliability, trustworthiness, accuracy, impartiality, and quality. It is said that a primary authority may be a public entity … Continue reading
The concept of single product web pages and single product websites owes itself really to PPC where the main objective is to target a landing page to a specific AdWords campaign and set of keywords. V1 SEO are now expanding … Continue reading
Definition of Google+ A place where people post a snippet from an interesting article they have copied from somewhere in the hope that someone else higher up the popularity chain will copy their copy of the post about the original … Continue reading
It has long been believed that Google use citations from other websites and sources as a marker for Google Places listings. V1 SEO have spoken before about using Using Microdata for SEO and Using Rich Snippets and schema.org to improve local … Continue reading
A new online university Udacity set up by Sebastian Thrun and David Evans is offering a course an introduction to computer science which is expected to teach online students how to build a search engine. Hoping to attract 500,000 students, … Continue reading
Since allowing people to add Google+ Pages to their listings in UK Small Business Directory and add their business to our Google+ Directory the one thing that really stands out for us is just how few people know how to … Continue reading
A little SEO tip for all location based businesses, especially local service providers, is to ensure you have your full postal address on your homepage. For instance if you are an SEO Company in Warwickshire make sure you have your … Continue reading
The UK Small Business Directory has been allowing new business that register in the directory to include links to their facebook page, Twitter page and Google+ page. A quick test on the last 170 businesses to register reveals Google+ is … Continue reading
Now where would you expect Google to come if you did a search in Google for Google? You probably expect it to be number 1 yes? What about if you did a search using Google.co.uk “pages from the UK” ? … Continue reading
The following are examples of how the links are when clicked on in a Google+ page or post. (using IE) http://plus.url.google.com/url?sa=z&n=1326280813384&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.v1seo.co.uk&usg=v_E9UopgN0MXUAKYwWI6UjHBLPM. http://plus.url.google.com/url?sa=z&n=1326277427917&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.v1seo.co.uk%2F11%2Fistraffic-rating-important-for-seo-post-panda-balancing%2F&usg=1GAIQKn74wovEB3P3UGxaw3gj5g. they should both work fine and redirect straight to the pages (when using IE) Change either the N … Continue reading
This is just one in a series of Google+ Tips provided by V1 SEO The importance of the order of recommended links in your Google+ Profile How you order your recommended links in your about us page in your Google … Continue reading
I’ve been having some strange problems with what looks like Google referrer strings recently. Everything works fine until I sign in to my Google+ account, click on a link in a post. article or whatever and then try to use … Continue reading
just a little google search box test. Google.com: Google.co.uk: Google.de: Google.fr: Google.ie: V1 SEO:
You may have noticed a new search box in the sidebar of V1 SEO. This is a V1 SEO Site Search provided by DuckDuckGo DuckDuckGo desribes itself as; “a general purpose search engine that is intended to be your starting … Continue reading
We’ve been predicting it for some time and I suppose it was inevitable really. This is why Google have been pushing people to set up Google Places listings. Google are now showing Google Ads on the map overlay of peoples … Continue reading
A lot of people still don’t know just what you can do with Google+ yet. Here is an example page Wheelchair Ramps and here is an example post Portable Wheelchair Ramps What makes this Google+ Page special and different? Can you … Continue reading
Following on from last weeks post about the Google delegated authority evaluation system and primary authority and contributing authorities This weeks post is about Pearson Correlation Coefficient (r) I spoke last week about how primary authorities can pass on an … Continue reading
It seems to be getting harder and harder to stop getting the Google message Your search and ad results may be customized using search activity from this computer. Are Google trying too hard to push personalized results down our throats?
