Head of SEO at Dunelm. 20 years in Digital. Creator of https://teapawt.net/t.co/sa8s9IG290 and https://teapawt.net/t.co/vu4w65Le8B Chrome Extensions. BrightonSEO speaker. MHFA. YNWA.
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Joined June 2009
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Tired of using multiple plugins just to toggle crawl and rendering features for SEO testing? I was too — so I built a Chrome extension to do it all
I'm excited to announce SEO Toggle 🎉
A simple Chrome extension that lets you:
🔄 Disable JavaScript
🎨 Disable CSS
🖼️ Block images
🍪 Disable cookies
📱 Simulate mobile devices
🕵️♂️ Change user-agents
🐢 Throttle network speed
— all with quick toggle switches, no DevTools needed.
✅ Ideal for SEOs, devs, and UX teams who want to simulate how search engines or users experience a site in different states.
👉 Free on the Chrome web store: chromewebstore.google.com/de…
I'd love your thoughts — and please like and share if it helps you or your team!
Sam Gipson retweeted
Today we released the December 2024 spam update.
It may take up to 1 week to complete, and we'll post on the Google Search Status Dashboard when the rollout is done: status.search.google.com/inc…
Sam Gipson retweeted
The Dec. 2024 core update is rolling out, and we expect it will complete in two weeks.
If you're wondering why there's a core update this month after one last month, we have different core systems we're always improving. This past blog post explains more: developers.google.com/search…
Google just announced another core update. Buckle up!
Today we released the November 2024 core update. We'll add it to our ranking release history page in the near future and update when the rollout is complete. For more on core updates:
developers.google.com/search…
After all the panic in the SEO industry yesterday - Google Search Console is back to normal.
The graph in GSC was trying to plot the current day and as there was no data it was showing a big drop. The date is now showing up to Sunday (2 days behind).
Attended my first @SearchNorwich last night and what a line up it was. Huge thanks to @g33konaut @CrystalontheWeb for your amazing talks, I was not DISSappointed. And huge thanks to @thetafferboy @JLWChambers @candouragency for hosting.
For the first time in years, I searched for "Google Webmaster Tools" instead of Search Console.
I could reminisce about some old tools like Parameter Handling. Which other ones do you miss?
So, ahrefs have decided to move away from their reseller FastSpring and use Stripe instead.
This means they will no longer accept Bank Transfer (as well as PayPal and Amazon Pay) and only accept credit card payment.
This seems an odd move to me, especially for Enterprise clients working on an invoice basis who don't use Credit Cards.
Thoughts?
Hi @ahrefs are you sure the rollout of 'AI Overview SERP features' hasn't impacted Organic Traffic numbers? I'm seeing starkly different numbers before and after. These screenshots were taken 1 week apart. Any other explanation for this?
Looking forward to heading south later for @brightonseo. A chance to learn, meet old friends and make new ones.
Shout if you’d like to meet up to talk shop or just to say hi
🚨 Great news for all using Robots Exclusion Checker! 🚨
The Chrome extension is getting updated to align with Google’s new Manifest V3. So No, it’s not going anywhere! 🙌
Expect some minor bugs as we roll this out, but rest assured, we’re on it. Thanks for your patience and continued support! 🛠️
Sam Gipson retweeted
Today we released the August 2024 core update. It continues our work to improve the quality of our search results by showing more content that people find genuinely useful and less content that feels like it was made just to perform well on Search.
developers.google.com/search…
When I was young, the UK summer holidays would guarantee two things:
1. A decent amount of hot sunny weather ☀️
2. Thunder bugs ▪️
Where did all the Thunder bugs go?
📈 Popular Products Surge on Google!
About a year ago, Google started highlighting Popular Products for searches with a purchase intent. Today, this feature is more visible than ever! 🚀
If you’re in Ecommerce and haven’t yet tapped into this, you could be missing out on sales. 💸
🔍 The data shows a significant spike in this SERP feature earlier this year. And as of last week it hit a record high (UK market).
Data from @PiDatametrics.
ALT A graph of Popular Product SERP feature visibility over the past 12 month. Data from Pi Datametrics
ALT An example of a Popular Products grid for the phrase "red rugs"
