With new tools springing up every day to allow web site owners to spam the hell out of the Internet with article spinning, splogs and a never ending list of ways to trick Google into thinking your site is important which route are you planning to take in 2010? Reading through online marketing blogs today [...]
Google recently posted the video above to advise people about personalised search results. They are now serving personalised search results whether you are logged on or not, unless you TURN IT OFF. Overall this has to be a good thing, tailored results should mean more relevant results and a better search experience. However, if you [...]
It’s a fact that from time to time companies need to re develop their website. Perhaps they have out grown their current web provider, perhaps the business has changed and needs something better, or perhaps they just decide they need a change for change’s sake. The one thing you want to avoid when re developing [...]
It’s 23:00 on Saturday 14th November and I just noticed Google.co.uk changed. It’s removed the search button and it’s using a moo tools type effect to fade in the menu items when you mouse over the page. Is this a blast of Caffiene? TTFN d
A subject that keeps coming up when we carry out FREE SEO Reviews or SEO Coffee Break sessions is that of buying links. Google’s pretty clear on this and the bottom line is, if you buy links to boost your site’s rankings you run the risk of getting banned from the index. But is this [...]
Just been watching the ITV program ‘Tonight‘ called ‘Could The Internet Make You Rich?‘ It was an interesting watch and they even interviewed an SEO. Google Analytics on mainstream tele!! One online store owner said she’d seen a 30% increase in web traffic as a result of simply fixing the basic SEO aspects of her [...]
If there’s one aspect of SEO that causes countless arguments and pointless slanging matches it’s the subject of Pagerank. I guess if you are reading this you are looking for a definitive answer on whether or not Pagerank really is dead, well read on. The latest Pagerank talking shop started with Google’s announcement about removing [...]
A client asked me “What is a good quality link and how do I get a good quality link. You said reciprocal links were no good is that correct?“. This was my response. Reciprocal links are not always bad. If a site selling diving holidays links to a site selling wetsuits and the wetsuit site [...]
In order to help the many people who SPAM our blog to post a better quality of SPAM here’s a top ten for you. Always start your post by saying something like “Great post, I agree…” or something equally flattering. We bloggers are a vain bunch and love this stuff. Make sure your user name [...]
I read an article or PR piece in a local (piss poor) business magazine supplement by an alleged SEO Specialist. He stated there weren’t many people in the IT field who specialised in SEO and due to the nature of their work what they do is shrouded in mystery. But guess what, don’t worry because [...]