Pro Tip: How to fix 3 not so obvious crawl errors
Index bloat impacts performance as well as misconfigured trailing slashes and soft 404s.
Brian started in web development in 1998 when search engines like Altavista and Yahoo ruled the industry, and Google was just getting started. In 2007, he made his leap into SEO professionally. He has performed SEO for law firms, real estate agents, technology, and healthcare sectors. His work also includes large brands like United Healthcare and Microsoft.
Five free Chrome extensions for SEO practitioners
Columnist Brian Harnish details 5 free Chrome extensions he uses on a regular basis, for SEO tasks ranging from screen shots to checking links to content analysis.
Link profile analysis: How to prevent penalties by being proactive
Columnist Brian Harnish tackles how to analyze links from a Google Webmaster Guidelines perspective, and how to make sure that your client's linking activities don't cause them to lose everything they have gained.
How to audit canonicalization and ensure it helps, rather than hinders, your rankings
Columnist Brian Harnish discusses in detail canonicalization issues that may not normally be covered in an SEO audit -- and how to effectively address them.
Thinking smarter: Take your SEO work to the next level
Columnist Brian Harnish explains how you can streamline your workload and improve client relations through education, planning and communication.
What your teacher didn’t tell you about optimizing site speed
Site speed impacts your search engine ranks, so how can you make improvements? Columnist Brian Harnish details a few ways to decrease page load time for your top-performing pages.
How To Compile A Top-Notch Competitive Analysis For Search
In order to beat the competition in search engine rankings, you must first know what they're doing. Columnist Brian Harnish shares his tips for putting together a solid competitor analysis.