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Current articles and analysis from our team on SEO, Google Ads and web technologies.
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Optimizing wp_options and Autoloaded Data
WordPress Site Health warns when autoloaded options pass roughly 800 kb. Where the bloat comes from, how to clear it, and what to back up first.
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How Does Googlebot See Your Site?
Google says to preview your site with JavaScript off, or in a text browser like Lynx. Two tools that do exactly that, and what Evergreen means.
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Turk SEM Sponsors Free Hosting
Free hosting on our own servers for associations, cultural work, health and sport, and sites giving away real teaching. 10 GB and 50 GB of traffic.
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The 10 Most Important Meta Tags
Title, description, headings, robots, viewport, canonical, hreflang, charset and author, with the code for each and a tool to check it.
Inspiring Stories
A Timeline of Social Media, 1978 to Today
From bulletin boards in 1978 to AI powered discovery: every platform, feature and acquisition that shaped social media, year by year.
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What Is Viewport? Screen Size and the Meta Tag
Viewport is the visible area of a screen, and also a meta tag in HTML 5. What the tag does, how to write it, and the code we recommend for accessibility.
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The Best SEO Friendly WordPress Themes
Astra, GeneratePress, Divi, OceanWP, Neve and Kadence compared on speed, SEO, page builders and schema, with a table at the end.
Inspiring Stories
A Timeline of Search Engines, 1990 to Today
From Archie in 1990 to large language models in search: every engine that mattered, with the year it launched and what it actually changed.
Inspiring Stories
The Google Timeline
Every year from BackRub in 1996 to Waymo in 2024, with what Google shipped, bought and shut down along the way.
SEO Insights
What Is Alt Text? The Golden Rule of Image SEO
What alt text means, why it matters for search and for screen readers, and how to write it well: length, keywords, captions and the mistakes to avoid.
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Turkuvaz Media Group Advertising Services
Television, newspapers, radio and magazines under one group, bookable through Turk SEM since 2024. The full list of outlets and how to request.
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What Is Inline CSS? How to Check In-Line Styling
What inline CSS is, how the style attribute works, where it helps and where it hurts page speed, plus a tool that lists every inline style on your page.