Google+ Now Offers Custom URLs

Google+ Now Offers Custom URLs

Well today [30th October 2013] I received an email from Google informing me that I was eligible for a custom URL. At first I though this is a scam and was hesitate to click on the link embedded in the email. Actually having a very bad experience in the past with email links I just used my Google+ link from my website to go to my profile page and this is what I found.

Should Your .au Site Go Global

Should Your .au Site Go Global?

Your first instinct might be to pick up a .com or .org and simply provide duplicate content with country-specific grammar. While this is actually a good idea, it’s also death for SEO. Duplicate copy is considered spam in SEO best practices, and doing so will likely knock both sites down to the bottom of search results. It’s a tough call, but you might want to permanently switch to a dot-com domain and ensure any trace of the dot-au is out of the picture.

Search Engine Optimisation

Search Engine Optimisation

This is the very first step in building a site that is ready for search engine optimisation with all your site categories selected and an overall picture of your site navigation. Site navigation today, is just as important as any content you are placing on your site simply because if the site visitor can not find that content then chances are the search engines will not either.