SEO: Site Speed
How to determine if you’ve been hit by negative SEO
Knowing you've been hit by a negative SEO campaign is crucial to fighting it. Contributor Joe Sinkwitz outlines the tools and steps you can take...
Mobile speed case studies: Push for faster page loads
If you are not feeling the need for speed, don’t be surprised if your site stalls. Contributor Anthony Muller shares three case studies...
Auditing customer reviews for organic traffic growth without losing speed or attracting penalties
Looking for ways to beef up retailer product pages? Contributor Karen Bone points out five common areas of untapped value in your customer...
Making website speed and performance part of your SEO routine
Monitoring webpage performance is key to avoiding setbacks when algorithms change. Contributor Bobby Lyons points out ways to adapt everyday SEO...
The need for speed: Google dedicates engineering team to accelerate development of WordPress ecosystem
Google's partnership with WordPress aims to jump-start the platform's support of the latest web technologies -- particularly those involving...
Google’s Page Speed Update does not impact indexing
In response to questions raised in the community, here's clarification about how indexing is impacted by the Google Page Speed...
Will AMP improve your rankings? How to set up an AMP test
Wondering if AMP is worth the investment? Columnist Stephanie LeVonne walks through how to set up a test to determine what kind of boost, if...
3 SEO tasks to start 2018 off with a bang
Wondering where to focus your efforts this year in order to gain an edge over your competitors? Columnist Jeremy Knauff has some...
What’s next for technical SEO?
As web technologies continue to grow and evolve, interest in technical SEO is growing along with it. Columnist Patrick Stox looks ahead to see...
FAQs on new Google Speed Update: AMP pages, Search Console notifications & desktop only pages
A page with AMP but a slow canonical URL will not be impacted by this update, assuming the AMP URL is not slow, Google told...
The Google Speed Update: Page speed will become a ranking factor in mobile search
Starting in July 2018, Google will finally use mobile page speed as a ranking in their mobile search...
Google PageSpeed Insights now uses real data from Chrome browser users
Google has revamped their pagespeed tool to give more insights into how fast their pages really...
AMP: A case for websites serving developing countries
As the gap in connection speeds between developed and developing nations continues to widen, columnist Alexis Sanders argues that brands can use...
SEO + UX = Success
These days, SEO best practices include consideration for the user experience (UX). Columnist Sherry Bonelli explains how SEO and UX work...
19 technical SEO facts for beginners
Want to dip your toes into technical SEO? Columnist John Lincoln shares some fun tidbits for those just starting...
Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) conquer the competition for shoe retailer
Accelerated Mobile Pages aren't just for publishers! Contributor Damian Rollison presents an a case study showing improved performance for local...
From big to small: 5 free image compression tools reviewed
Want to improve your page load times? Image optimization is a great place to start! Columnist Tom Demers reviews five free image compression...
The non-developer’s guide to reducing WordPress load times up to 2 seconds (with data)
Wondering where to start with page speed improvements? Columnist Tom Demers shares how he tackled page speed improvements on several WordPress...
Don’t follow the leader: Avoid these 5 common e-commerce SEO mistakes
We often look to industry leaders for inspiration, but columnist Brian Weiss notes that big e-commerce players are often making critical SEO...
Load time, static site generators & SEO: How we lowered our own site’s load time by 74%
Google's upcoming transition to mobile-first indexing, combined with its raised expectation of mobile site performance, should convince site...
