SameSite=Lax In February 2020 Google is rolling out Chrome 80. This update comes out around the same time as similar updates from Mozilla and Microsoft. All of the updates are going to be making security-focused changes. But this time some of those changes will be focused on cookie settings, specifically the SameSite=None setting. So let’s …
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Google E-A-T: Stay Up-to-Date and Ahead of the Curve
Google E-A-T Overview E-A-T is a relatively new SEO-based acronym that’s generating a lot of buzz in the digital marketing cosmos. But what exactly is E-A-T? The truth—algorithmically speaking—is complex. Yet some of the core elements that marketers can leverage are actually straightforward and non-technical. Let’s start out with the basics. Google E-A-T stands for: …
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CCPA – What is the California Consumer Privacy Act? & do you need to worry?
Privacy online has been a talking point for a long time now and finally it seems that legislators have picked up on the topic in California by passing the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The CCPA will become law January 1st 2020. So, with four months to get ready, what do you need to know?
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A URL Deconstructed
Location, Location, Location You probably type them multiple times per day but have you ever really looked at a URL. Sure the bit after a period at the end can tell you what country the website is from, but what does the bit at the beginning mean? What about all the rest of it. Today …
The Best SEO Plugins for White Hat SEO
Perfect Plugins If you want to make the most out of your WordPress website you need to be using plugins. Plugins are just like apps on your phone and can add great features to any WordPress website. Here’s a list of our favourite, white hat friendly, WordPress SEO plugins. SEO Generalists First up are …
SEO Image Optimization
Making the Most of Your Videos & Images Engaging content is more than just words on a screen. Images and video play an important role in keeping a reader entertained as well as add to your message. But you can’t just upload any old picture, or video, and hope it keeps someone on your page …
When It’s Time to Hire a Digital Marketing Manager
For some site owners, managing their business relies solely on managing their website (e.g., tending their eCommerce product line). While others, their website is just one aspect. Regardless of the camp you’re in, hiring a digital marketing manager hinges on time and effort. If you’re spending too much time “in” the business rather than growing it, it’s probably past time to hire a dedicated web manager.
What Is Refferal Spam?
Why You Should Really Care Have you ever looked in your Google Analytics and seen some strange websites sending traffic your way? Like social-share-buttons.xyz or free-website-hosting.ru. If you have, then it’s likely you’ve been the victim of referral spam. Here’s our short guide on what it is and how to clean up your analytics. Referral …
What Blockchain Means for Marketing
In recent years marketers have been privy to more and more of their customers’ information. Online marketing has helped marketers gather detailed personas of their potential buyers by collecting data from their online habits but as the recent reaction to the Facebook/ Cambridge Analytica fiasco is showing, tides may be changing. So will technologies like Blockchain, that are focused on online privacy, have a knock-on effect for marketers?
No Soliciting – Yelp Says You Shouldn’t Ask For Reviews
Review websites are important to all types of business. Having a good score on Yelp or Google My Business is a major contributing factor behind if you get a click on your site or not. As part of that asking for reviews has been something that we have recommended in the past when trying to improve your online presence. However, according to recent communication from Yelp, this is now seen as soliciting and if you’re caught asking for reviews your account could be penalized.
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