Christopher Ratcliff
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2015–2016
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Christopher Ratcliff

Christopher Ratcliff is the Editor in Chief of Methods Unsound, and former Editor of SEW and Deputy Editor of Econsultancy. You may hound him on Twitter @Christophe_Rock especially if it's beer/donut/record-voucher related.

2016

Content

What is an exact match domain (EMD) and how can you safely use one?

In which we describe what an exact match domain (EMD) looks like, how they can affect search rankings and how…

28 Nov 2016

Local

Google adds real-time data to its Popular Times tool in Search and Maps

You can now check whether a shop, bar or restaurant is busy right at this very moment with Google’s new…

23 Nov 2016

SEO News

Google releases new AdWords improvements and stats ahead of Black Friday

Google is adding more store visits data to AdWords distance reporting, available when measuring geographic performance of your ads.

22 Nov 2016

SEO

Guide to 301 redirects and canonical tags

When you need to redirect a website or individual webpage to a different location, there are a number of different…

10 Nov 2016

SEO

This is how Google will present the results of the 2016 US election…

By presenting an animated gif of everybody screaming and crying?

08 Nov 2016

SEO

Guide to Google ranking factors – Part 10: backlinks

This week in our guide to Google ranking factors, we tackle backlinks.

07 Nov 2016

Industry

10 most shared Christmas ads of all time, shockingly not *too* dominated by John Lewis

Look, it’s November. There’s no getting around the fact that for the next 52 days you’re going to be pounded…

03 Nov 2016

SEO

Guide to Google ranking factors – Part 9: outbound links

This week in our series of Google Ranking Factors: outbound links.

02 Nov 2016

Mobile

Worldwide mobile internet use surpasses desktop for the first time ever

Mobile and tablet devices accounted for 51.3% of internet usage worldwide in October compared to 48.7% by desktop.

02 Nov 2016

PPC

Paid search click-through rates have risen 38%

According to data collected in Q3 2016, paid search CTRs have risen 38%, mainly in thanks to Google killing off…

27 Oct 2016

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