OK firstly if you just got here thinking there really is a magic stick which is going to get you to the top, then think again. If you landed here for some other reason and need a laugh, check out this mash up video of Google’s Matt Cutts telling us how to make it to […….]
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I’ve received a few emails recently about buying expired domain names, now whilst this is a very valid way of getting a domain name you specifically want, the emails I’ve been getting are very misleading. And, while I’m thinking about it, where did they get my email address from anyway? The emails Here is an […….]
Since my last post about the Google Penguin update which was implemented on 24th April I’ve been doing a fair bit of research into what may cause a page or website to be affected by it. Whilst it’s far to early to have any conclusive answer, there does seem to be some agreement about what […….]
2 Major Google Updates in April 2012 The latest phase of Google updates have sent shock waves through the SEO community, with many sites and probably more importantly, their clients sites losing massive volumes of traffic due to decreases in ranks, I’ve already heard stories about in house SEO’s losing jobs over it and agencies […….]
I was planning on writing an article about how to increase traffic to a blog today, however I remembered a post that Rand from SEOmoz did earlier in the year, so went to find it. I did and having read it through realised there was actually very little to add to what he had already […….]
People have been talking recently about the diminishing importance of links in SEO, but I for one have seen no proof of this. Granted, other metrics are undoubtedly used such as title tags, content and more recently social metrics, however, as far as SEO is concerned, backlinks still play an important role and I can’t […….]
Should I submit my website to internet directories? Before I answer this I need to be clear that there are 2 types of link directories, basically good and bad ones. They can fall into the latter category for a wide number of reasons. But in essence yes, it seems to be becoming increasingly beneficial to […….]
The old hyphen – or underscore _ question again An existing client is planning a site redesign for next spring and has been asking me quite a lot of questions about the best way to change the site, she asked the old question about if hyphens or underscores are better word separators in the page […….]
Chrome overtakes Firefox for the first time In just 2 years Googles new web browser Chrome has made a significant impact on the average internet users browser of choice. Back in November of 2009 Google Chrome was just launching and had around the same market share as Safari and Opera, each accounting for around 3%, […….]
How to Write SEO Friendly WordPress Posts First of all, remember that you can do more harm than good if you copy and paste chunks of content into your blog, as with the rest of the website all content must be unique! If you can, try to add something at least once a week, if […….]