Google’s July 09 Algo Change – Big Daddy 2?
On July 1st 2009 Google’s new algorithm kicked in much to the confusion of webmasters around the world. Some even compared it to the now infamous Big Daddy Algo change back in 2006. In this post...
View ArticleGoogle Caffeine – The SEO Implications
Google recently announced it’s top secret project codenamed “Caffeine”. This project seems to have been a few years in the making and meant to capitalise on the growing interest in “real time search”...
View ArticleIs Social Media Optimisation (SMO) the end of SEO?
For about the last five years, there has been so much hype about Search Engine Optimisation that the reality has been obscured. The reality is that standard Web searches may be useful, but they are...
View ArticleCourting Clients Online
Proper search engine optimisation (SEO) is all about meeting your target audience online. It’s one of the things a website owner does to put their best foot forward and arrange introductions to people...
View ArticleAnnotate Google Analytics For SEO Insights [Guide]
With all the changes Google’s algorithm goes through each year, it’s worth keeping track of how this affects your website’s traffic. Use this 4-step guide to annotate your Analytics account with...
View ArticleAdapt Your SEO For Trends: Real-Time & Local Search
The majority of SEOs focus on optimising for desktop/laptop search results. The good ones (#97 in particular) are aware of the latest search trends and incorporate optimisation techniques that always...
View ArticlePenguin’s Exact Match Anchor Text Massacre [TIPS]
On April 24, 2012, Google unleashed yet another algorithm update. This one primarily focused on web spam and unnatural link schemes. Old school backlinking strategies were rendered obsolete, in favour...
View ArticleSEO Is Dead, Long Live SEO
If you’ve been reading the recent stories lamenting that Google has brought about the death of SEO with its latest algorithm modifications, you may be among the many fearing SEO has no future as a...
View ArticleNew Link Disavow Tool: Is It Google’s Trojan Horse?
It has been said that one of the golden rules to SEO success is a healthy level of paranoia. The financial stability of thousands of webmasters, bloggers and affiliate marketers are almost entirely...
View ArticleNegative SEO: 3 Tips to Fight Back
Negative SEO is a big buzzword online right now. Following the release of the Google disavow links tool, a possible admission that links from so-called “bad neighborhoods” can have a detrimental impact...
View ArticleSEO in 2013: Your Survival Guide
As 2012 comes to its conclusion, many people are left asking themselves a gloomy question. Is the end near? While the majority do not take Mayan prophecy literally, the underlying question is one that...
View ArticleSEO Tips for Video Marketing
Even the savviest SEO experts are immensely challenged when it comes to getting their website first page rankings on Google. Websites that can successfully pull together a blended platform showcasing...
View ArticleGoogle Tightens Noose Around SEO Link Building [TIPS]
Google has further tightened its noose around manipulative link building techniques/schemes aimed at influencing its “SERPS”. If you haven’t already, go through Google’s recently updated “Link Schemes”...
View Article[How To] Claw Back Google’s Keywords (Not Provided)
A hot topic among online marketers today, and especially SEOs, is Google’s move to block all keyword data from showing up in its Analytics product. Under the guise of “protecting privacy”, it’s...
View ArticleThe Tell Tale Signs of Google’s Patent Registrations
If you’re as obsessive as I am about SEO you’ll already know about Bill Slawski’s SEO By The Sea. For years now Bill has been studying Google’s patent filings and feeding back to the SEO community...
View Article6 Things to Think About When Calculating SEO ROI
Yesterday, I had the pleasure of hosting Dubai Digital‘s first SEO 101 workshop to kick off the thought leadership vision I had for Sandstorm Digital when I first joined towards the beginning of the...
View ArticleWhat Does The Future Hold For SEO? 2014 Predictions [Curated]
Another predictions post. But this one’s with a twist. In the spirit of this glorious season, a curated post, sharing with you what other experts predict for 2014. 1. More Hummingbirds on the Horizon...
View ArticleWhy I Support Google’s Fight Against SEO Guest Blogging
Back in January, Matt Cutts said that if you’re guest blogging for links, stop. This was followed by a penalty imposed by Google on a large guest blogging network (unfair imo); and millions of Google...
View ArticleMy Workshop in Dubai SEO for News Websites – March 23
One of the important hubs for the news publishing sector in the Middle East and Gulf region is Dubai. Actually, many of these regional offices are right here at our doorsteps in the heart of Media...
View ArticleMy Interview With John Timmerman – Good Monster
I was recently interviewed by the brilliant John Timmerman from Good Monster about what it takes for brands to rise above the noise and get their message across in a crowded and extremely noisy...
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