Hope you had a great break. Australian retailers are still whingeing that online retailers have some sort of advantage because they are avoiding the GST. It’s simply not true and the data shows that. The problem is with dollar parity there is a yawning gap between AU offline prices and online. It’s a lot more […]

I’m often surprised how keyword selection ends up being the poor cousin of an SEO campaign. A case in point this week was the AU Fed Govt launching a site to help get businesses online. They had a comprehensive section on SEO and whilst you could excuse them for not having any information on Google […]

This is the last vlog for 2010. This week I take a look at why retail is having a very bad year in Australia and why online is thriving. Also David Meerman Scott Australian dates are announced and Vint Cerf one of the founders of the Internet (it wasn’t Al Gore) wants your help JimJim’s […]

Wikileaks DNS provider withdrew its services during the week which meant that wikileaks.org was no longer available. The response from the Internet community was to mirror wikileaks DNS at over 1000 different addresses. This of course is a massive duplicate content issue and today I have a look at how Google is handling it. Also […]

What a massive week for keyword search spikes. This week I take a look at what happens to search when mainstream media report widely on an Issue. I also show you how to manage a domain name change without confusing Google or your users. JimJim’s been here for a while, you know who he is. […]

Do you get sick of numbered lists? Top 5 reasons for this or that? I do, the thing is they work though. So today I have my top 6 ranking checks! 🙂 JimJim’s been here for a while, you know who he is. stewartmedia.biz

DON’T PANIC! Some good advice from one of my favourite authors, the late Douglas Adams. Google made some changes last week which has sent a lot of folk into panic mode. You may remember a few weeks back I told you that you should go and claim your Google places entry as Google had told […]

One of the things a WordPress site does well is alert search engines and directories when you publish new content. This alerts a lot of other sites & content bots to your content. Using Google Webmaster tools you can track which keywords trigger auto backlinking sites to link you and maybe give you some ideas […]

I told you recently I was interviewed on Peter Switzer’s show Grow Your Business with Claire Hatten from Google & Simon Van Wyk from Hothouse Interactive. It aired over the weekend & is now available here http://bit.ly/bKfNUO Over the years we’ve had a lot of clients want to try and trick Google. It’s not a […]

Last week an SEO bloke from the UK, Patrick Altoft, stumbled across a Google test/update. Google Instant was tested then released. It would seem this change also is not far off given that it is in testing phase. This change, unlike Google Instant, will have implications on ranking and also clickthrough rates from the SERPS. […]