Sim64 the SEO division of UK Small Business Directory will soon be moving to new offices in Honington. Sim64 6 Granby Road Honington Shipston-on-Stour Warwickshire CV36 5HG Phone: 01608 685039 This move has resulted in a larger meeting room which … Continue reading
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Why is Google displaying the photo of the 2nd author on some pages which have multiple authors which are contributors to the site and have Authorship tags set up? Will the following 2 pages produce the same results in the … Continue reading
More and more people are noticing that the Google Structured Data Testing Tool is verifying Google+ Pages as authors. Most people will tell you the SDTT shows that result because the SDTT is broken and not accurate, I tend to … Continue reading
Was it really 9 years ago today that the Mangeur de Cigogne Competition finished? Mangeur de Cigogne was one of the early search engine optimization competitions where the object was to rank highest for a made up phrase. The phrase mangeur de … Continue reading
Whilst visiting the Google+ help files today I received the following message “Hey, you’re a TC! If there’s a problem on this page, we’d love to hear it. Please use this form to contact the author directly.” I’m assuming a … Continue reading
Does Google acknowledge different authors when there are extracts from multiple authors on the same page? Asked by Terry Simmonds (TJ) Google acknowledges multiple authors on the same page but only the 1st is verified in the Google Structured … Continue reading
With the relocation of Sim64 SEO scheduled for August/September we will soon be requiring an in-house part time trainee SEO who wee will train up to join our team. This post will suit a person who has a basic knowledge … Continue reading
With construction of the new office well under way it looks more and more likely that the Sim64 SEO Services division will be relocating to Honington in August/September Sim64
I see brokencontrollers.com are back to the old trick of using RSS Feeds to post other peoples content on to their site and making it look like forum posts again. They were up as high as approximately the 5,000th most … Continue reading
With Apple moving away from Google Maps in iPhone will they buy Ordnance Survey? Apple (United Kingdom) – iOS 6 – All-new, Apple-designed Maps with 3D views. “The Apple-designed Maps app has turn-by-turn spoken directions, interactive 3D views and a … Continue reading
Now that’s a novelty! – A link direct to the Google+ Help page rather than someone just copying all the info, putting it on their own website, linking back there and taking the credit for someone else’s work. https://support.google.com/plus/
This screenshot shows an option to create an AdWords Express account for a Google+ Page and a Google Places listing even though the 2 pages are fully merged and editable via a Google+ admin panel or a Google Places Admin … Continue reading
Find Your Google Author Rank – Google Author Rank Checker by Sim64 Find your Google Author Rank by simple entering your Google+ Id number below Please note: only enter your 21 digit Google+ id number not the URL – For … Continue reading
Internal link devaluation is where a website that has unnaturally high search engine rankings primarily due to the fact that pages are strengthened by internal navigation links are returned to their natural position based on the assumption these internal links … Continue reading
There has been a lot of talk lately about bad links having a negative effect on websites. Although I agree bad links may have a negative effect I am more inclined to think this is due to link devaluation rather … Continue reading
I have numerous little SEO Weasel tests set up and whilst checking through some of these noticed SEO Weasel was showing up in the Google results again. Where it differs from the previous SEO Weasel layouts is this one displays the … Continue reading
It looks like the spammers and black hats are targeting the Google Structured Data Testing Tool to obtain back links from Google. A quick Google site: search of the Google Structured Data Testing Tool – http://goo.gl/4jCeU reveals thousands of spam pages predominantly … Continue reading
Months of speculation has started about who will be the New Doctor Who when Matt Smith regenerates in the 2013 Doctor Who Christmas Special. Comment below with your suggestions as to who you would like to become the new Doctor … Continue reading
Roast Penguin and Mixed Vegetables This Roast Penguin recipe comes from Google Penguin. Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook time: 2 hours Ingredients: 1 Penguin, Mixed Vegetables Cooking Instructions: Put Penguin in oven Cook Penguin until fully cooked Cook some vegetables … Continue reading
My daughter is a bit of a Flipnote Hatena addict so we were sad to read that The Flipnote Hatena website and Flipnote Hatena for Nintendo DSi ended on May 31, 2013. Reading the closure notice at http://flipnote.hatena.com/thankyou we saw the … Continue reading
I wrote a blog post last year about Google Fiber in UK I was speculating on whether the £1bn deal Google had done to build a new UK headquarters in King’s Cross would also lead to Google introducing Google Fiber to … Continue reading
Interesting discussion going on at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/webmasters/1b1ftgJO-XI/V5Yg59gvMaoJ about how the Google structured data tresting tool is displaying strange URL’s This looks like either a problem with the Structured data testing tool or schema itself. Would be interested in hearing any more … Continue reading
