SEO Question: If I’m doing my own SEO, what should I do on a daily basis?
SEO Question: If I’m doing my own SEO, what should I do on a daily basis? Great question, and something I’ve been asked many times. If you confident enough in doing your own SEO and understand the...
View ArticleBing SEO, my top 10 tips
We are all familiar with the search engine Google, but did you know that Microsoft’s Bing is slowly starting to catch-up on the search engine giants. Stats from Hitwise shows that Google currently has...
View ArticleSEO Question: Does the ‘strong’ tag impact SEO?
SEO Question: Does the ‘strong’ tag impact search engine optimisation? Great question, but the short answer is “no”. Back in 1996 it may have been a small contributing factor but not today. But… The...
View ArticleMy top 10 SEO tips for startups…
Starting a new business and promoting it online against well established companies and websites can be a tricky task. Here are my top 10 tips to give your new website a boost in the search engines. 1....
View ArticleFooter Links: Do they still help with SEO?
Image from SXC.hu This weeks question is “Do footer links still help with SEO?” What are footer links? Footer links are typically a collection of internal or external links at the end of a web page....
View ArticleKeyword Density: Is it still important when writing quality web content?
Image from SXC.hu Something which has been highly debated over the past few years is whether or not keyword density affects Google rankings. So what is keyword density? Wikipedia gives a great...
View ArticleBreadcrumb Links: Good or bad for SEO and keyword placement?
Image from SXC.hu A question I was recently asked was “are there any advantages with breadcrumb links for SEO and keyword placement?” So what are breadcrumb links? Wikipedia gives a great explanation:...
View ArticleSEO Question: Is hidden text bad for SEO?
Image from SXC.hu A recent question that has been submitted via my questions page is ”hidden text – is this good or bad for SEO?” Great question and this really splits into two parts: 1. Black hat...
View ArticleSEO Question: Can external DoFollow links hurt a websites SEO?
Image from SXC.hu Here is a great question that was recently submitted: “Many blogs allow DoFollow links with comments. Can these links ever hurt the Blog’s SEO? And if so, under what circumstances?”...
View ArticleSEO Question: Is link juice passed via the HTML head section and/or jQuery...
Image from SXC.hu This weeks SEO question is: “When you include links to other domains in your head (<head></head>) section in order to get JavaScript libraries, etc., do you bleed off a...
View ArticleHyphens in URLs: Good or bad for SEO?
Image from SXC.hu A long standing debate is whether or not hypens in domains are a good thing or a bad thing. Below is an example of two alternatives: http://www.yourcompanyname.co.uk or...
View ArticleMETA Keywords: Are they still important for SEO?
Image from SXC.hu 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. So what is it? Wikipedia...
View ArticleFREE & Simple SEO Friendly Website Template – Version 2…
Image from SXC.hu Following on from my free and very popular SEO friendly website template I created last year (which can be found here). I’ve decided to revisit this again and do an updated version....
View Article5 quick SEO tips for your LinkedIn profile
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. I must...
View Article5 SEO tips for eCommerce product pages
Image from SXC.hu 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....
View Article5 reasons why you need to write your META
Image from SXC.hu Since SEO began, META tags have always played an important part. More recently, Google has dropped the META Keywords tag as an SEO signal which Bing/Yahoo still slightly favours. Two...
View ArticleSEO Question: What SEO tools do you use and recommend?
Image from SXC.hu Great question this week: “What SEO software do you recommend for auditing websites, link checker, keyword?” Check out my recommendations below: Keyword Research Tools Google Adwords...
View ArticleAdding ‘nofollow’ on internal links – good or bad?
Image from SXC.hu I was recently asked – is it a good idea to add rel=”nofollow” on internal links? You would think this would be OK but there are a few things to consider first. So what is...
View ArticleGoogle Freshness Update: What is it and why regular website updates can help...
Image from SXC.hu Keeping up with the changing rules of SEO can be difficult. My daily routine consists of reading the latest updates from many reputable sources. As we have seen this year, SEO...
View ArticleContent and copywriting Q&A with Chris Lomas of Clear Comms…
This weeks posts is another fantastic Q&A with Chris Lomas of Clear Comms. As I’ve blogged about time and time again, content really is king when it comes to SEO, in the Q&A, Chris shares lots...
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