Google Places Has Been Re-Vamped and 3rd Party Site Reviews are No More The Google Places listings have had a bit of a re-jig just recently, with a general face-lift, more calls to action but also the reviews from 3rd party sites are no longer included, it now looks much cleaner, but what is the […….]
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Is Panda 2.2 a Long Term Fix? At the SMX Conference Google’s Matt Cutts announced that Panda version 2.2 had been developed, approved and was due to be unleashed soon. According to Barry Schwartz at search engine land, this happened around a week ago today. So all you SEO professionals and DIY’ers better hold on […….]
What is Blog SEO ? This is quite a common question and a fairly simple one to answer, so I shall attempt to keep this post brief. I am also assuming that you will be doing this manually, as opposed to using one of the WordPress plug-ins, which will do some, but not all of […….]
A new law is due to come into play in the UK during May, this law will make it necessary for any website owner to get explicit consent for a cookie to be placed on a users machine. This obviously would have a huge impact on any website which needs to identify a retuning visitor […….]
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 […….]
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 […….]