Looks like someone needs to build Uber for tours. Embedded Link Rezdy confirms offline dominates tours and activities bookings – Tnooz Rezdy has released some stats which show that offline bookings are still way ahead of online, with mobile’s share increasing very slowly indeed. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on […]

This might be the future: Embedded Link Make your emails stand out in Inbox Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

BBC are one of the leading publishers online, so this advice is well worth reading if you're doing lots of video: Embedded Link BBC – Blogs – College of Journalism – How to make a video succeed on YouTube How can you increase the chances of your video being watched? Here are a five key […]

Is it just me, or is there still much confusion over whether Penguin 3 was a refresh (old algo, new data) or an update (new algo, new data)? Embedded Link Google Penguin 3.0 Recoveries and Penalties – A Unique & In-Depth Analysis A really in-depth Google Penguin 3.0 Update Analysis with Unique Case Studies on […]

Sunsets in #Phuket  can be very relaxing. This was the view from one of Phuket's highest points yesterday evening. Sunset in  Phuket yesterday. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I'm only linking to this as it's one of the worst pieces I've part-read in a while.  I stopped after the point about Apple.com's homepage being useless… except if your interested in one of their products.  Based on this we should all just delete out homepages and redirect them to Google.com… sigh I gave up […]

Paging +Dan Petrovic  Embedded Link How Big Was Penguin 3.0? Google has confirmed that Penguin 3.0 has/is rolled/rolling out, so why didn’t MozCast detect anything? We dive deep into the data to find out if Penguin 3.0 just wasn’t very big after all. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the […]

I love decent SEO research: Embedded Link Google Doesn’t Think Your Title Tags are Good Enough For several years now, Google has been changing some title tags in the SERPs. Some of these changes are to be expected, such as when a title tag is longer than Google+: View post on Google+ This post was […]

OK so what's this Google + Share icon that's just appeared in Gmail and Google+? Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

And while we're at it: Embedded Link The LinkedIn Publishing Platform: 10 Ways to Crush It | OkDork.com We analyzed 3,000 top performing LinkedIn Publishing posts to see what makes them tick. These are the results. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Another excellent read, which when I read the headline I thought must be wrong: Embedded Link How A/B testing became publishers’ go-to traffic builder – Digiday As publishers increasingly adopt the tools of Silicon Valley, A/B testing is becoming table stakes in the race for audience growth. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was […]

Jut a suspicion, but I think Google may also have made changes around the types of site it shows for ambiguous queries, such as known entity names. For famous people/places I see more authority sites such as newspapers. The earlier Linkresearchtools.com article also mentioned a few very big news sites getting big boosts after Penguin […]

Super reading if you're interested in the latest Google Penguin update: Embedded Link Penguin 3.0 Rollout Analysis and How to Understand It Penguin 3.0 Rollout Analysis and How to Understand It The Penguin Update number 6 – or Google Penguin 3.0 was rolled out over the last Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on […]

Glimpse the future methinks: Embedded Link One-Tap Sign Up & Ride With Apple Pay | Uber Blog Today, we launched an update to the Uber app that is integrated with Apple Pay, a new service that offers an easy, secure, and private way to pay using Touch Google+: View post on Google+ This post was […]

Has anyone encountered Google inserting digits at the beginning of page titles in SERPs, and if so any ideas why? It's a news site, so one thought came to m,y mind that perhaps it was updates to the story, but also saw cases where what looks like a timestamp is prepended to the page title. […]

Interesting watching a Penguin 1.0 hit site now float back up to a natural ranking. Site was abandoned after Penguin 1.0 – no remedial work done, and now back ranking relatively well.  Just one thing I've seen out of this latest update. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard […]

+Dan Petrovic I reckon you'll know this one Dan – in Webmaster Tools I have a single XML sitemap.  Webmaster Tools reports that of ~2100 pages submitted ~700 are indexed. When I search I can see ~3000 pages via site: command, and every URL I've tried from XML sitemap is indexed by Google. Is this funky […]

I like the simplicity of this, but part of me hopes that whatever comes is an open standard without meddling by big companies. If you're new to IoT then the docs here should help you understand how things might play out in future. Embedded Link google/physical-web physical-web – The Physical Web: walk up and use […]

The overall rating is <span itemprop="ratingValue">4.5</span> of <span itemprop="bestRating">5</span> stars.<meta itemprop="worstRating" content="0" /><meta itemprop="reviewCount" content="1" /> I always wondered how to half-click those stars… Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

