Experiments & Tests
The world of SEO is constantly evolving. What worked last week may not work now. New technologies are constantly appearing which need learning and applying.
This area has been made to let me try out new concepts and ideas I have that may benefit my clients.
Does the Google Search Consoles duplicate report handle canonicals?
This is a simple test to see if the duplicate title tags and duplicate meta descriptions report takes into account the canonical tag.
How does Google Crawl, Index and show Rich Snippets for iFrame?
Google now supports rendering content as it crawls and indexes pages. How does it deal with iframes in those pages? Does it support structured data and rich snippets via iframes?
I'm A Teapot
I'm off my rocker, demented, nuts and one sandwich short of a picnic. I think I'm a teapot!
Javascript Schema & Rich Snippets Test
A quick test to see if Google can pick up Schema.org markup that is added by Javacript
Keyword Effectiveness Index (KEI) Re-Visited
KEI is one of the most popular formulas used for keyword analysis. Here I re-examine and try to enhance the original.
PubSubHubbub - Real-time Feeds and Blogs
PubSubHubbub is gaining acceptance as the way to push your RSS or Atom feeds to subscribers. Here I explain the basics on how it works.
Request HTTP Header Values used by bots
A test to gather request headers and user agents from bots and feed them back into the content. The idea is so that they feed that back to me via the information they display.
Search Queries Charts (Beta)
Import your Google Search Console Search Queries or Pages data to see charts and tables showing keyword/page position changes and keyword relationships.
Visualising ranking changes can be a great way to highlight issues or opportunities.
Soft 404 Test
Google tries to determine if a page should really be classed as a missing page. Will this page trigger it?
What types of links are crawled by Googlebot
Just some quick tests to try and get anidea on what sort of links Googlebot will follow