Make Search Great Again: Preferred Sources
Google’s “Preferred sources” lets you hand-pick the websites you trust. Whitelist independent creators and bypass nonsense in your search results.
SEO
SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) related topics
YouTube is working as intended
Why YouTube feels broken – and why it’s actually working perfectly. A critical look at algorithms, AI, and what we become when we play along.
Amazon bumps affiliate commissions: will Google kill it?
Amazon increased affiliate commissions by matching indirect and direct rates – but only after Google started taking over the entire shopping funnel. Here’s what that really means for creators.
YouTube eats your time and your comments
Why I avoid YouTube comments and direct people to the BikeGremlin forum and website – for real discussion, and a searchable index of all my videos.
What killed the open Internet?
An honest deep-dive into how AI, Google’s algorithm shifts, and corporate deals killed the open Internet – told by an independent writer silenced by the system.
Google demands the impossible
Why is Internet full of crappy & misleading articles, and no one can fix that? Why has Google search turned to rubbish?
Google algorithm updates listed – and their effect
Has your site been “hit” by the latest Google (HCU) algorithm update(s)? Is there something you can do about it?
Is Google In Trouble?
Did you notice Google search results looking strange/poor?
Did you notice your website getting fewer visits?
Well…
Bicycle Repair Shop SEO
How and what I did for SEO and digital marketing of a bicycle repair shop in my city (Novi Sad – Serbia)
How to add favicon link to the WordPress header?
How to add the invisible link to your favicon.ico file on a WordPress website
How to add/edit WordPress image alt descriptions
How to add or edit image/media alt descriptions on a WordPress website. A short and simple step-by-step tutorial.
Microsoft Bing – site gone from SERP overnight!
All the websites from my domain disappeared from Microsoft Bing’s SERP overnight!
How to make a good website
How to make a good quality website. More precisely: how I made BikeGremlin. How I write articles (“content”), do optimizations, do SEO…
Website SEO – How NOT to do it
How to NOT do website SEO. A practical example of what I would consider a harmful strategy, at least in the long-run.
SEO backlinks and links explained
Explanation on backlings and internal links in terms of SEO (Search Engine Optimization). How to build links properly and how it relates to SEO in general.