filed in Blogging, SEO on Jul.01, 2009
Thanks to the Hobo Custom Link Love WordPress plug-in that I blogged about yesterday, we are now offering dofollow links from the comments field of this blog. Spammers beware though, because I’ll be deleting any comments stashed full with links, with spammy names or anything that just doesn’t quite smell right! Â So if you want [...]
filed in Blogging, SEO on Jun.30, 2009
Recently, Matt Cutts (head of webspam at Google) announced that they have changed the way that nofollow links are used. Â In fact, the way that Google have treated these links changed nearly a year ago but they only got around to announcing it now. For most people, this doesn’t matter at all but for those [...]
filed in Blogging, SEO on Jun.09, 2009
One old SEO technique that I still see is that of blog commenting. Â Years ago, it was an easy way to generate links to your website. Â All you had to do was leave a comment on a blog and either add your website to the comment or populate the URL field. Â Either way, you’d [...]
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 [...]
filed in Blogging, Social Networking on Feb.27, 2009
Tad over at the SEOptimise blog has collected together a great list of blog posts about Twitter, including 15 great tools and how to use Twitter for business. Â I’d recommend taking some time to check it out if you’re trying to get the most out of Twitter. Â In fact, it’s worth looking at it [...]
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filed in Blogging, Google, Misc on Feb.24, 2009
Gmail, usually one of the most reliable email site on the Internet has been down for a few hours today. Â Google has taken a bit of a beating for not responding within an acceptable time (3 hours). I don’t use my Gmail as my primary email account so I’ve not really suffered but one [...]
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filed in Blogging, Social Networking on Feb.24, 2009
I’ve a strong advocate of linking to other blogs – not just to get links back (although that is a very nice side-effect) but also because I want to share information with my blog readers if I think it’s useful. However, if you’re linking out to other blogs in order to get them to link [...]
filed in Blogging, Marketing, SEO on Feb.20, 2009
Many small businesses are now incorporating blogs into their websites and are seeing some amazing results! What is a Blog? A blog is a website, or an area of a website, that allows you to easily publish your own content. It’s usually much more informal than a business website, with a mix of articles, tips, [...]
filed in Blogging, Marketing, Misc, Social Networking on Dec.12, 2008
I have over 3500 followers on Twitter and it’s growing every day. Â I’m often asked how I manage to do it and the answer is very simple: I give my followers what they want and I interact with them. The #1 mistake people on Twitter make is that they use it purely for their own [...]
filed in Blogging, Google, SEO on Dec.04, 2008
One of the things I’m always surprised about is the sheer variety of search terms that people use to find my website. Recently I wrote a very brief post about the impact of the recent VAT changes in the UK and how it would likely affect small businesses. Â I didn’t actually write it with the [...]