Tag Archives: links

Some Great Examples of Link Bait

There is a huge amount of discussion on the web about links, what makes a link a good one, what should be avoided and what is a great idea, The thing is, as with any other area of SEO, if … Continue reading

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Of Cheats, Penalties and What Google Wants

There is a lot of discussions going on the moment about some new Google rule changes, these concerning the issue of having too many ads on your site. The word is that having too many ads ‘above the fold’ on … Continue reading

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Analysing the traffic on other peoples websites

When you are considering placing links on other sites for SEO / backlinks purposes you don’t really have to know what sort of traffic a website gets, after all, all you want is the ‘Link Juice’ that these links give. … Continue reading

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Buying Links is Bad – But That Does Not Seem to Stop People Buying Them!

As anyone in the SEO world knows, buying links is frowned upon on the basis that these links have not been ‘earned’ and therefore Google will ignore them. Does Google Penalise Sites That Buy Links? Some say that Google even … Continue reading

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SEO and Scare Stories….

Lets be clear on this, there are a lot of ‘scare’ stories out there in the SEO world. Some may, just be true but some defy logic and I simply don’t believe all that I read and would advise anyone … Continue reading

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How to use Majestic SEO to Improve Your Linking Structure

One of the surest ways of increasing the rankings for any site is to get more links pointing to it, the other name for these being ‘backlinks’. There are of course many many ways of getting links to a site, … Continue reading

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Free Search Engine Optimisation Survey

At SOM we’ve always gone out of our way to help people decide what to do (and what not to do too) when it comes to marketing their site on the Search Engines. We start this process by carrying out … Continue reading

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Are Links Counted on Non Indexed Pages?

I was pointed to this blog by a colleague and although it is quite an old post (July 2010) it may well still be correct today. Of course, the recent Panda / Farmer update MAY change things over the next … Continue reading

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May the Fourth Be With You..

Sorry for the Star Wars pun (yes another one on the band wagon) but it is relevant to Search Marketing, as the Fourth Factor in SEO is becoming something that you cannot afford to ignore. But Hey, you say the … Continue reading

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Google Giveth – But It Does Not Always Take Away

To be sure Goolge can give any business a huge leg up in the market place by placing their site at the top of the rankings for a really useful keyphrase. These Search Engine placements are themselves gained by the … Continue reading

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