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SEO

Analytics + Optimised Content + Anchor Text Links = More Traffic

Yes the title sounds obvious right? Of course optimised content and traffic equate to more traffic duh! But where do analytics fit in? Well I have banged on enough about long tail keywords on this blog but guess what? I am going to do it again as this is a really simple technique for increasing traffic almost immediately by doing a little research in your [...]

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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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Keyword Difficulty Made Easy

Testing keyword difficulty has never been a straight forward task, what do you test with? Links in? Links to domain? Search Volume? Awords Competition? The truth is that all of them contribute toward the ‘keyword difficulty’ factor. This is another post when I am going to sing the praises of the SEOmoz crewe, since they stopped delivering SEO services I have noticed a huge investment [...]

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Use Open Site Explorer To Exploit Your Competitors Hard Work

Before you begin any SEO campaign there are a few things you really need to think about, one of them is “who are my competition?”. If you intend to compete in a certain market you need to firstly be clear about your keywords and secondly clear about your competition, or more importantly what your competition are doing right. There are many different aspects to look [...]

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Using Exact Match Domains to Targeted Traffic

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Recently at Branded3 we have been experimenting with exact match domains and exploring opportunities to increase relevant and hopefully profitable traffic. I don’t know how much experience you have had in trying to register these types of domains or attempting to rank them but it is really really easy and you will be surprised how many keyword rich domains there are still left to register. [...]

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Building Links Using Fresh Techniques

When you deal with link building day in day out you really begin to notice even the smallest changes in Google’s algorithm. Just before Christmas site wide links seemed to be giving some real pull, then there were the in content gems that seemed to instantly increase ranking. However, in my opinion Google has switched its emphasis again and is now putting more weight on [...]

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Google SEO Report Card: Some Important Take Aways

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With all the focus clearly on links and link building in the search engine optimisation field it easy to forget about the importance of focused keyword content and a clean site architecture. On page optimisation often gets left behind in the online marketing discussions but thankfully Google have given a huge and in my opinion very effective reminder. Google have recently released an SEO report [...]

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