SEO Tutorials

WordPress WP Off page Optimisation WP Off Page Optimisation refers to the SEO elements your page needs, but which are not on the page or site itself. These include, search engine optimisation backlinks (links from other high quality, related sites), social media activity, reviews and testimonials etc. Each of these attributes passes a “Trust & […]

Which WordPress Plugins Should You Use? Search Google for wordpress plugins and the options available are seemingly endless. However, not all plugins are created equal. Due to various security considerations, WordPress is becoming increasingly effective at policing unloved, uncared for and neglected plugins. Anyone can build a plugin to provide a specific functionality. Good people, […]

Do I Need a Child Theme? A WordPress Child-Theme is a valuable tool in your website arsenal. WordPress frequently update their core files, mostly to improve the battle against ongoing security issues. In response to WordPress Core Updates, plugin developers have to update their plugins too to ensure that they continue to work with the […]

Which WordPress Theme is Best? Themes and Plugins can all vary in size. Some WordPress Theme designers don’t consider the performance of their sites. They just create visually pleasing Themes with little thought for you or how you will want the Theme to perform. Knowing whether or not you are choosing a high performance Theme […]

WordPress Set Up Your WordPress set up will in many ways help to determine how successful your website is in the future. How WordPress Works Your Website is Built Like a Car: There are several important factors to consider before you begin to build your new website & you should ask whoever builds it for […]

On-Page Optimisation ** UPDATED in June 2019 ** If you have been learning about search engine optimisation (SEO) and on-page set up then you are probably well aware by now that the end point that you are aiming for (i.e. top Google rankings for competitive search terms with lots of traffic) is not a static […]

mobile friendly web design

Why Is Mobile Friendly Design Important? Since 2007 there has been rapid growth in the use of smart phones necessitating the need for mobile friendly websites. In line with this growth, we have seen a gradual rise in the amount of people using their smart phones to search for things online. In 2014 a seismic […]

Page Load Speed Why Should You Improve Your Page Load Speed? Google use your page load speed as a strong filter through which your site will either pass or not. If your website takes too long to load, you will NOT appear in Google SERPs. Test Your Website Load Speed here. Google want to present […]

High Quality Website Content Google looks to show the best quality content to its users, so that people who are searching for information about a particular topic are directed to the best sites. They use a complex algorithm to analyse each page and to determine the ‘quality’ of that page and it’s suitability to rank […]