SEO from Simon Cox
I mostly work on Technical SEO projects but am interested in all aspects of SEO and SEO testing.
Posts about SEO from Simon Cox
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rel nofollow suits commerce users of Google
on Fri, Jan 21, 2005 ~ Shorticles | SEO
Commercial users of Google have finally been given a way to reduce the amount of Blogs clogging up their search results. -
A first look at Safecont content quality analysis SEO tool
on Thu, Aug 2, 2018 ~ Post | SEO
Review of a new tool from Data elasticity S.L in Spain that analyses the quality of your websites content. -
Using Google Looker Studio to review your http to https migration
on Wed, Jan 2, 2019 ~ Post | SEO | Featured
Migrating from HTTP to HTTPS? I used Google Looker Studio to track issues and gain insights for a smooth transition. -
Pludgebanging words into Google
on Sun, Jul 28, 2019 ~ Post | SEO
I was testing out different made up words to see what Google returned because we should all be testing all of the time to ensuer we understand what is going on. -
Creating a Cloudflare Worker to lazy load images
on Wed, Aug 28, 2019 ~ Post | SEO
Workers are available from Cloudflare and Google Chrome has native lazy loading, so I tested both together. -
Shorts are back
on Thu, Feb 2, 2023 ~ Shorticles | SEO
I have decided to bring back my small blog posts that I previously called Shorts. -
GSC Page with redirect issue
on Wed, Feb 22, 2023 ~ Shorticles | SEO
Are you getting a GSC alert 'Page with redirect' where you added a redirect? -
Do invisible characters in your code cause issues with search?
on Wed, Nov 8, 2023 ~ Post | SEO
Can hidden HTML characters can impact SEO. I explore how they affect rankings and share ways to identify and remove them. -
Marketing URLs - when and how to use them
on Fri, Feb 7, 2025 ~ Post | SEO | Web
Discover why URL shorteners like Bitly may not be ideal for SEO and how to implement your own memorable, branded redirects for better marketing results. -
Recovery from a Bing de-indexing
on Mon, Apr 7, 2025 ~ Post | Web | SEO
My personal site vanished from Bings index and it took quite a while to get it back in - here is what I found and did. -
What to do with keywords that have dropped out of the rankings
on Thu, May 1, 2025 ~ Post | SEO
Losing keyword rankings? Maybe it's not a penalty. Learn why tracking irrelevant terms is a trap—and what to do when your rankings drop. -
Creating a modular approach to json schema in an eleventy website
on Tue, Oct 28, 2025 ~ Post | SEO | Featured
I wanted a modular and automated way to add json schema to my personal website so built a set of templates and some simple logic to populate the schema.