Keyword Research

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

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 may increase a clients traffic tenfold but how are you [...]

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Find Niche Keywords That Pay

One of the most fundamental aspects of SEO is being able to pick keywords that are going to give you a return on investment. Niche keywords are those with a high search volume but low competition, you can rank for these very quickly, however first you have to be sure that you are going to make a return. Before we get into the meat of [...]

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On Page Search Engine Optimisation IS Dead

Is there any real need for on page optimisation anymore? All of my research on the SERPS seems to be pointing in 1 direction and that is, when it comes to high rankings for competitive terms only your link profile really matters. After all Google is still ranking number 2 for the keyword “caffeine” even though all it does is slap it in the title [...]

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Blog Post Optimisation, Longtail Keywords and Increasing Search Traffic – The Proof

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Hello one and all Sorry I know this week has been thin on the posts but my schedule has been hectic and I have had a few technical issues, but hey I’m scraping one in before the end of the week. I’ll be honest with you my brain is fried this week so thinking of an innovative post has proved challenging, therefore I thought it [...]

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Keyword Commercial Intent – Choosing Keywords That Convert

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Keyword research is an often underestimated part of SEO; just pick the high traffic keywords, right? Well not exactly, you see there are two main types of keywords from a marketing perspective, converting keywords and informational keywords. Converting keywords are those which are more likely to lead to a sale, usually lower in search volume but obviously more profitable. Informational keywords drive traffic that wants [...]

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Increase Organic Search Engine Traffic The Easy Way

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One of the things I am often asked is “how did you manage to increase your search engine traffic so quick?”. I have been working on this blog for around 8 months now and to be honest building search traffic to around 350 a day, I don’t think it’s that big a deal, anyway let me first explain something. A web page can only ever [...]

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How Do Keywords in the URL Effect Your Search Position?

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Well I am back, blogging again. Enjoyed my extended weekend break and ready to pump out some more SEO posts I regularly receive emails from readers asking for advice on various SEO issues ranging from tips and tricks to major search penalty issues. Some I am happy to give a quick answer to others require consulting hours. One thing that is often asked is how [...]

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