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UPDATE: Video transcript available for ‘SEO, US Military and a furniture shop’ Last week we had a few hacking attempts on one of our servers. It was pretty consistent, so I beefed up security with a few bits an pieces. Then yesterday morning I was doing some audits on a few new clients sites and […]

UPDATE: Video transcript available for ‘Buy a small slice of good SEO not tons of “cheap SEO”‘ You can watch the video for the full story but I’ll precis  it here. This is something I’ve never done before and will probably never do again. A Former Client SEO horror story I had a call from […]

UPDATE: Video transcript available for ‘SEO For A New Site – 7 Steps’ I’ve written and talked about this a lot but based on discussions I’ve had with business owners at conferences this year, it’s worth revisiting. If you have an established site and are pushing to a new one make sure you have a […]

Just got back from PESA on the Gold Coast. I can’t speak highly enough of this conference. It’s not just a business conference, after 9 years it’s like catching up with a bunch of mates. This was the 4th conference we’ve exhibited at this year and none of them even come close to PESA for […]

I had a bunch of sites to choose from last week for the SEO Audit. I thought I’d do another this week to show some other techniques that may help. If you want a full SEO Audit (not one of these 15 minute ones) you can order it here. Incremental SEO in today’s video I’m […]

Next week I’ll be at the PeSA Conference where amongst other things, I’ll be conducting SEO audits in 15 min blocks. Here is how I quickly assess a site for SEO. 1. Screaming Frog This is probably the best SEO tool out there. Like most good SEO tools, it brings everything together so you can quickly […]

I’m in Sydney at CeBIT this week which is a lot of fun. I could think of worse places to be than at conference immersed in full on tech geekery. We have a stand here and I am talking to a lot of marketers about the problems they are facing with their SEO. There are […]

What a fizzer. All that tumult and turmoil for nothing? It would seem that way wouldn’t it. So two months ago, Google told us to be mobile ready because they were making a big change and would be rewarding sites that were mobile friendly. April 21 they said, be ready they said, you could lose […]

UPDATE: Jim’s latest appearance on Switzer features an in-depth discussion regarding HTTPS and it’s impact on search, read all about it here. Jim Stewart, CEO of StewArt Media, made another appearance as a guest speaker on Sky News Switzer report on Tuesday evening. Jim explained in depth the dangers that websites that aren’t mobile friendly […]

Boy there’s a lot of nonsense being published about today’s mobile update from Google. One of the most inaccurate articles was published yesterday in Fairfax papers. I’m not linking to it because I do not want to give it any more oxygen. It needs to be buried. I thought I’d address the top 5 myths […]