The Short Answer is There are No “Tricks” For years people have been looking for the quick fix to achieve top search engine results, some worked for a while, some worked, most very briefly but if the technique in question was leaning heavily towards the dark side, the benefits have almost certainly been wiped out […….]
Category Archives: Blog
How to Improve your Site Content Ever since Google started clamping down on bad linking practices, site owners, webmasters and SEO’s have all been rushing to add more and more content to their websites, albeit in many cases, completely forgetting the ultimate aim of doing so, to make a sale or get an enquiry. It […….]
Do you currently have a small business website which you update occasionally or make minor changes to a couple of pages every now and then, but essentially remains the same from one year to the next? If so you need a blog. What is a Blog? Firstly let’s define exactly what a blog is and […….]
Google Launches Disavow Tool Ever since Google launched it’s Penguin update back in April 2012, many webmasters have been scratching around on the web trying to have bad links to their sites removed. The common cause of these was by people hiring low quality SEO companies who hit their websites with literally thousands of keyword […….]
New Google Webmaster Guidelines for 2012 At long last Google have updated their guidelines for webmasters (seo’s, internet marketers and anyone else who owns or manages a website), it’s been a long time coming but now they have there is much clearer explanation on most points, and a much better description of Rich Snippets. If […….]
Exact Match Domain Update 2012 Well, Google are at it again, they have now penalised exact match domains in the SERP’s. For the last few years people have been asking me if this is a “trick” which works for quick SEO gains, The answer has always been “Yes, it does at the moment, however it’s […….]
My Site Was Appearing on Page 1 in Google, Now it’s Nowhere to be Found! I spend a fair bit of time on the SEO forums, they are a great way to get the heads up on what’s happening in the world of SEO and to read other peoples opinions on what’s causing the fluctuations. […….]
Ever since Facebook was put on the stock market, it’s prices have gradually devalued to the point that they are now close to half what they were valued at when floated. There have been several well known bloggers writing about this and ultimately predicting it’s demise, but why? There are a lot of businesses out […….]
Ever since Google started with their bout of Panda, and more recently, Penguin updates SEO’s have been either affected (or more accurately their clients websites have been) by them, or are at best a little nervous that something done in the past, by them or a previous firm, could just tip the balance and send […….]
As time marches on the techniques used for SEO must keep pace with the search engines and their algorithms. 2012 has proven to be an exceptional year with regard to how building links has changed. I’ve long held the view that the vast majority of directory links, blog comments and articles have been worthless, however […….]