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Google and Bing User Insights

18 October 2010

No one would deny that Google and Bing are two of the most used sites on the web – (on Alexa Google ranks 1st Bing is 11th) – but the people that use them vary… Google and Bing Demographics Bing’s audience is older and tends to have 35+ old individuals using it, however, the 55-64 [...]

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Onpage SEO – a quick check list

15 September 2010

I was having a chat with someone today and the topic of ‘how should I write for the web?’ came up so I thought I’d just make what I talked about into a quick blog… On Page SEO Elements Together, the following elements are known as ‘onpage’ seo – and, if your website is ‘static [...]

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Instant Search has made Google the Bart Simpson of Search Engines

13 September 2010

There’s a lot of talk online at the moment relating to Google’s ‘Instant Search’, and I’ve received a fair few questions from clients and friends asking what the implications are from an SEO perspective; to the extent that I thought a quick blog post might be the order of the day… What is Google Instant [...]

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Keyword Research

2 June 2010

How To Make Every Keyword Count Today keywords are almost a currency in their own right; as long as you’re in the top 3 positions on SERPs (search engine results pages) that is! But unless you have more money and time to know what to do with it, some keywords will be out of reach [...]

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SEO: No animals were harmed in creating this website – part 4 of 8

15 March 2010

META Description Over the years META tags have been abused by many in order to try and manipulate search results. But in doing so many sites have been blacklisted. The importance of good META can’t be stressed enough and in this part of my mini series on SEO, I want to discuss why taking the [...]

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SEO: No animals were harmed in creating this website – part 3 of 8

8 March 2010

Page <title> & how it helps increase search engine visibility This is part 3 of 8 of my mini series on SEO. Currently, people use search engines the most to discover websites that contain the most relevant content that they’re looking for. And the ‘Search’ function is also the most used ways site visitors navigate [...]

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SEO: No animals were harmed in creating this website – part 2 of 8

3 March 2010

URLs (Uniform Resource Locator) Yesterday I wrote the intro to this 8 part mini series on SEO. So without further a do, let’s get stuck straight in. Firstly, this isn’t a discussion on what static or dynamic URLs are. (If you want to know to the difference then take a look at this aritcle although [...]

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SEO: No animals were harmed in creating this website – part 1 of 8

2 March 2010

How many websites do you think are out there that underperform? Thousands? Tens of thousands? Answer… far too many! This is where I tell you about one of my hobbies: I like testing sites to see how they perform against their competitors. I know … I’m a bit sad and I need to get out [...]

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One for your toolbox: Get it into your head!

4 February 2010

Effective search engine optimisation involves many factors. And trying to rank highly within search engine result pages (SERPs) is about providing content that is both relevant and informative; with proper page layout and coding. The coding side is generally taken care of by web developers, however, a lot of consideration should be given to your [...]

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