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My View on the State of the SERPS

Any newbie’s reading?? SERPS = Search engine results pages OK, I am sure most of my readers saw the post by Rand on SEOmoz this week talking about spam in the index, results that offer little value but are still ranking highly. He reels off a load of results in the engines that have a few ‘spammy’ sites in the top ten. He then quickly [...]

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5 Link Building Myths You Should Ignore

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Hello!!! First of all let me apologise it has been almost a month since I last posted. I have been unbelievably busy on various projects and unfortunately the blog has had to take a back seat. However, you should now start seeing regular posts again As I said, over the last 5 – 6 weeks I have been making preparations for various projects, some my [...]

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Links Do Not Have To Be Indexed To Count!

When I hear things in the SEO or internet marketing industry I always like to check them out for myself. I am a typical questioner, despite the authority of the source I have to go out there and trial it anyway, this is sometimes a good thing and a bad thing. I have always been a stronger believer that the only links that can possibly [...]

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How I Ranked in the Top Five for One of the Most Competitive Terms in the UK

First of all apologies for the lack of posting over the last couple of weeks, work has been busy and the World Cup has pretty much dominated my evenings So now England have been dumped out shamefully I thought it might be a good idea to discuss something pretty positive that has happened to me over this World Cup period, I NOW RANK IN THE [...]

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Working in Search – How We Deliver Results at Branded3

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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 day in an SEO Agency”, obviously there is an increasing [...]

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When Sitewide Links Can Be Useful

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 both ranking and building up your overall website authority. Now [...]

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The End Of Google Rankings As We Know It! Rotational Rankings?

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I always worry about posting new found research as some clever dick always pops up to tell you they discovered it in 1999, however I have noticed something in the rankings recently that has made me re think Google rankings. The Story OK so I decided a couple of weeks ago to rank for “SEO consultant”, just something I fancied really, not the most competitive [...]

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