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Practical digital marketing advice for UK small businesses covering SEO, local search, content strategy and online visibility. Written from over 10 years of hands-on experience helping businesses across Cheshire and beyond grow through smarter marketing.

Duplicate Google Business Profile Listings – How to Find and Fix Them

September 3, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Cheshire SEO, Marketing

A duplicate Google Business Profile is an extra listing for the same business, location or practitioner. Find it by searching Maps for your name, address, phone number and old trading names. Fix it by

Sep

What to Do If Your Website Gets Hacked and How It Affects Your Rankings

September 2, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

If your website gets hacked, secure it first, then worry about rankings. Take the site offline if it is serving malware, call your host or developer, change every password, clean the infection, restor

A browser warning page and search results spread on a desk show the trust damage a hacked website can cause.

Sep

Should You Update Old Blog Posts or Write New Ones

September 1, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

Most of the time, update old blog posts first. If a post already has impressions, rankings, links or a useful role in your sales journey, improving it is quicker than starting from scratch. Write a ne

A folded map, compass and signpost at a fork in the road suggest choosing the right SEO content for the search intent.

Sep

Category Page SEO – Why These Pages Get Overlooked

August 30, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, On Page SEO, Technical SEO

Category page SEO gets overlooked because everyone fusses over homepages and product pages, even though category pages often target the commercial searches that bring buyers in. If your categories are

An adult customer compares several products with a staff member, reflecting how category pages help buyers choose.

Aug

What Is a Canonical Tag and When Do You Need One

August 28, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

A canonical tag tells Google which version of a page is the main one when similar or duplicate pages exist. You need one when the same content can be reached through more than one URL, such as filtere

A clean URL strip is clipped in front of tangled URL threads, showing the main version a canonical tag should point to.

Aug

SEO Checklist for Migrating to a New Domain

August 26, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

A domain migration SEO checklist should protect three things: rankings, traffic and leads. Before you move, audit every important URL, map old pages to new ones, test 301 redirects, keep content signa

Cable trays, redirect cards and a sitemap form a bridge-like metaphor for moving SEO value to a new domain.

Aug

Does Switching Web Hosts Affect Your SEO

August 25, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

Yes, switching web hosts can affect your SEO, but the move itself is not the problem. Rankings usually suffer when the migration causes downtime, slower loading, broken redirects, SSL errors, blocked

A box of website files and cables on a trolley hints at a careful web host change.

Aug

Why Did My Rankings Drop After a Google Algorithm Update

August 24, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

Your rankings probably dropped because Google has rejudged which pages deserve visibility for those searches. That does not automatically mean you have a penalty. It usually means your content, intent

A cracked garden path splits in two, with one route lit and the other in shadow, suggesting a Google update has changed which pages deserve visibility.

Aug

Why Are My Pages Indexed But Not Ranking

August 22, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Marketing, Technical SEO

Your pages are indexed but not ranking because Google has found and stored them, but doesn’t think they deserve a decent position yet. Indexing is admission to the building. Ranking is being called to

Linked folders and a branching corridor visualise how internal links help Google choose the right page.

Aug

SEO for Letting Agents

August 21, 2026Matt WarrenBlog, Cheshire SEO, Marketing, Technical SEO

SEO for letting agents works when your website targets landlords, tenants and local property searches with proper service pages, a strong Google Business Profile, reviews, fast pages and clear proof y

A landlord’s hand holds house keys at a hallway threshold, suggesting trust and property management.

Aug

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