This is a follow up post providing tips on Google+ Pages You may find it beneficial to read posts in this order if you have not read them already; Best ways of using Google+ for business or SEO Tips on … Continue reading
This is a follow up post providing tips on Google+ Pages You may find it beneficial to read posts in this order if you have not read them already; Best ways of using Google+ for business or SEO Tips on … Continue reading
This is a follow on page from – Tips on Setting up a Google+ Page for Business and SEO If you haven’t already read that page may I suggest you do so 1st. Before carrying on I just need to mention … Continue reading
I’ve previously hinted at how to set up Google+ Pages in a post called How to set up a Google+ Business Page and optimise it for best results This post will expand on that further and provide my tips on Setting up … Continue reading
Whilst playing around with the V1 SEO Google+ Widget I suddenly had one of those eureka moments. Could I use the Google+ activity feed to display products on a little static website? I quickly set up a new Google+ Product Page, … Continue reading
Regular readers will be aware that V1 SEO is the SEO division of UK Small Business Directory an online business directory that provides free online advertising to UK based small business owners. On the 6th December 2011 the UK Small … Continue reading
Be Found Online is another of those little websites I set up a number of years ago, left on the back burner then forgot about. Having received an email about it yesterday I decided to give it a quick revamp, … Continue reading
Google have come up with a great site that provides data and information about mobile usage – Our Mobile Planet Information provided includes; Consumer adoption rate of smartphones How, where and why consumers use their smartphone What people are doing … Continue reading
Google Plus for Business is now live. Just in the process of setting one up for V1 SEO now https://plus.google.com/104044418361598053077 And here’s the new Google+ button for business v1seo.co.uk on Google+ For those wanting to know how to create … Continue reading
We see numerous types of people submitting business listings to our business directory so though it would be fun to create profiles of directory submitters. If you have ever used anyone to submit your business to online directories let us … Continue reading
The UK Small Business Directory will be 10 years old in December 2011 and to mark this occasion we have created a number of Special Upgraded Directory Listing Options to compliment the free directory listings we have been providing in the past decade. The … Continue reading
I thought I would have a quick check in google to see how my Google +1 Checker was doing so did a search for Google +1 Checker and got the following message from Google “The + operator has been replaced. … Continue reading
I noticed my AdSense ads change colour now when hovering over. I would think most people use a CSS hover effect on anchor text now so it is a little surprising Google have taken so long implementing this change. After … Continue reading
As we head towards November it’s time to start thinking about predictions for what Google will do in 2012 I’ll start the ball rolling with; Google Offers Launches in the UK Google Offers could easily be described as Googles alternative … Continue reading
Anyone reading my recent SEO posts will know I have been emphasising the Importance of having a good Google Profile and using the Microdata Author formatting to link your content with your Google Profile – Using rich snippets for seo and … Continue reading
If you are a small business owner and have advertised anywhere on the Internet or in any directories you will probably have had the facebook cold callers who claim to have a special relationship with facebook with regards facebook advertising … Continue reading
I’ve written about schema.org microdata format before in a post called Using Rich Snippets and schema.org to improve local search In that post I demonstrated how to put the address of a local business in to microdata format. This post … Continue reading
Anyone keeping an eye on Yellow Pages and yell.com in particular will have noticed how much their online directory has improved in recent months and how much more they are concentrating on online marketing and SEO Most of the good work … Continue reading
Google does most things well, but one thing they have done that annoys a lot of small business owners is let their review system in Google places be too easy to abuse. We are always seeing complaints by business owners … Continue reading
“Millions of people search Google Maps every day. A free listing on Google Maps makes it easy for them to find you.” source: http://www.google.com/placesforbusiness Google Places Optimisation Tips Some years ago we set up a site for Google Maps Optimisation … Continue reading
V1 SEO have put together a list of the TOP 5 SEO Tools no professional SEO should do without. Top 5 SEO Tools of 2011 Google+ Widget Checker – Add a Google Plus Feed Widget to your website. Top 10 … Continue reading
