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Posted by Jonothan Stribling

What is keyword research?

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Researching and zeroing in on the right keywords is probably the most important part of SEO, because having the right keywords on the site goes a long way towards attracting targeted traffic to your website. Even if your website has all the latest bells and whistles, without the right keywords or, worse, no keywords at [...]

Posted by Oliver McNaught-Reynolds

SEO from the get-go

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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) has become a fundamental process for any website. While it can be applied at any stage, optimisation will be a lot easier if the capabilities are installed from the get go! Did you know that the type of CMS (Content Management System) you have for your website may not have SEO [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

Optimizing Paid Search and Pay-Per-Click – Top 20 tips

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As the adage goes, practice makes perfect. Any webmaster worth his salt will eventually reap the fruits of his labours if he practices Search Engine Optimization (SEO) endlessly and optimizes the site by accepting Pay-Per-Click (PPC) placements. Master these valuable lessons below and you will soon have both SEO and PPC mastered. Page Optimization 1.    [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

How blogging can help small businesses

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Blogging is a great way for small businesses to engage their customers and website visitors and help improve their SEO. Not only does blogging improve your SEO by creating unique content which is loved by Google and Bing,  it also helps with consumer engagement and sharability across social networks. Blogging can be one of the [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

Beware Black Hat SEO: Avoiding content spam

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There are a class of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) specialists that lure unsuspecting webmasters with promises of quick indexing by search engines and high page rank, all without the expense of paid search. In the fairly tight circle of Internet marketing, they have come to be known as “Black Hat” SEO practitioners (as opposed to [...]

Posted by Joo Dean

The top 5 SEO myths debunked

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SEO Myth 1 – The more times you repeat the keyword within the page, the higher it will rank Over-optimising the webpage and cramming the page with keywords will only result in your website being penalised by search engines. Consider adding 1-2 relevant keywords in the first and last paragraph, but ensure that the content [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

An Introduction to Content Marketing for SMB’s

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Content marketing is the big thing right now. It’s so big that Forbes Magazine wrote about it last week, identifying it as one of the top priorities for marketers in 2013. In October last year, the New York Times wrote last year about how in the United States, some SMB’s are moving their marketing spend [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

8 Online Goals for SMB’s in 2013

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Once the dust has settled on New Years celebrations, it is easy to become a little overwhelmed by the sad reality of a full inbox, lengthy to-do list, and broken resolutions. Don’t feel too bad though, because we’ve got your online goals sorted. Our team have created a list of goals to help SMB’s make 2013 [...]

Posted by Jonothan Stribling

Mastering SEO: Identifiers and Site Architecture

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When discussing search engine optimization (SEO) with website architecture, the more important considerations to look at are domain names, URL’s and site navigation. Domain name Like brand names for products and services, domain names need to be carefully thought out.  Marketing professionals always strive for a domain name that gives the company the benefit of [...]

Posted by Oliver McNaught-Reynolds

3 Easy Tips for a Great Search Result Listing

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The aim of this blog article is to help you better understand the following key terms in relation to how your website appears in search result listings. I’m sure everyone is familiar with Google’s search results page, where 10 results per page are displayed in order of how closely they are related to your search. [...]