Interesting discussion going on at https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!msg/webmasters/1b1ftgJO-XI/V5Yg59gvMaoJ about how the Google structured data tresting tool is displaying strange URL’s This looks like either a problem with the Structured data testing tool or schema itself. Would be interested in hearing any more … Continue reading
Aston Villa Shirt 2013 2014 Note: Aston Villa nPower Championship shirt temporarily delayed until 2014/15 OK, OK, I admit it’s only a mock up – If you want a real football shirt visit here http://goo.gl/EWp3L Latest News on New Aston … Continue reading
Or is it a lot of people want to be known as the person who announced it. My Author Rank is 82 in relation to Google Authorship, Google Author Rank, Google, SEO and Bullshit. I also have an Author Rank score … Continue reading
I’ve always tried to support Big Issue sellers throughout the year, but just recently have been a little dismayed. The main reason beeing the same guy was always selling in the same place month on end and then a lady … Continue reading
5 of my favourite little Google Plus tools, tips and tricks that webmasters can use on their own websites. Self Hosted Google Plus Widget Google+ Search Box Google +1 Checker Google Plus Author Search Google Structured Data Testing Tool Button … Continue reading
Top 10 SEO Tips for 2013 – The busty bra technique – Lift and separate: If you are going to interlink multiple websites be very careful about lifting and separating and don’t take shortcuts by lifting content from money sites … Continue reading
SEO Weasel and not SEO Lions I hear some of you say. The more observant may spot why and will notice SEO Weasel on one blog, Pigeons on another but all on the same website. The reason for this is that no matter … Continue reading
Actually the title of this Post is a bit misleading, Google hasn’t stopped crawling my website, but it does appear as though Google has stopped crawling my homepage. The content on the sim64 homepage was changed nearly a fortnight ago … Continue reading
Anyone know why the girl threw eggs at Simon Cowell on Britains Got Talent?
OK, so the content may have changed a bit but my old mangeur de cigogne competition page is still up. mangeur de cigogne was one of the early search engine optimization competitions where the object was to rank highest for … Continue reading
I’ve blogged about Irma Hadzimuratovic a few times over the years. Most people won’t remember her and this isn’t helped by the fact if you go to the Irma Hadzimuratovic page on Wikipedia you are automatically redirected to a page … Continue reading
Matt Cutts Leaving Google to start a new search engine Leaving Google to start a new search engine
Finaly got everything sorted ready for switching accross to my PC, whilst doing so, it made me realise just how much you rely on stored details. I was surprised to find I have hosting in 8 different places, I have … Continue reading
After the problems with my PC yesterday I have been using it a bit today in Safe Mode only. It’s when you do things like this that you appreciate what you have more. In safe mode my screen resolution is … Continue reading
For the past month my PC has been playing up more and more and getting slower and slower to start and open slower to open some programs. A couple of weeks ago I couldn’t get Windows to start, but could … Continue reading
I was so pleased with how my UKSBD Blog ended up that I decided to use the same set up for a latest news section on a few other sites that I maintain.
I posted last week about keeping an eye on websites, after spotting that 3 of my sites were offline due to my hosting expiring. One of the sites had been ranking in the top 10 for Induction Loops but because … Continue reading
After yesterdays task of setting up my UKSBD blog, today I decided to have a look at my Used Car Dealers in Surrey page. My used cars pages date back to my old Sim64 site which had a used cars … Continue reading
A question was asked in the forum yesterday about what to do with a blog when it has run its course. This was the inspiration to do something that I had been meaning to do for a long time, hack … Continue reading
I’ve always used statcounter on my sites initialy for counting visitors, then as I found out how to use it better, for tracking visitor sources, entry pages, targetted keywords, etc. I now also use it to specifically track visitors to … Continue reading
I’ve never been one to moan or fuss too much, I know when problems occur sometimes it is just one of those things. About 6:00 this evening my hosting went down, 4 sites and all emails associated with them. I … Continue reading
I’ve had a good few weeks now of tidying up some sites and tonight went and had a look at sim64.com. What a mess! reading the front page, I see I said I was going to do the same as … Continue reading
Although I have about 20 different websites scattered arround, the past 18 months I have been predominantly concentrating on just my directory site. It earns money in a number of ways; upgraded listings, affiliate marketing and increasingly Google AdSense. The … Continue reading
After setting up my new Products Showcase system for people who register in my directory I’m already wishing I had thought about it before. I set a 2nd demonstration section up this evening for an Entertainment Agency from Cheshire. It … Continue reading
After a thread about business forums in UKBF I decided to update my list of Top 10 Business Forums and now include a brief description of each forum and also stats about number of posts, threads, members etc. I also … Continue reading