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Recently I read a great blog post on SEOmoz on 8 attributes of content that inspire Action. I can tell you one thing that raised my eyebrows and if you read it should raise yours as well. But I would like to expand a little on point 1 of that article which is to provoke. There is a fine line between provocative and controversy as long as you don'...
You may find this interesting if you have submit a reconsideration request to Google. They'll probably reply, but don't assume they've bothered to read it.. Like many site owners that have been caught up in the swathe of Google updates in the past couple of months, the advice from many has been to clean up the problem, and once that's done file...
Amongst the fervour that Google's first quarter gross revenues are up 24% on the first quarter last year and their announcement of a two-for-one stock split (because they definitely need more money), Google have quietly changed the layout of the Google Plus social network. They also declared that 100 million of its 170 million users hav...
I recently heard someone describe the phrase 'going viral' as a term used by internet marketers when they 'don't actually know what happened'. By that, he means, when a piece of content does 'go viral' on the web, it's difficult to identify the exact circumstances that made that piece of content so shareable, or so linkworthy. There are...
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I've been asked that question a lot in the past couple of weeks by those that have been using the likes of the Build My Rank to link to their site, and are today tumbling in rankings, seemingly because of Google's recent de-indexing of that powerful blog network. More specifically, they're wondering if they're being penalized for having the l...
It's that time again for another quick SEO tip and today's subject is techniques for displaying content. We all know that SEO content is a key ingredient in order for a page to rank and this content usually contains keywords targeted towards the current page and homepage, this content is very important and you may find it more often than not clie...
We all want to have a chance to win something, it brings a light optimistic feeling being part of a competition you might not win...but still have a chance. Should websites do this in order to add to traffic though? Could prize draws help in overall sales conversions? It's an idea isn't it depending on the companies' budget and scale of popularity...
Hi guys, we've got the second instalment in the quick tip series for SEO here. When starting an SEO campaign, create a list of possible keywords to target, that you think are relevant to the site. Pick the 5 most relevant keywords with the most search volume with the least competition. Pick atleast another 5 keywords to use on Adwords. If you fin...
With a staggering figure of 1 billion users expected to be using Facebook by August of this year, Google + reported to have reached the 100 million member mark earlier this week and Twitter to reach 500 million uses by the end of March, there may not be a better time for businesses to exploit these platforms - however have we got a new player on t...
I can't really decide if the following is good news or bad news. A recent study in the journal Psychology Studies has found that the urge for a 'Facebook Fix' if you may, is just as strong, if not stronger than the decoy of tobacco and alcohol. My last blog post for SEO Consult was back in July of 2011, exploring the gamification of social media...
Hi guys, I'm going to be starting a new quick tip series for the beginners out there, but there may be some use for the advanced SEO's out there to maybe recap or spark some conversation. Today's tip is the truth about internal linking. Internal linking can be useful to improve information hierarchy, help spiders crawl and spread link juice arou...
With over 6 million users, and counting, Pinterest is the site everyone is talking about. Created in 2008, but only recently gathering pace, Pinterest has blasted into the top ten most visited social networking sites of the past year, and continues to gain popularity. Pinterest is a social bookmarking site where users can gather images to share w...
As we all already know, Google+ has been known to actively censor usernames; only real names can be used on Google+. It is however less commonly known that Google+ actively censors profile pictures too. This week, this came quite known after TechCrunch writer MG Siegler's Google+ profile picture vanished twice. The first time it vanished; he thoug...
Google is currently experimenting with Adwords and has gone beyond the regular text ads we are all used to seeing and added Google Email Subscription Ads. The new ad format allows companies to buy ads which will automatically fill in the "Subscribe to newsletter" slot with the persons email address (if logged in). If the person chooses to subscri...
Search Engine Optimisation techniques are well documented throughout the internet and are consistently applied to websites all over the world on a daily basis. Yet with the growing importance of SEO for mobile web applications, these techniques seem to be getting overlooked. The fusion between Desktop and Mobile worlds has been created by the exp...
