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Matt Cutts of Google, recently made a video where he discussed handling out of stock or discontinued products on ecommerce sites. I agree with some of his suggestions but not one crucial one. SEO & 404s Many of us working in SEO can point to specific examples where an increase in 404s leads to a […]
I’m moving home this week, so this week’s video and blog are a tad shorter than usual. Last week we began a series of SEO case studies. Every Friday ( not this one though because it’s a public holiday) we’ll be publishing a story from one of the team of an SEO challenge they have […]
This post is not about beating up on Google. It is really more about how much cheaper it is to sell stuff via Facebook, for one of our clients anyway. A few weeks back I did a show on Facebook vs Google. I introduced you to a couple of new audience features we were playing […]
If you have been hit with a manual penalty from Google it’s your lucky day! I know it may not feel like that when you see your traffic and rankings plummet but the alternative of dropping away without knowing why is a far greater dilemma. By getting a manual spam action, it allows you to […]
You may have heard that since I learned of the new types of ads available on Facebook from the Beers Blokes and Business episode “What’s Up Zuck?”, I immediately started trialling it for ourselves and some of our clients. I admit that up until then I had not been much of a fan of Facebook […]
Matt Cutts released a video yesterday in response to a viewer question about being hit by an algorithm change or a manual penalty. He explained you should do all the usual checks in Google webmaster tools as well as making sure you have a healthy site. The big check he did not tell you to […]
For SEO there’s been some question around the value of backlinks from social sources such as Twitter & G+. Are they worth it? Should I spam the bejesus out of the networks with my backlinks. In case you’re wondering, the answer to the latter question is no. In today’s video I revisit some data from […]
It’s that time again kids when we get to review someone’s site for SEO. If you want your site reviewed just follow me on twitter @jimboot In this week’s video I take a look at a site that has just been inherited by a viewer. If you ever inherit a site you really should triage […]
So I would have thought the brand Interflora would have learned from it’s Google slap just over a year ago. Although that was the UK version of Interflora. It seems either that Interflora Australia is now engaging in backlink spam or someone is certainly trying to make it look like they are. SEO Spam Clues […]
SEO is the foundation of your digital marketing efforts but the fuel that feeds both your SEO and social marketing is content. Breaking News SEOs! Guess what? The search engines love content. Who knew? Google loves it so much it wants to marry it. Of course most SEOs who know this believe that churning out […]
