We are often telling you about what to do to get your site to perform well but we rarely tell you what NOT to do. Google is getting better and better and working out who is manipulating search results and Here are a few things to avoid like the plague when attempting …
Interflora Gifted Reprieve by Google
Siobhan recently reported on Interflora’s Google penalty for manipulating search results with paid links. It seems that not long (11 days to be precise) after the penalty was issued it has been as good as lifted. Prior to penalisation it ranked in the top three for major flower related terms such …
What to Consider when Choosing SEO Keywords
Choosing the best SEO keywords requires careful planning. There’s a real skill to picking phrases that: are relative to your site, which will be frequently searched for and can find a place above your competitors search rankings. Here’s a look at exactly what to consider when picking the keywords for …
Google in Europe
Following on from my recent post about Google’s market share in the UK, here are a few figures from a few of our European neighbours. The figures are staggering, highlighting the search giants complete domination of the European search market.If you thought Google does well in the UK with over 91%, you haven’t seen …
Periodic Table SEO
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Creating Content that Generates Natural Links
What’s better than spending time creating fantastic links that search engines value and give your site ranking strength? Answer, creating fantastic content that people naturally link to and give your site repeated and long term ranking strength. But what exactly should page content include to increase the likelihood that people …
5 Things to Consider Before Using the Disavow Tool
To follow on from my post about Google’s disavow tool last week I though I’d give you a few more things to thinks about before using it. 1. Think about the long term Don’t just start disavowing links left, right and centre and think the work is done. Look beyond this. Think …
Google Disavow Tool
Last week Google launched a new tool called the Disavow Links tools. It does exactly what it says on the tin really; allows webmasters to tell Google which inbound links they don’t want the search engine to take into account. It gives webmasters a chance to breath following the recent Google updates that have …