Category: usability

Answered: How do I get an image next to my site’s Google SERP listing?

Updated for 2024: Astute searchers have increasingly noted Google SERPs adding images next to regular organic listings, especially in mobile search. Here are two examples: You should get an image next to your mobile Google results, too! Business image thumbnails like these are one example of what Google calls SERP enhancements. It’s important to remember … Continue reading Answered: How do I get an image next to my site’s Google SERP listing? →

Tap Tremolo Pedal Comparison/Guide

Updated for 2025. When this UX snob of a pedal junkie caught the tremolo bug, he started referring to himself in the third person and made a spreadsheet comparing 30+ different tap tremolo pedals. ...Then he blogged about it. If you're lazy or impatient, use these links to skip to a juicier section of the … Continue reading Tap Tremolo Pedal Comparison/Guide →

SEO: Text-in-Images – Misinformation & Best Practices

"When you embed text in an image, Google can not read it. That's the old saying, at least. Technically, 'Google' can read and parse the text in almost any image. There's plenty of evidence supporting Google's OCR capability; I won't refute it. But you should still shun putting text in images, usually. ...Says the guy who … Continue reading SEO: Text-in-Images – Misinformation & Best Practices →

Redirector Browser Extension Takes You Where You Want to Go

AT&T just installed fiber to my house. It's fast. I get a steady 949 Mbps up and down. I had no complaints about the 160 Mbps/14 Mbps I was getting from Cox, but my inner geek couldn't say no to faster-for-the-same-price. The install was pretty smooth, but during the bumps, I would type nonsense URLs … Continue reading Redirector Browser Extension Takes You Where You Want to Go →

Comparing Rank Tracking Software

Quick 2025 preamble: I penned this SEO rank vendor comparison nearly a decade ago. And I'm toiling at it again. (Rankinity, winner of last shootout, imploded recently.) Both my criteria and vendors' offerings have changed over time. Back then, I didn't care about SEO statistical weights, for instance. And preliminary research hints that many of … Continue reading Comparing Rank Tracking Software →

Ending an SEO/UX relationship

I've blogged twice before about firing SEO/UX clients, but there are other reasons practitioner and client separate. What are some reasons to part ways? The best reason: "Dan, you helped us sell all the inventory. We're done. Thanks!" (Only happened once: Hawaii housing development) One of the most annoying reasons: "Some guy in a suit … Continue reading Ending an SEO/UX relationship →

Guide: Comparing Arpeggiator Pedals

Wherein Dan talks himself into buying one via this arpeggiator pedal roundup/shootout. (Spoiler alert: I bought the Tararira.) What is an arpeggiator pedal? An arpeggiator is a sequencer. A sequencer plays a series of sounds based on a source and parameters set by you, the user/musician. In the case of an arpeggiator pedal, the “source” … Continue reading Guide: Comparing Arpeggiator Pedals →

Meta Titles and Meta Descriptions Guide

Dan has a new logo. Is it a duck? A vomiting Pac-Man? A bulls-eye? A pencil point? Answering a common question: What are title and description best practices? UPDATED for 2024. If you also want some metas 101 like, "Um what are they?!" There's an FAQ of sorts below the slightly headier stuff. Why do … Continue reading Meta Titles and Meta Descriptions Guide →

Reduce Facebook Ads the Supai, Arizona Way

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Seeing too many ads on Facebook? Here's a novel way to reduce the ad clutter. UPDATE: I should note, days after this post, Facebook demanded I prove my identity. As my name is not Danakin Skyjacker, I was unable to satisfy their idiotic documentation criteria. They closed my account. I switched to one of my … Continue reading Reduce Facebook Ads the Supai, Arizona Way →

Social SEO is Here

Social 101 for the SEO-minded Company SEO practitioners have seen the writing on the wall for years. If you really care about ranking well in Google, now it's past time to pay attention to social. Almost two months ago we learned empirically that more +1 on Google+ means better ranking in Google. I've spent a … Continue reading Social SEO is Here →