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I’ve spoken a lot about Ecommerce SEO over the years but Google released a new Adwords product late last year called Google Shopping.  They used to have a product called Product Listing Ads (PLAs) which was meh. I have to say though Google shopping is a great way for retailers to get right in front […]

Ask anyone in the office here and they’ll tell you I love a good analogy. Let’s face it, SEO can be a daunting, complex topic for a lot of people so anytime I can simplify the concepts I do.  When I talk about site health to a client quite often I’ll liken it to the vehicle […]

I was talking to a couple of different clients yesterday about their SEO one at the very start of being our client and another that has been with us for nearly 3 years. A few  practices emerged good and bad, that I thought I’d share with you as examples of what not to do. Forget […]

I’ve banged on about ecommerce SEO  and it’s unique challenge for retailers over the years. I’ve also highlighted some of the major issues with trying to SEO on popular ecommerce CMS like bigcommerce and opencart . Over this time the way do SEO for ecommerce sites has evolved significantly. Like everything we do at StewArtMedia, we put it down […]

Sometimes Google reminds me of a patient headmaster doling out advice and wisdom and then loses it and starts randomly whacking people with a cricket bat who wear a certain type of hat. We are fast approaching a whacking day. Since Jan 16 Google has been sending out emails warning web site owners that they […]

With the recent rise in social media, Facebook has become a game changer for many businesses looking for low cost promotion. From B2B services to outdoor furniture, we’ve found that almost every business can grow by leveraging advertising on Facebook. Here are 5 reasons why your business can benefit from Facebook’s unique advertising platform: 1. Targeting […]

One of our clients RealAs.com , was featured on the National Nine News last Friday night. I recorded what happened to the traffic in realtime and it was most enlightening. One of the interesting things about the RealAs site is that it has a lot of duplicate content. That is, content duplicated externally not internally. The […]

Hope you and yours had a great silly season! We’re looking to a fantastic 2015. The question I always get asked this time of year is what is new for SEO this year? In my first video for the year I take a look at six case studies all that had awesome results from Google […]

I was a judge this year again for the SmartCompany web awards in the search category. It was a very strong field this year, with a very diverse group of sites. I immediately disqualified one as when I went to look at it, it was down. For the others I put together a score sheet […]

I caught up with Darren Rowse (@problogger) last week for a recording of Beers Blokes & Business. I’ve always admired the way Darren goes about his work. Diligent, process driven but always very generous with his time and information. For a bloke that is generating 5 million plus page views a month, that is pretty […]