Author: Joe Friedlein

As the Queen reaches 90, music royalty passes away. The Evian babies are back. Johnny Depp needs to take lessons from a ball boy. It must be My Five time!

The death of the Independent, Kanye’s troubles, hairy panic, penguins and a new way of killing yourself on the ski slopes – what has caught Joe’s eye this week?

Is there any real value in automated SEO reports? An example from Moz.com would suggest that their page scores have very little bearing on SERPs.

Aldi mocking John Lewis, saying no to black Friday, the secret Google formula, lies / deception and excellent cat pictures. It must be My Five time!

Facebook crashing, Google on tap, the geordie hacka, GoPro armed lemmings and our beautiful planet – it can only be another glorious smorgasbord of MyFive favourites!

Boiling 10 years down to a blog post (even if it is 2,500 words) is no easy task. What lessons have I learned over the past decade? Happy 10th birthday Browser Media!

Swearing parrots, aggressive dragons, a swarm of wasps – isn’t My Five meant to be a bit of fun?

Great videos in the week’s My Five. Joe’s round up includes sun, surf and beers – with an entertaining but enlightening CNN clip to boot.

Should keyword research be confined to the geeky world of SEO or should it underpin almost any business plan? Some thoughts inspired by a new vegan cafe.

The end of an era on the BBC, questionable auto stopping cars, the ultimate SEO tools list, killer whales and Hugo’s thoughts on monkeys. It’s My Five time!

The ultimate product review, Mad Men, SEO skills, Google buying Twitter and some insane wingsuit flying. Just another week in digital.

Does page download speed affect SEO? Some evidence to suggest that it has a noticeable impact on Googlebot crawl rates.