Category: SEO

website missing in google search records

Website Suddenly Disappears from Google Search

Introduction: Recently a website of mine suddenly disappears from Google search result pages. I followed a course of actions to find out the possible causes and make changes to the website with the hope to get out of the Google penalty. Today, the website suddenly resurfaces with the original search result...

SEO for multipage post in WordPress

SEO for WordPress Pagination (Multiple Page Pages / Posts)

Introduction: Out of the box, support for SEO (search engine optimization) of WordPress is poor. With the help of WordPress SEO like Yoast WordPress SEO, the WordPress website can be configured to behave in a search engine friendly way. However, custom tweaking is required for WordPress pagination in order to avoid...

How to ride on the Hummingbird update to Google Search Algorithm

How to ride on the Hummingbird update to Google Search Algorithm

Summary: Google constantly updates its search engine algorithms. The latest addition is called the Hummingbird. This post will give an overview of the changes and how webmasters can respond to minimize damages and exploit opportunities. Google rolled out the Hummingbird update on 20 August, 2013 but deferred the announcement to 26 Sep,...

Content SEO Strategies

Content SEO Strategies

Summary: Content is king. With the ever-changing algorithms of search engines aiming to crack down black hat SEO techniques, content is considered even more important. This post details the dos and don’ts to be considered when planning and writing website contents in such a way that search engines will recognize...

Personal SEO

Rank No. 1 for My Name in Search Engines

Summary: This article is a record of my journey of promoting my own website to rank number 1 in search engine result pages (SERP) for my name as the search query . Detailed search engine optimization (SEO) techniques are discussed together with the achieved effects. It can serve as a roadmap...

Search Engine Ranking Factors

2013 Search Ranking Factors

Summary: In an effort to understand more about the algorithms used by Google and other search engines to rank websites, Moz collects views of SEO professionals and compiles the most likely ranking factors annually. This post outlines the results of the 2013 report. SEO practitioners should thank Google for keeping its...

baidu SEO

Baidu SEO: A Quick Overview

Summary: We will examine the search engine optimization techniques applied to Biadu, the Chinese counterpart of Google. Localization is the key. China is the fastest growing major economy in the World. Every international company look to China as their next golden egg. However China has still a rather closed ecosystem, be...

technical SEO

Technical SEO

Summary: Technical SEO describes the techniques that can be carried out by web developers to help the website rank favorably in search engines. When done right, search engine bots can crawl and index the website contents easily so that search engines can have a better understanding of the website. Search Engine...

technical SEO

What is SEO?

Summary: SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. This post explains what SEO means to the current state of the internet. Wikipedia defines SEO as the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in a search engine’s “natural” or un-paid (“organic”) search results. However, with the...