As an avid Archers fan I was pleased to hear a storyline with Brenda and Tom discussing bringing in an SEO company to do reputation management and search engine optimisation for Bridge Farm Ambridge. Bridge Farm has recently been the subject … Continue reading
I updated my Google Plus One Checker Tool today to make it a bit simpler to use and more pleasant to the eye. In the few weeks I have made my Google plus one checker tool available it has checked … Continue reading
Ah Well! It looks like Google didn’t like my suggestion about allowing us to add our Google Places listing to our own websites and using the Google review system, they appear to have now blocked us from pulling in the … Continue reading
I set up a new website over the weekend which will be used for explaining more about optimised mini sites and talk about the advantages of using WordPress when constructing very simple 5 to 10 page mini sites. The main … Continue reading
The layout of my 728 x 90 Google AdSense ads has been displaying 3 or 4 verticle links for at least a year now, so how come the Google AdSense Ad Formats at https://www.google.com/adsense/static/en_GB/AdFormats.html still isn’t showing these new AdSense … Continue reading
Please note before using this little tip that I am not 100% sure on the Google guidelines on using iframes so it is up to you to check first if you want to do this. With the new Google Places … Continue reading
As anyone with any search engine marketing experience will know keyword research is one of, if not the, most important processes in any online campaign. Why spend time and bucks marketing and optimising for a phrase that doesn’t produce a … Continue reading
With the importance of having a good Google Profile becoming more and more obvious V1 SEO have created a FREE service where we show you how to set up a Google Profile. We talk you through the basics of setting … Continue reading
I noticed the google places favicon this morning, of all the favicons Google uses, is this the worst? http://maps.gstatic.com/favicon.ico I assume it is a marker pin on a map, but who knows?
We are hearing reports that the Bridge Farm Website may have been banned by Google due to the Black Hat SEO practices being used by local marketing expert Brenda Tucker. Bridge Farm has recently been the centre of a scandal when Bridge … Continue reading
The Google spam team have updated their spam reporting page to make it easier to report websites that are flouting the Google webmaster guidelines. Matt Cutts of the Google spam team says it is the biggest refresh of Google spam … Continue reading
We have now added a Pinging page to which allows you to Ping Google with your latest blog posts and help get them indexed quicker by Google Blog Search.
Despite the fact the business listings on Google Maps changed to local business center and then changed again to Google Places, Google Maps is still one of the top Google related phrases searched for according to statistics on Google Insights. … Continue reading
V1 Sites provide a number of small mini sites packages that are ideal for SEO’s and online marketers to use when optimising for niche terms, individual products, local services, etc. These Mini Site packages start of from FREE and for … Continue reading
Our lates optimised site has been built for a South Warwickshire Beekeeper who sells Ready Assembled Beehives SW Beehives (South Warwickshire Beehives) is a simple 8 page mini site which can be easily enlarged as more pages are required. The text on … Continue reading
Google have now released a video and pdf of the Google +1 implementation webinar from last week. Particularly interesting for those who track and split test is the info at approx 25 minutes about the changes coming to analytics about … Continue reading
Google analytics is to be updated in the coming weeks to include better tracking of google +1 and other social networking activity like Twitter and facebook. Analytics users will have better social networking recording tools to tack how often google … Continue reading
The Google +1 button will soon be appearing in AdWords ads automatically. The Questions and Answers session after the Google +1 webinar has revealed that the +1 button will appear in AdWords automaticaly without the AdWord advertiser having the option … Continue reading
We have recently set up Google Friend Connect on our Business Directory website and are very pleased with the results. With this in mind we have created a new section on V1 SEO providing Google Friend Connect Tips Please visit the … Continue reading
As soon as I saw Google +1 I said this is primarily to raise awareness of Google Profiles, encourage people to use their Google profile more and encourage people to stay signed in to their Google accounts when just generally … Continue reading
A lot of talk at the moment about the Google Panda update and also talk of another large shift in the google algorithms with the Google Panda 2 update being imminent. Although Google appears to constantly tweet its search algorithm, … Continue reading
We recently added a latest Disability News section to our Wheelchair Ramps site using the V1 sites mini-site system. The whole site has been negected recently and the SEO work on it is still a bit below par, on saying … Continue reading