+John Mueller second question in a day.  I work with a company who are getting reports in Webamaster Tools of connectivity issues for about ~20% of requests Google makes.  They've checked their servers, and the host has also checked things and can find no connectivity issues.  I can also crawl the entire site without issue.  It […]

+John Mueller can you share a link to the Webmaster Hangouts schedule please John? I'd like to join a future hangout and ask some questions about serving different content on the same URL based on e.g. locale or geolocation or custom headers. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne […]

Not so sure I like it from a customer perspective, but boy it's hard not to consider a 50% discount for paying 2 years up front.  That said, it's a little hard to justify so few feedback interactions per month costing so much IMO. Still a super example of x- and up-sell via a pricing […]

Then I build them into a nice little PBN, but instead of pointing them at my money sites I point them at my competition. Strikes me this will be the latest NSEO tactic enabled by Google. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

I just tried to get quotes from a couple of the Irish insurers for my car insurance. Nothing has changed – they all do a terrible job of making me feel good about entering my information. Sad really… Embedded Link Car Insurance – How To Smother Your Prospects and Kill Your Leads – Red Cardinal […]

Just spectacular views from here Corkscrew Hill in Ballyvaughan County Clare. Just spectacular views from here Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

We came across this spot while driving through the  wild Connemara region, and to give scale you can see a few people in the bottom right of image. DCIM105GOPRO Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Something else I've never seen before in Google's SERPs – a pointer next to each result which jumps focus to the next/previous position with down/up key press: Something else I’ve never seen before in Google’s SERPs – a pointer next to each result which jumps focus to the next/previous position with down/up key press: Google+: […]

Not seen these before myself: Probably not new, but certainly eye-catching. Not seen these before myself: Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

 A lot. Embedded Link Optimizing Performance — Web Fundamentals Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

A little country like Ireland can host a lot of websites, especially with a few datacenters like AWS and Azure being located there: Embedded Link HosterStats.com: .com/net/org/biz/info/mobi/asia websites by country – Europe Geographical distribution of .com/net/org/biz/info/mobi/asia websites by IP address Europe Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne […]

Please tell what's stopping you doing this to a competitor that starts a new website?  They'll think they are Gods too, for six months or so… Silence is deafening… Embedded Link How I Dominated The UK SEO SERPs – God of SEO Take a look at how I Dominated the UK SEO SERPs using this […]

Example here: http://jsbin.com/cinovupe/3/edit Embedded Link Hacker News Swipe Down to Refresh. Hacker News; Ask HNShow HN; NewestNoobStories; Today’s BestYesterday’s Best; Week’s Best; SettingsPerformance. Hacker News. Refresh for new FP stories. Loading… No Story Selected. Available on the and store … Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Some interesting stats and figures here, if that tickles your fancy. Reshared post from +Guido Vanhaleweyk Thailand economic urban migration and demographic trends. Embedded Link Urban Migration in Thailand to regional Cities and the Capital, Bangkok. Thailand Demography. Economic Migration to Bangkok, Phuket, Chiang Mai, Pattaya, Rayong. Demographic Trends. Google+: View post on Google+ This […]

#AerialPhotography   #Phantom2   Buffalo walking on water out at sea off Koh Samui #AerialPhotography   #Phantom2   Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Something I've never seen before in Google's SERPs – this card seems to have taken content from the target site: Something I’ve never seen before in Google’s SERPs – this card seems to have taken content from the target site: Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ […]

If you're looking for an amazing place to stay, well this is one of the coolest hotels I've ever been in. Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Some more ideas around Ebay: Embedded Link Panda 4.0: Why eBay Just Lost 80% of its Organic Rankings | WordStream Google+: Reshared 1 times Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

Thinking more about the Ebay /bhp/ issue, and I remembered a fantastic blog from years ago called Blue Hat Seo by a guy called Eli who specialised in large-scale automated SEO systems (which weren't quite white hat).   One of his more popular posts was about an automated system which updated both on-page attributes as […]

If you have a UK car you can get more data here about it than anywhere else on the web. Embedded Link MotorSpecs – Manufacturer Specifications on any Used Car by Reg Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.

If you're in the UK and have a car give it a try.  The Max Report shows the entire specification of your car, and it's free for now! http://www.motorspecs.co.uk Google+: View post on Google+ This post was first made on the Richard Hearne Google+ profile.