Duplicate content penalty
There has been a lot written about the supposed duplicate content penalty and how if your website features duplicate content, you could find your Google rankings disappearing fast. Rather than go into...
View ArticleWhy was my article submission declined?
Article submissions are a common way for webmasters and SEO companies to build links for websites. An article submission is an article or news story written about your industry. It has to be unique,...
View ArticleSEO today, not tomorrow
If there’s one thing you can be sure about with the Internet, it’s that it is very fast moving. Once an idea breaks, it can cause a flood of the market that can happen within days. You can’t afford to...
View Article‘Facebook taunts’ burglar jailed because of Internet
If there’s one thing you should know about the Internet, it’s that it is traceable; it reaches an unrivalled number of people and what you post online WILL get seen. This is something that Manchester...
View ArticleContemplating thinking about thinking
Why do most websites fail online? There are many reasons, ranging from bad ideas in the first place to lack of budget, or just simply the industry being too competitive. However, the biggest problem...
View ArticleHow to undermine your SEO company
When most people hire an SEO company to perform search engine optimisation on their website they understand that the SEO professionals are the experts. In much the same way as you wouldn’t tell a...
View ArticleAlways monitor your SEO tweaks
Performing search engine optimisation for WordPress is a joy. The system has been built with such loving care and with so many features and plugins available that you can do just about anything you...
View ArticleDon’t fall into old SEO traps
Search engine optimisation has been around for a fair while now as an industry. Its history is rich with progress and change, and it’s worthwhile paying attention to how the industry evolved in order...
View ArticleWhen your content becomes an SEO problem
Content is an asset to your website’s search engine optimisation. Most SEO companies encourage their clients to get working on content as soon as possible, because it forms the ground in which the...
View ArticleWhy are doorway pages so bad?
Doorway pages often come up in the list of ‘things to avoid’ for search engine optimisation, yet they’re only something that sits in front of your homepage, or other pages of your website. For such a...
View ArticleCan I learn SEO for myself?
It’s fair to say that there are a lot of websites on the Internet claiming to offer SEO tips and suggestions to help with the optimisation of your website. Generally speaking, most of the information...
View ArticleBeware of free content offers
Most people now understand that content is important on the web. Websites that feature unique, regularly updated and interesting content tend to perform better in the SERPs (search engine results...
View ArticleFriends Reunited is back with a whimper
There was a time when the social networking website Friends Reunited had the UK social networking scene all to itself. If you wanted to catch up with old school friends, or more likely to show off...
View ArticleHow many keywords should I use in SEO?
Keywords are one of the most important things in SEO – yet sadly they can also be one of the most distracting. While it’s important to know what keywords you should be using in your SEO, and of course...
View ArticleFacebook error costs Wirral councillor
It seems incredible that people, particularly politicians, still make mistakes where the Internet and Facebook is concerned – believing that their comments will go largely unnoticed. The sort of...
View ArticleDynamic isn’t always good in SEO
Dynamic is one of those positive words – a word that can only mean good things. Dynamic means ‘action’, it means ‘exciting’ and it also describes the Dynamic Duo of Batman and Robin. That’s always a...
View ArticleMurdoch continues to miss the point over Google
News Corp supremo Rupert Murdoch has pledged to continue his campaign to stop Google ‘stealing’ his content for its Google News platform in a recent interview with Marvin Kalb. Murdoch claims that...
View ArticleDoes your SEO know what they’re doing?
The trouble with SEO, unlike most other services, is you don’t actually require any form of accreditation or schooling in order to offer it. You can’t legally offer to rewire someone’s electrics, or...
View ArticleTwitter claims another political victim
Another day and another figure in the public eye goes to the wall after a terminal case of Twitter insanity. Labour election candidate Stuart MacLennan insulted several high profile political figures...
View Article5 reasons your SEO sucks
Whether you’ve employed a professional search engine optimisation company, or if you’ve simply learnt SEO for yourself, it doesn’t necessarily mean that your website’s SEO is first rate and enough to...
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