A lot of people write a lot of stuff on the net. In fact, we just recently passed the zetabyte mark. And a decent portion of that information is devoted to linkbaiting. Before you read anything on linkbaiting with a view to implementing it in your seo strategy, though, you need to keep these two [...]
The spread of bad information in SEO is fast and notoriously inconvenient. Almost all of us have spent time or money at some stage on an SEO tactic that ended up having no relevance to our real rankings. Unfortunately, bad information continues to be published – here are the top 4 craziest myths about SEO [...]
SEO is a wonderful business tool. It’s essential in the early stages of a business, and with the number of people that now have access to the internet, web marketing will probably be a lifetime activity. Although SEO is a constant business companion for successful companies, your aims need to grow beyond ‘the top Google [...]
Some people will say you should never use web slang in your site copy. Some people threaten to violently kill those that do, while some cheerfully chuck out ‘lol-bombs’ like there’s no tomorrow. So … what affect does web slang have on your SEO? Potential for reader engagement Web slang actually has the potential to [...]
SEO is big business nowadays. And unfortunately, there are a lot of sub-standard internet marketing firms taking advantage of unwitting people who know little about how the web works! Today we check out the most basic way to vet your internet marketing company – by the services they offer. Every good internet marketing/SEO firm should: [...]
How’s your PPC campaign going? Pay per click is a valuable addition to almost any web marketing strategy, but it has its drawbacks … and one of those is click fraud. Here’s how to tell if you are a victim of one of these schemes. What is click fraud? Click fraud is conducted by a [...]
If you’ve engaged a quality SEO company, the first thing they will do after a site audit, is to look at how ‘search engine friendly’ your web design is. So what does that mean, exactly? After all, search engines only recognise text, they can’t read pictures. They certainly can’t evaluate art … but thinking about [...]
Everyone does it … but just like jumping off a cliff, that doesn’t mean that you should too! We’re talking about password masking – having a little row of dots come up instead of the actual password when someone is trying to log into a site or service. I have yet to see a website [...]
We love kids. That is, even if you don’t love them, ‘me’, ‘myself’ and ‘I’ do . But whether you like the little critters or not, everyone can agree that they come from outer space. Kids are completely different to adults, and when you’re making a website aimed at them, you have to remember a [...]
It is very tempting to first redesign your site, THEN get the SEO done. Your budget is still trying to recover from the design and build bill, and your head is full of logos, graphics and layouts and not ready to take on site copy and meta tags. But there are actually a lot of [...]