Google Authorship: Is It Really Dead?

Google Authorship: Is It Really Dead?

During 2012, Google began rolling out a new feature called ‘Google Authorship’, designed to link authors (real people) to the content they published on the web. Google’s primary intentions were to assign a higher rank to sites with quality content and identify the authors of that content as ‘experts in their field’.

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Infographics part 2: how to promote your infographic effectively

Infographics part 2: how to promote your infographic effectively

If you’ve read our previous article on infographics, you’ll know that the primary key to success is designing an infographic that provides genuine value to people. In other words, it’s designed with an end result in mind. This end result might include: tackling a contentious issue, illustrating a complex technical concept, conveying the meaning behind…

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Infographics part 1: should I commission an infographic?

Infographics part 1: should I commission an infographic?

While infographics were all the rage last year, the hype surrounding them is not what it once was. Thanks to the emergence of a horde of terrible infographics, people have grown disenchanted with this form of content marketing. However, despite the abundance of bad infographics, it’s important not to throw out the baby with the…

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Optimising a blog post for SEO

Optimising a blog post for SEO

Running a successful blog has numerous benefits, including increased brand awareness, positioning yourself as a source of valuable information for your industry and increasing rapport with your customers and potential clients. And with recent updates to Google’s search engine algorithms, generating high value, in-depth content via your company’s blog is more important than ever.

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Life after Hummingbird: link building strategies

Life after Hummingbird: link building strategies

We’ve previously discussed the impact that Hummingbird (Google’s new search algorithm) would have on the future of SEO. With more focus being put on the semantic meaning behind search enquiries, and less rewards being given for keyword manipulation, the sites that stand to benefit the most from Hummingbird are the ones with genuinely valuable content…

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