75th Percentile isn't the Only Measure for Core Web Vitals
4 months ago Sometimes it's useful to look past the single 75th percentile figure to see where your heading.
Tame the Bots
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HREFLANG Tools
1 year ago A quick round-up of tools that handle hreflang testing and checking
Does indexifembedded Work as Expected?
1 year ago A quick test to find out how the new (ish) robots directive indexifembedded works with iframes containing html and pdfs.
I Was a Guest on Experts on the Wire Podcast
1 year ago I was really happy to be a guest on Dan Sure's Expert on the Wire podcast, talking about JavaScript SEO and more!
Priority Hints Do What They Say on the Tin For LCP
2 years ago Priority Hints help lower LCP if used in the right way, they do what they say on the tin.
Web Worker Content - Will it Index?
2 years ago A quick experiment to find out if content produced by a web worker can be rendered and indexed by Google.
Logflare to NCSA (nginx) Server Log Format Nodejs Script
2 years ago A script using nodejs to access BigQuery and write a log file from logflare.app data to NGINX's default access log format, perfect if you have tools that work with that.
My Experience of the Google Search Central Unconference
2 years ago A quick write up of my experience facilitating a session at the Google Search Central Unconference, held on 21st June 2021
Tracking Changes in Search Console's Core Web Vitals Report
3 years ago What does 28 days mean? Is it rolling? Is it 28 days behind? A small test.
My First Time Speaking at brightonSEO
3 years ago My first time speaking at BrightonSEO! Come see me talk about JavaScript Crawling and Indexing on 25 March 2021, 2:10 pm (GMT)
Evolving How CLS is Measured
3 years ago Potential cumulative layout shift metric changes, feeback wanted!
Chilled to the Core Web Vitals
3 years ago A halloween themed talk on core web vitals I did for Dan Taylor, Video & Slides
Interview I did with Damien Anderson
3 years ago Damien Anderson of echwa.com was kind enough to interview me for the "Conversations in Search" series.
Web Vitals - A New Hope in Web Performance Measurement
4 years ago The new Web Vitals performance metrics bring the focus beyond that of speed.
Starter Guide to HTTP Response Status Codes
4 years ago A non-techy guide to what https status codes are, and what they mean for your website. Plus a teapot & missile bears (for real)
SEO Related Chrome Bookmarklets
4 years ago Chrome's javascript bookmarklets can be a great additon to an SEO's toolbox, here's a few examples.
Does Googlebot Use Etag Headers?
5 years ago A quick study to find out if googlebot uses Etag response headers, and sends If-None-Matched request headers to get 304 responses.
Managing Correct Status Codes in Modern SPA Sites
5 years ago 404, 301, it's still important for your JavaScript site, find out about your options!
Reviews, The Rating Guidelines & Ranking
5 years ago Does Google use third party review sites to rank yours?
JavaScript to Detect Clicks in iFrames
5 years ago Using JavaScript to tell if someone has clicked on an iframe embedded in your page