Dave Cain is a Nottingham based SEO with 10 years experience in search. He can be followed on Twitter @DaveCainSEO or you can view more SEO related blog posts below.
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5 SEO tips for eCommerce product pages
12 May 2012 -
Many eCommerce websites, especially the product pages, have flaws when it comes to SEO best practices. This then makes it tricky to compete for exceptional search engine rankings.
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Google Penguin Update: 10 ‘must follow’ SEO tips
6 May 2012 -
Official announced as the Webspam Update on the 24th April 2012, it was quickly renamed ‘Penguin’ following on from the Panda Update last year.
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6 new Google Webmaster Central videos you need to watch
1 May 2012 -
As I’ve said many times over, I’m a big fan of Google sharing information, tips and updates around their algorithm and best practices.
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Link Building Routine: How many links should I gain / build a day, a week, a month etc?
1 May 2012 -
A question which has cropped up a few times over the past 12 months is: “How many links should I gain / build a day, a week, a month etc?”
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My top 15 SEO tweets from April 2012
30 April 2012 -
Click here to check out my top 15 Google, SEO and other digital marketing news tweets from April 2012.
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SEO Question: Why do some agencies charge £50 per month for SEO and others charge £1,000+?
19 April 2012 -
Over the years I’ve been asked about how SEO pricing works, some do this on a time level, others on a…
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5 quick SEO tips for your LinkedIn profile
6 April 2012 -
As we’ve established in my previous link building posts and guides, using all of your social sites effectively is a must. One site you may be on is LinkedIn which can be used on many levels.
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Link Building: .edu and .gov backlinks – are they still worth chasing?
2 April 2012 -
Over the years, it has been widely disputed that links from .edu and .gov domains carry more authority and trust over other domains like .com and .co.uk.
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My top 15 SEO tweets from March 2012
31 March 2012 -
If you follow me on Twitter, you’ll know that I tweet useful information around all things Google, SEO and other digital marketing news.
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3 ways ‘Google Alerts’ can help your SEO efforts
26 March 2012 -
Google Alerts is a fantastic little tool which all SEOers and webmasters can use to find new opportunities to drive SEO efforts forward.
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SEO help videos from SEOmoz and Google Webmaster Central worth watching…
21 March 2012 -
In my opinion Google and SEOmoz do a fantastic job of sharing helpful SEO tips, here are some videos…
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FREE & Simple SEO Friendly Website Template – Version 2…
19 March 2012 -
Following on from my free and very popular SEO friendly website template I created last year, I’ve decided to revisit this again and do an updated version.
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Social Media Q&A with Paul Middleton of Social Colleague…
13 March 2012 -
This weeks posts is another fantastic Q&A with Paul Middleton of Social Colleague. As we discovered in my popular link building guide, social media is a very powerful…
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How to SEO a PDF document – 5 simple tips
1 March 2012 -
Should I avoid using PDFs for marketing? Simple answer is ‘no’, utilise these as another method for rankings – here you will find out how to SEO a PDF document.
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META Keywords: Are they still important for SEO?
19 February 2012 -
META keywords, SEO, does Google still use it, how many keywords should I include… so many questions around this tag; so let’s solve it once and for all.
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Copying your competitors’ backlinks, good or bad?
8 February 2012 -
I was recently asked what my thoughts were around “offsetting competitors’ backlinks” – or in other words, copying what your competitors are doing.
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SEO Question: How do you structure a website correctly for SEO purposes?
3 February 2012 -
Great question – in a nutshell you need to structure the site correctly and consider scaling and website growth…
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Hyphens in URLs: Good or bad for SEO?
2 February 2012 -
A long standing debate is whether or not hypens in domains are a good thing or a bad thing for search engine optimisation (SEO)…
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SEO Question: Does geotargeting in Google Webmaster Tools help?
1 February 2012 -
This weeks question is ‘does geotargeting in Google Webmaster Tools help?’ Google wrote a post around this question…
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SEO Question: What is a ‘link wheel’ and do they help with link building?
23 January 2012 -
A great question has been submitted this week which is – what is a link wheel and do they help with link building?