Posted on November 9th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on November 6th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on October 29th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on October 12th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on October 11th, 2009
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 [...]
Posted on October 9th, 2009
I’ve started frequenting another forum, sad I know but I enjoy helping people to better understand the apparent complexities of web land. A link building question caught my eye so I clicked in and was quite amused to see someone state that “some SEO companies are charging £20 for one link!” as if that was [...]
Posted on September 24th, 2009
I’m going to post more snippets from SEO reviews I carry out as I think they will be helpful to other site owners who are serious about making their websites work for their business. I’ll always remove sensitive info and only post new thoughts. Here’s the latest. Fred, Google tries to serve up the most [...]
Posted on September 23rd, 2009
I’m beginning to wonder if a lot of site owners are looking for a Snow White style magic mirror. Mirror mirror on the wall is my site’s SEO OK or do I need to put some effort in (I know, it doesn’t rhyme). Speaking of non rhyming… Of Nantucket there once was a lass, and [...]
Posted on September 19th, 2009
I recently did a quick and simple SEO review for a guy in South Africa. In essence he wanted to rank on page 1 of Google ZA for the phrase website hosting. Like many people he is currently languishing on page 13 or 14, his site is fairly new with few quality links. In short [...]