Google Top References Rolling Out!

December 21, 2010

We noticed in the office earlier today that Google seems to be testing “Top References”: As you can see Google seem to taking your search (roses in this example) and presenting options for you to choose from in attempt to narrow down your results and give you the page you’re really after. We haven’t seen [...]

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Google & Facebook Will Change The Search Landscape Forever

December 12, 2010
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In the next 12 – 18 months I personally feel the search landscape will change more drastically than we ever seen before, Google has already begun to roll out multiple changes and the failed buy out of Groupon clearly shows the direction they would like to take their search engine. We also have Facebook firmly [...]

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Anchor Text Has Lost Its Edge – Time To Build A Healthy Strong Domain, Old Techniques Are Not Going to Cut it

September 13, 2010
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Last year I published a link correlation article showing the most important link building metrics to consider when putting together a campaign. If you missed it check it out here. It was republished and linked to widely including from SEOmoz as it was data from their tools that helped me put the report together. I [...]

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The Truth About Buying Text Links

July 1, 2010
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I am going to discuss something that is usually seen as a big no no when it comes to SEO and have to point out at this point that what I discuss in this article is my own perspective and opinion, it is not the opinion of Branded3 or any of their associates. Paid links [...]

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Working in Search – How We Deliver Results at Branded3

June 6, 2010
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This post is aimed at those in the SEO/Online Marketing Industry, if you have no interest in the industry you might find this a little dull, if you do read on I have numerous requests now asking for a post along the lines of “a day in the life of an SEO consultant” or “a [...]

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Tracking Your Search Traffic – How to Quickly Spot Issues with Your Organic Traffic and Check Longtail Performance

May 30, 2010

If you are serious about SEO and increasing search traffic then it is important to track it, not just by logging into your analytics everyday but by keeping in depth records of which keywords are driving traffic and any abnormal fluctuations. Working in an SEO agency it is important to track this for clients, you [...]

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When Sitewide Links Can Be Useful

May 23, 2010

There has been a lot of talk over the last couple of years about sitewide links or links in footers. Many experienced SEO’s and internet marketers have openly slammed them as being spammy and carrying little in terms of link juice and authority; however the truth is they are very effective links in terms of [...]

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