Archive for April, 2009:
filed in Google, SEO on Apr.20, 2009
On Friday I spoke about the trust that can easily be generated just by having a top ranking in Google for a relevant search term. The findings of a recent survey showed that by having a top ranking, people assumed that you were an expert in your field. What this means is that people are [...]
Tags: Google, local, poor, quality, results, search, serps, site links, sitelinks
filed in Google, Marketing, SEO on Apr.17, 2009
I’ve been meaning to write about the results from this poll for a long time – I’ve finally got around to doing it today. I’ve been thinking a lot about these results and what surprised me the most is that people are willing to trust search results (which can quite easily be gamed/manipulated) over something [...]
Tags: forrester, Marketing, SEO, trust
filed in Blogging, Marketing, Social Networking on Apr.16, 2009
Today I want to share an example with you of how powerful a newsletter is at attracting new clients. Recently we launched a new ‘Affordable SEO‘ service especially aimed at small and medium sized businesses. Â We knew that it was going to be a popular service but we didn’t realise just HOW popular it would [...]
Tags: Blogging, Marketing, newsletter, twitter
filed in Misc on Apr.09, 2009
Recently I’ve needed to find a new tenant for my flat which I rent out, so I went to the usual estate agents that I use. They wanted £750 to find someone, which I thought a bit steep but which seemed to be the going rate so I told them to proceed. 3 weeks late, [...]
Tags: flat rent, gumtree, recommended
filed in SEO on Apr.08, 2009
After a lengthy period of development and refinement, we are pleased to launch our new ‘recession-busting‘ search engine optimisation service. Exclusively aimed at small businesses, it’s an affordable way to get your website search engine optimised by a leading SEO expert as well as giving you the tools and knowledge to beat your competitors in [...]
Tags: affordable seo, budget seo, small business seo
filed in Google, SEO on Apr.02, 2009
For those of you that follow such things (most SEOs (despite what they say (including me!)), Google updated their Toolbar PageRank yesterday – April Fools day. While such an update has little to no impact on your search engine rankings, it’s an interesting indicator as to whether your SEO efforts are having any effect or [...]
Tags: Google, pagerank, SEO, update