How to get rid of a negative review? Sadly, a common question. How to deal with negative reviews Contact the website and ask to have the review removed if it’s defamatory in nature or fake. Respond to the reviewer on the website in a polite way offering further assistance and ask them to contact you […]
Search
While SEO (search engine optimisation) is largely dead, there is still much conversation around marketing, advertising and Google.
Google: Indexed, blocked by robots.txt
I wonder how many millions of webmasters have received these warnings from Google? Google Search Console Team <sc-noreply@google.com> New Coverage issue detected for site https://www.domain.com/ Indexed, though blocked by robots.txt The reality is, we don’t want to pee Google off, so the simple solution is to remove the offending block. In our case, it was […]
SEO & Advertising Services
Thank you so much for contacting us regarding your SEO service. We are very impressed with your claims. We work with a simple mantra here at Ripefruit regarding SEO services.. SHOW US! Prove your claims Show us you can get your company website on Page 1 of Google and then we will consider your services. […]
Google + Mobile First Index
Who doesn’t love saying: I told you so I have been banging on about Google and MOBILE for quite some time. To me it was only logical. More and more people are searching the internet on mobile devices, whether on tablets or smartphones. So, it was only a matter of time before engines like Google […]
Google Search: Event Calendar
The search engine that is Google is not only amazing, it is responsive, constantly changing and full of anomalies. Imagine how complicated the algorithm is that decides how results are shown? Indexing content aside, search engine results are what every Google customer is interested in. An anomaly we see relates to “event” websites. The current (2018) algorithm […]
Why You Need A Website Security Certificate
If there were any doubts about whether to get a security certificate for your web site then this message from Trustico, one of the world’s biggest certificate suppliers will help. Address = http: Google Chrome will show NOT SECURE to every visitor from May 2018. Address = https: Web site is secure (no message). In […]
My Story: Online Directory
My story is one of frustration, having a great idea, building it and then having it taken away. The idea: build a target specific online directory. Build it: Commencing in 1998, the UK Motoring Directory (ukmd.co.uk) was one of the world’s first online automotive directories It was definitely the world’s first CMS, dynamic and database […]
Chrome Browser Secure Warnings
Google’s Chrome browser will add new ‘Not secure’ warnings starting October 2017. Chrome (version 62) will show a ‘NOT SECURE’ warning when users enter text in a form on an HTTP page, and for all HTTP pages in Incognito mode. Google has been on the secure browser path for a number of years now and […]
Don’t Risk Your Search Ranking
I was actually in the process of buying a security certificate for a customer when this message flashed up on my screen Don’t Risk Your Search Ranking Search engines give better search ranking results to websites that are encrypted with an officially recognized SSL Certificate. It then prompted me to add an email address and […]
Scam Of The Day: searchregistration.org
This week’s scam email comes from a company [searchregistration.org] OMG, avoid late fees and register these domains – shock horror! Scared, what am I going to do! Beside the web site was down when I visited, a whois shows another hidden faceless company attempting to scam/scare good people out of their money Who are they? No-one […]
Google Mobile-Friendly Search Results
In March 2015 the web industry went into meltdown on hearing Google are changing the rules effective 21st of April 2015. As of the 21st of April 2015 ALL websites MUST be RESPONSIVE to mobile phones and iPads. Those websites which are not will be penalised by Google and may well lose their current ranking […]
Google Link Warning
It is always alarming when a customer has been misinformed and comes to us requesting something based on a misnomer. The big one currently is an advertiser requesting a link be removed because Google has warned them that the link is bad = tut tut, not true! Google may consider a link is bad, but […]
Google Penalty | Link Removal
For some months now we have been hounded, pestered and abused by a Paolo representing ALPINE-CONNECTION.COM, requesting a link removal from one of our publications. The first very noticeable feature of his email is the title: Google Penalty: urgent action requested Yes, it is quite alarming and suggests that the receiver will be penalized by Google […]
Bad Google Search Results
Let me start by saying.. we love you Google. Having got that out of the way, what is going on? Once apon a time you could bank on good search results in Google. Results that made sense and most often gave you what you were looking for besides one or two other results. Then along […]