How long does a site link take to show on Google?
In Google’s world, a “site link” is a specific term that refers to additional links that show up under main organic listings.
Eric Richmond a photographer, a [recovering] rock and roll roadie and Founder of Expert SEO Consulting. A 25 year veteran of digital marketing, he has focused on SEO since 2007 and has spoken on the subject at SMX, SES and HSMAI. He is on the Board of Directors of the Internet Oldtimers Foundation and the US Internet Pioneers Foundation. Eric is also a life long car enthusiast, and serves on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Valley Region of the Porsche Club of America where he is also Editor of Challenge - the Club's monthly magazine.
Google Announces Florida 2 – A Broad Core Algorithm Update
Yesterday morning, Google confirmed via Danny Sullivan (aka @searchliaison) that there was a broad core update to its algorithm in progress. As with most search updates this one was preceded by some “tremors” (Feb 14th, Feb 22nd, Feb 27th, March 2nd, and March 6th) that were reported across the industry. This is the SERP volatility…
Hello. I’m Eric and I’m a Search Engine Optimization Professional. Nice to Meet You.
Over the last 15 years of being an SEO consultant, it’s been my experience that, after introducing yourself, you’re going to get one of four responses from the person you’ve just met. They’re either going to say: “I don’t know what that means. Can you explain it?” “We’re already working with someone.” “We hired an…
SEO Basics: Ordered List or Un-Ordered List?
Earlier today, a Client asked me the question, “Would you advise always using an ordered list [in content we create] vs. an un-ordered list. Well, no. I try to never use the word always when talking about SEO tactics. Most of the time, there are too many moving parts for me to make blanket statements…
What’s in my SEO Toolbox for 2019
Welcome to the 3rd annual What’s in my SEO Toolbox post. SEO is always interesting. It’s always changing. But 2019 has been a particularly interesting year with respect to SEO. How? Well besides the typical algorithmic changes by the search engines, Google switched from desktop indexing to mobile indexing. And then there’s voice search (Alexa,…
Google Expands Rich Results Widget with Question and Answer pages
As the world’s largest search engine, Google is used by people who are seeking information to all kinds of questions. Many of those questions are answered by Companies who publish answers to questions users have asked their customer service departments, but that’s not the only source of information. Often, the information users are looking for…
PHP Version 5.6 / 7.0 EOL Is Coming. Are You Ready?
If you’re running a WordPress web site you are going to want to mark December 31st on your calendar. And not for New Year’s Eve. Unless you’re someone who designs or develops WordPress web sites, I’ll bet you’ve never heard of PHP. That’s too bad, because PHP is really important to the performance of that…
How to Upgrade Your Web Site to PHP 7.3
Most people think about a web site in terms of the creative design, or the content. That’s what you and your users see, but there’s much more going on behind the scenes. Your web site has to be hosted someplace and your hosting company uses a lot of hardware (web server, database server, media server,…
How To Download Your Facebook Photos to Your Computer
Many of us shoot photos with our cellphones and/or digital cameras, and upload those photos right in to Facebook. It’s simple, easy and a kind of mindless way of storing all out pictures in one place. But what if we want to get them back to use or store someplace else? Sure, you could right-click…