SEO News

Simon Heseltine

Simon Heseltine

Director of Search Engine Optimization

AOL

Articles by Simon Heseltine

  1. How to Identify & Fix 5 Common Redirect Issues

    Are you suffering from incorrect use of the canonical tag? Infinite or multiple redirects? Using 302 instead of 301? Are you linking to a non-canonical form of a URL? Here's what to look for, and a couple tools to help you diagnose these issues.

  2. Community Engagement & 43,000 Cookie Monsters

    Several Search Engine Watch authors have broached the topic of community engagement, whether it’s on understanding your social consumer engagement scenario or on the metrics involved in measuring your community engagement, but are you actual…

  3. Social Media in the NFL

    Twitter and Facebook are powerful social media marketing tools. A look at which teams are the contenders and pretenders in the National Football League.

  4. The 10 Step Site Migration Process

    Don't lose rankings and traffic levels when a website moves or shuts down. Here's how SEO teams should handle sites that are closing down permanently, moving to a new domain, or merging with another site.

  5. SEO Talk: Gospel or Hearsay?

    Listen, learn, and test, test, test. What worked yesterday may not work today, so continually keep an eye on what's being said -- and don't take anything as gospel.

  6. The Free Tool Dilemma

    When evaluating search tools, there are many considerations before deciding on whether to use a free tool, pay for a tool, or create a tool in-house.