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Category archive for 'SEO'

  • Google Panda/Farmer update is coming to Google UK

    17 March 2011 -

    Over on the other side of the pond on the 23rd February 2011, big changes happened! Google released the panda update (aka the farmer update).

  • How Twitter helps with SEO and the 17 signals to look for and adopt…

    6 March 2011 -

    I was recently asked if social helps with SEO, and the simple answer is yes. For a SEOer to ignore social media would be like a SEOer ignoring link building.

  • My top 5 SEOmoz Whiteboard Fridays of 2010…

    4 March 2011 -

    In my opinion, and I’m sure nearly every SEOer would agree, SEOmoz is the king of all things SEO help and resources which includes the great Whiteboard Fridays…

  • FREE SEO Friendly Website Template…

    13 February 2011 -

    One of the things I’ve mentioned a lot in my previous posts is about great foundations to build a search engine optimisation campaign upon. Now for the first time I have created a simple HTML/CSS SEO friendly website template download.

  • How to optimise images for SEO, in 2 seconds…

    10 February 2011 -

    A question I get asked is – how can I speed up the load time of my website? This is another factor of the Google algorithm, so it’s imperative to make sure every millisecond counts.

  • 15 tips on how to create a “conversion” friendly website…

    9 February 2011 -

    Now you’ve got your SEO campaign running, it’s imperative that your website conveys the right messages, features and benefits about the company and products. Did you know: Even though the “I feel lucky” button is only clicked on by 1% of Google users…

  • My top free SEO tools

    2 February 2011 -

    To create the perfect SEO campaign, there are plenty of free tools to aid the strategy creation, deployment and maintenance; here are my top 10 and free SEO tools. If you have your own personal favourites, let me know by adding a comment.

  • SEO Question: How do I write the perfect title tag for SEO and Google?

    31 January 2011 -

    As part of your search engine optimisation campaign, title tags (also referred to as META title tag) play a vital role when it comes to top notch rankings. Some experts say that the title tag holds as much weight as 20% towards good Google rankings for a particular keyword.

  • The beginners guide to link building (includes free list of link building directories)

    27 January 2011 -

    So one of the major parts of search engine optimisation (SEO) is link building and unfortunately it is timely task, but if you want those good Google rankings it is a must.

  • Do W3C validated websites help with SEO and better rankings in Google

    27 January 2011 -

    SEO consists of many different points on and off page. Looking for further methods to increase rankings, many have turned to the theory that validated to the W3C standard helps with Google rankings.

  • My top 10 tips for designing a Google/SEO friendly website

    26 January 2011 -

    SEO is not just about content, link building and social media, starting from the ground up you need to have a well structured website, with clean and simple code.

  • My top Google Chrome extensions to help with SEO…

    24 January 2011 -

    Google Chrome has quickly become my favourite web browser simple because of its lightning load speeds and fantastic array of plugins available to help with SEO, design and general time consuming tasks.

  • SEO Question? Not a problem…

    24 January 2011 -

    Not sure what the difference is between SEO, SMO, CRO and SERM? You can ask me any question relating to search engine optimisation, off-page optimisation, on-page optimisation, conversion rate optimisation, social media optimisation and many more areas.

  • Website structure and file/folder names for SEO

    17 January 2011 -

    A regular question I get asked is “how important is my website structure and page names?” The simple answer is very important because it helps Google and the other search engines understand what the file or folder is about.

  • Text Links vs. Image Links for SEO

    16 January 2011 -

    All websites are created using various coding languages and techniques, the most basic of them all is HTML (also known as Hyper Text Mark-up Language).

  • Video interview with Will Critchlow from Distilled

    14 January 2011 -

    Back in August 2010, I got the chance to sit down with Will Critchlow and record a 50 minute interview on SEO, Google, Facebook, CRO, PPC and the colour blue!? Give the videos a watch!

  • Basic SEO Link Factors

    13 January 2011 -

    When the search engines look at the links that are pointing to your website they will look at the following factors. Anchor Text (the text in the link) – This is the text that is describing the link which…

  • SEO Fun: My essential SEO playlist (Part 1)

    12 January 2011 -

    There’s nothing I love more than sitting in front of the laptop and SEOing clients websites. So to help get in the zone and block off any unwanted detractions – music is my saviour!

  • Does a high Google PageRank (PR) help increase rankings?

    11 January 2011 -

    Google has devised a system that looks rates a website on importance, this is called PageRank. The PageRank system was brought into play in the early 20th century to give websites an authority rank.

  • Information Search Engines Look For & Trust

    10 January 2011 -

    The internet is a wash with information about everything from aardvarks to the film Zulu. As the various search engines crawl over your website they will look at two aspects which help greatly to get your site ranked, site links and content.