SEO Blog

I was asked a few months back to take part in a new podcast called Beers Blokes & Business. It is the Beer child of Sean Callanan aka @sportsgeek. The basic premise of the show is a bunch of blokes talking business while sampling some fine amber ale. I’ve only contributed to a few episodes […]

Amazing that you get so many hits on (not provided) huh? Back in 2011 Google stopped providing the search phrases from users that were logged into Google and in a secure https session. Last week they announced that they are extending that “security” to pretty much everyone… unless you’re an advertiser. The reason for this […]

Back in 2005 I got to no.1 for the phrase “SEO Melbourne”. It’s a pretty tough phrase as you can imagine. Since then we have stayed on page 1 but the last several months we have been below the fold. I’m fairly sure we’re the only company since 2005 that has remained on page 1 […]

In last week’s post I discussed how I’m putting together an online SEO Course. One of the elements I mentioned was looking at webmaster tools and the index. Today I take a look at a FMCG brand’s webmaster tools and the Google index. It’s clear that I’m the only one looking at it. Their online […]

UPDATE: We’ve finally kickstarted our online SEO course, check out the details here. I just got back from the Gold Coast having attended the @problogger conference. I was delivering a session on SEO for bloggers. Specifically how to do SEO for wordpress. I was asked many times if I ran SEO courses or if I […]

This is my first year at the PBEVENT and I’m giving an SEO Presentation, naturally. I’ve known @problogger for about 10 years and have always been a big fan of his work so I was delighted to be asked to present. On the flight up to the PBEvent every second passenger seemed to be going. […]

As you know, when Google begins to bang on about something it is a good idea to pay attention. Usually if they spend time trying to get people to take note of a concept or idea they are implementing it into their algorithm. Now they are ramping up around authorship. Here are a few things […]

In this week’s video I take a shot at predicting the outcome of Australia’s Federal Election by looking at what people are typing into Google and what they are watching on YouTube. Here are my top 4 tips for keyword research that will help you pinpoint what your customers are looking for. 1. Use Google […]

Coming to you from the Island of Kauai in Hawaii this week 🙂 I’m looking at a local site from a village where I’m staying. Some of the SEO they are doing is great but there are some fundamentals they are not doing which means they are missing out on a lot of traffic. 1. […]

Bing? What? Stay with me. When I read this article about Google reading my emails I had a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. Sure I’d always suspected it but against my better judgement I went with the cloud email a couple of years back. It made me stop and think how much […]