Posted by harpreet.seehra on December 22nd, 2009
In the past, Google has used personalized search results for users that browse whilst they’re signed into their Google account. The use of this “personalized search” has now been extended to users that are not signed in. This is very bad for SEO.
Users can disable this setting by clicking on “Web History” but most users [...]
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Posted by david.morris on December 15th, 2009
Did you know that duplicate content on the Internet can have a huge negative impact on your search engine optimisation campaign? Duplicate content can come from a number of different places and the way each is dealt with varies…
Duplicate internal pages – If your site has duplicate pages, the best method is to choose one [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on December 11th, 2009
Page Load Time
I mentioned in my last post that there were rumours that Google may use page load time as an indicator over the next year or so. This may have been introduced sooner than we think or Google may be highlighting these issues to site owner in order for them to resolve them, before [...]
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Posted by david.morris on December 9th, 2009
When considering a Search Engine Optimisation campaign, the results you get will vary between the three major search engines; Google, Yahoo! and Bing. With a vast majority of users favouring Google as their search engine of choice, it’s nice to have recently noticed that Google are often working to improve the Google search experience for [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on December 4th, 2009
Search Engines (SE’s) are determined in being able to distinguish indicators, which they then can employ to advance the value of the results that are made available to users.
Search engines such as Google, want to maintain or grow its market share and this can only be done if users are kept happy by offering them [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on November 25th, 2009
SEO Tips from an SEO Consultant
Pick the right website name
For example, jargons.com will not do for a company selling watches, instead jargon-watches.com is a much more suitable name. If possible include your keyphrases in the domain name.
Pick the right keywords!
Generic keywords won’t do, statistics don’t lie! A long tailed keyword has a higher conversion rate [...]
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Posted by david.morris on November 23rd, 2009
As with email marketing, Search Engine Optimisation has been used to spam Internet users with junk information and websites. SEOspam fills the search engine result pages (SERPs) with results that have nothing to do with the search term the user has entered. Since the different search engines want their results to be the most relevant, [...]
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Posted by david.morris on November 18th, 2009
Now that the Coke advert has been shown on television, it is now officially the Christmas season. Not only does this mean the shops are now full of decorations and the latest gadgets, but it could possibly have an affect on your Search Engine Optimisation campaign, as the different seasons could decide on what keywords [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on November 18th, 2009
Swindon borough council has announced it will be allowing free Wi-Fi to all its residents.
The 1 million pound scheme will be funded by both public and private money. About 1400 protected access points will be located around the town by the council in order to generate a “Wi-Fi mesh”. The population of Swindon will be [...]
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Posted by mariam.shariff on November 16th, 2009
Planning your SEO prior to the website build…
Often website owners don’t realise just how significant SEO is to the success of their website and their business. Too often they concentrate more on the design and layout of their new website. While it is important to plan the layout of the website and have an appealing design to go [...]
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