What will happen to directories now Google local is encroaching There was a time, only about 5 years ago when optimising a website was pretty easy, you would add your keyword to the title, a few alt’s and several times on the page, then use that keyword as the anchor on a load of directory […….]
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When you build links to your site or a clients site, there are numerous ways to approach it, however it’s worth bearing in mind that all links are not created equal. I’m going to assume here that you know how blog comments and articles are almost worthless these days anyway. So the following points are […….]
Google has been around for some time now, and has constantly delivered new innovative features to it’s search results, such as local results, maps and now the biggest visible change to search results, is Google Instant. How Will Google Instant Search Effect SEO? Firstly just to be clear about this, Instant will not effect the […….]
A few things that you shouldn’t do for SEO There are a number of strategies for achieving high positions in the search engines, and there are a few which ensure you won’t! This article addresses some of the more common ones. So, this weeks nominees in no particular order are: Duplicate Content This is quite […….]
Website Design and SEO This is the second part of our DIY SEO series, so if you missed the first part have a look at DIY SEO Part 1 first, as this explains some of the basic principles to consider before you get started on the design. This article assumes that everything is being done […….]
Easy Free Links to Your Website If your website has been around for a while, it’s likely that you have changed some pages around over the years, if this is the case, it’s highly likely that there are a few free backlinks to be had for very little effort and no cost whatsoever! By following […….]
Yes Google did Update SERP’s on Mayday The SEO forums have recently been full of discussions about a recent update and numerous questions about “why have my search positions dropped?”. It seemed to centre around long tail keywords falling in the search results, for (usually) newer, smaller or less optimised websites, the general consensus was […….]
What is Adwords Quality Score ? A quick bit of Google history first – back in the days before 2005, Google adwords was much simpler, if you bid a higher price per click than your competition, your advert appeared higher up in the sponsored listings (usually across the top and down the right of a […….]
Get Keyword Research Right, First Time! There are so many things you can do to aid an SEO campaign, take a look at the forums and you will find hundreds or thousands, in fact, probably tens of thousands of threads, with webmasters of varying levels of experience discussing the pro’s and con’s of various techniques. […….]
Firstly, just to be clear, the title tag is a line of text in your website which is no visible on the web page, but is seen in many search engines if you do a search, it will appear as the title of the web page, followed by some text and then the sites URL. […….]