Sitemaps – How Important Are They?
Google introduced Sitemaps back in 2005 in order to give site owners the ability to inform them of the pages within their site that were available for crawling or had been modified and needed re-visiting. Before Sitemaps, search engines required you to manually submit your site to them relying on their ability to crawl and [...]
The Webtistic Keyword Competition Tool In Action.
Introduction: Welcome to the Webtistic walkthrough of our new Competition Keyword Tool. This introduction will give you a short walkthrough and a bit of an insight into just how powerful the new keyword tool is, and how you can use it to benefit your business. -What is the Keyword Tool. -How Does it Work? -Importance [...]
Using Search Engine Operators for Easy Link Building
A lot of time and money can be put into the design and development of a company’s website as they move into the daunting world of online retailing. Of course nowadays, especially given the weather Britain has encountered recently which has prevented people venturing to the high streets, you really need to be online if [...]
A Simple Guide To Robots.txt
Robots, also known as web spiders, crawlers, or many other variations of insect, are a form of automated web programming that goes from website to website, mapping and gathering data. They can have many different uses, from the obvious legal methods of web indexing and search engine development (which I will be talking more about [...]
We Are Recruiting!
So, us lovely Webtistic folk are looking to expand our team. We are looking for applications for the following positions at our Derby office: SEO Assistant (Summer Position – Suit Uni Student) – all SEO activities including keyword research, on-page SEO, link-building, social media and online PR – full-time (37.5 hours per week) SEO [...]
SEO Tips – Post Panda Update
Assuming that you have at least some knowledge of SEO and that you haven’t been living under a rock for the last 3 months, there is a good chance that you have heard of the “Panda” Update which Google recently released. Basically it was a fairly major update to the search engines algorithm and it [...]
6 Top Tips On Writing A Great Press Release
Thank you for the introduction Joe, you have all welcomed me into the team so wonderfully and I am enjoying myself. I am looking forward continuing to work with you all. As my first post I thought I would give you a few tips on how to write a press release. It’s important to understand [...]
The Latest Google Algorithm Change – Who Does It Affect?
A lot of what happens within the Google Headquarters is obviously kept under wraps and not even Matt Cutts’ dog wouldn’t have an inkling as to changes being made. However, sometimes we are made aware of changes, especially recently, as it appears that a lot of innocent sites appear to have been affected by the [...]
