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- SEO
- 8th Jun 2012
- 23 Comments
From fake reviews to boost rankings, to early reviews on unreleased products, the desire to rank well and get in there first has led to a drastic decline in the quality of online reviews. We investigate this worrying trend. -
- News
- 8th Mar 2013
- 23 Comments
Funny Job Interview Stories From Across the Digital Industry
Over the past few years I have interviewed a lot of individuals for digital marketing related roles including SEO, PPC, Social, Analytics and Content. A lot of the time, interviews run pretty smoothly and you get an idea of how the interview is going to pan out right from the very start. However, there have been some occasions where I have interviewed people and some of the things they come out with are shocking! -
- SEO
- 27th Feb 2012
- 22 Comments
94 Easy Ways to Learn SEO (Interactive Infographic)
We asked the SEO community for their favourite online resources to learn SEO and these are the books, conferences, blogs and tips that came up most frequently. Read more -
- Brand
- 10th Aug 2012
- 22 Comments
How 163 People Helped A New Author (#Top100Challenge Results)
163 amazing, wonderful, kind people.That’s how many people helped me when all I did was ask. Friends, family, colleagues and even people I had never met all pledged their time to help with a challenge. This speaks volumes about the power of people, and how by asking for help, you can achieve amazing things.
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- Social Media
- 2nd Oct 2012
- 21 Comments
Viral Spam: Help a Human, Not a Hoaxer
If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to ruin my experience on Facebook, or any other social media platform for that matter, it’s viral fan spam. Images, quotations and jokes that get passed from person to person, imploring the recipient to share with ten friends or risk illness, bad luck or being ridiculed for their lack of caring. It’s a mess and one that really drives me mad! -
- SEO
- 6th Feb 2013
- 21 Comments
5 Reasons Why Web Design Should Be Your First Stop in Any SEO Campaign
It’s Guest Post Time!Web designers and SEOs don’t always see eye-to-eye, which is why Ade Lewis from Teapot Creative takes a look at what the two disciplines can learn from each other. Can’t we all just get along?
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- SEO
- 12th Mar 2013
- 21 Comments
Technical Tips To Avoid A Duplicate Content Penalty
Since Google’s most recent Panda algorithm updates they have become more adept at penalising sites where the quality and quantity of content is poor. This has been evident more so on minimalist sites that provide more rich images than content, but has also affected sites that have limited content for the user above the fold of the page. -
- SEO
- 1st Aug 2011
- 20 Comments
How to Create a Video Sitemap for Embedded YouTube Videos (without using linkedtube.com)
I recently came across no easy explanation on how to create a Google Video Sitemap for your website when you are using YouTube as your video host. Read more -
- News
- 27th Jul 2012
- 20 Comments
Help An Unknown Author Reach The Amazon Top 100 - #Top100Challenge
It’s Time…With over 120 amazing volunteers (and you!) I’m attempting to reach the Amazon Top 100 with the digital version of my book “Free Stuff Everyday”. We hope to explore the power of crowd sourced viral marketing and to see if a self published author can reach the Amazon charts with a little help from his friends.
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- SEO
- 8th Mar 2011
- 19 Comments
Are eBooks the new Content Farms?
Whilst the Google farmer update has not meant the end of content farms, it has certainly hit them hard and put a lot of content writers out of work [see Mahalo fires 10% of staff].
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- SEO
- 27th Jun 2012
- 19 Comments
Why I Deleted Your Guest Post Pitch (With Awful Outreach Examples)
Say hello to the recycle bin! After placing a listing on MyBlogGuest as an experiment, whilst some responses were great, around 80% of the guest blog requests I received went straight in the bin. Mistakes ranged from simple errors, to downright laziness and even potential lawsuits. Today I look at the worst offenders and what they should have done better.
