This post marks 6 amazing years of the SEOAndy blog being online! In that those 6 years we’ve achieved some wonderful things… 600 published articles focusing on SEO and Digital Marketing… helping thousands of website owners and developers to improve websites for […]

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Over the past few years I’ve been lucky enough (and unlucky enough) to work with a large number of website hosting providers across the world. However, there are certain criteria that I look to answer for each website with its […]

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If you are thinking about hiring an SEO consultant, such as myself (hello!), then you are looking for help in the promotion of your website within search engines and possibly to increase the number of site conversions too. In reaching […]

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Seriously, you too can get to be the top of Google search rankings for your chosen keyword or key phrase. This blog post is going to be the longest in history, ever ever … ok, let’s be honest it won’t, […]

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The web address or “username” of a page (or profile) is an important part any facebook page, and digital marketing plan. In general something short and snappy is ideal – though short and descriptive can be just as good from […]

Twitter is, unlike Facebook, a true communication tool. Facebook was once, but is today simply a content syndication system for businesses – and for the average user it is too. Twitter, on the other hand, is all about communication and […]

The perfect call to action is kind of a mythological creature, it’s something so rare that actually for many it may as well be extinct. But the reason for this is not that the Perfect Call To Action doesn’t exist, […]

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SEO Myths are something that appear almost daily to my inbox, but its not people who know they are myths – its people asking for advice based on what they see as factual information (the myth). So today, I want […]

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I am not really a big user of instagram for myself, however for individuals wanting more engagement or businesses wanting more interaction, Instagram has shown itself to be extremely useful in the world of Social Media and Digital Marketing. And […]

Handy Checklist for Blogging

Coming up with an idea and creating a great blog around it isn’t easy, we all know this. But what if I told you that you can almost forget about the technical SEO for the implementation if you simply follow […]

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Registrations forms are a pain in the backside, if its not forcing me to enter a password twice and it not asking me for information that you don’t need then it’s probably that stupid squinty captcha text that is either really […]

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Taking A Quick Break

As many of you will know, this month I am running for election as a local councillor. The election is taking place on May 22 and so between now and then I must be focused on that alone, and not […]

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Yoast SEO is the number one SEO plugin I recommend for 99% of WordPress websites. Simple and easy to use it’s clear to see why so many people really love the plugin, even us digital marketing folk. So a few […]

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So last week I was fortunate enough to travel to Brighton (UK) to attend one of the best SEO Conferences I know of, BrightonSEO. I attended more presentations and took part in more discussions with industry experts than I even […]

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One of the things I love most about my job is that I get to talk to a wide variety of people about the world of Digital Marketing and SEO. I’ve been lucky enough to talk with some amazing folks […]

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25 Million users… 47% of US online shoppers have made purchases based on what they’ve seen on Pinterest. The figures are exciting and with Pinterest predicting at least 20% growth in the coming year, is this really something to miss […]

Storytelling is something I touched on last week as a way to sell your products online, I was inspired to write about it after reading a few blogs which discussed how actually we are all quite bored of corporate buzzwords […]

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Key Statistics The Every Website Owner Should Know

Today, in London, there is a conference taking place called Catalyst #EUCatalyst – the conference is aimed at growing multi-channel platforms such that it becomes part of every online business that sells products. Multi-Channel is the selling of products across […]

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We all know about email marketing and how much it can help drive business and increase conversions (as well as traffic). We’ve all got our favourite tools to do that, mine is MailChimp, I just love how simple and easy […]

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In just six days the social media phenomenon which is the #Selfie trend helped raise much awareness of Cancer and the various charities around it. At the time, I saw hundreds of them in my feed in just 24 hours, […]

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When you think about promoting your business online, most people will think “social media” is the way to go – They will have heard the stories of how social media has led to companies being valued in the Billions and […]

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Maintenance Update – March 2014 [updated]

A few minutes ago we made a big change to SEOAndy, we moved from seoandy.com to seoandy.NET We’ve thought about and discussed this move since around Christmas time and today (23 march) we finally made the move. It’s not been […]

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Becoming a success is about taking action, now! You can read any number of articles from any number of websites or magazines, but nothing will happen until you take action. So today, I’m not going to ask you to read […]

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Cats are amazing creatures, they have been around for thousands of years, they are cute, they can be evil / grumpy, they are very expressive, they are pretty much always amusing, they’re a bit like mice in the Hitchhikers Guide […]

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As many readers know I am passionate about getting young people into the Digital Jobs World. In recent weeks we’ve looked on this blog about “Manchester’s Destiny” and I’ve had near constant discussions with young people, local councillors, apprentice facilitators […]

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Having written twice about SEO of Photography I don’t feel the need to duplicate content about SEO for Wedding Photographers or in general about image search optimisation for the web. However I do want to introduce you to a great […]

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Over the past few weeks I have been back out on the road seeing clients, giving social media training and attending the odd conference. It’s given me time to really think about where SEO Andy is and why it’s become […]

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This isn’t the normal post you see here on SEO Andy. This is a post about the ever changing digital world in which we live, and how Manchester in particular is working towards that future. But it’s not just building […]

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