It’s official, Google ignores keyword meta tags
September 23rd, 2009
The debate has swung this way and that for some time now about the SEO effectiveness, or not, of keyword META tags. This week, Google finally put the record straight.
rel=canonical: trying to get Google to understand
April 14th, 2009
I wrote a few days ago about how duplicate content can damage your site’s visibility in search results. This first fix comes in the form of a simple line in your page header.
Duplicate content in web applications
April 10th, 2009
Arguably, the most prevalent blockage to strong visibility within search results is created by inadvertent duplicated pages of content.
Linkbuilding nirvana – taking the pain out of one-way links
January 20th, 2009
Still the most important factor in achieving and maintaining search engine positioning, quality link building is expensive and time consuming. Linkvana claims to have the answer.
Is Black-Hat SEO on the way out?
January 6th, 2009
As long as there have been search engines, there have been active techniques to make the most of the search results for business and profit. But could the day of direct profits from search through clandestine activities be seeing the deep orange of a sunset?
Overcoming duplicate content filters – back-links are everything
December 29th, 2008
Gaining Google visibility when your website content solely duplicates existing content can be tough. Here is one method of overcoming the duplicate competition.
PageRank, influence, and the silo
December 16th, 2008
Every three months or so the general SEO community murmur grows to a muttering, and ultimately a cacophony of misunderstanding as PageRank Update Fever takes a grip. But the apparent excitement is tempered by the resurrection of the age old debate on whether PageRank has any value at all.
Google Searchwiki – blackhat SEOs rejoice
December 10th, 2008
The recent release of Google’s Searchwiki offering the ability for individuals with a Google account to directly manipulate their personal search results for a particular term, created much speculation as to whether (or when) Google might start using such data outside the realm of the individual searcher. We now seem to be a step closer to confirmation of Searchwiki data influencing SERPs.
Google teaches SEO
November 29th, 2008
Google recently released its own document on how to optimise your site for their search engine. An interesting development from the company that spends a lot of time battling against heavy-handed SEO techniques.
Stumbleupon Firefox bar gets an update
November 27th, 2008
I just installed Version 3.28 of the Stumbleupon toolbar for Firefox and thought it worth mentioning on the basis of a particular additional feature.