An SEO Game
I received an email this morning from Gareth Davies from GSINC (great last name by the way Gareth In his email he let me know about a new SEO game that just came online. If you like SEO and/or you like...
View ArticleGoogle Shuffle?
When I launch my browser (Firefox) it starts with 4 tabs. The first three are the major engines with “seo services” in the query just so I can keep close tabs on how we’re doing. The 4th is another...
View ArticleCutts On Google
Matt Cutts did a great interview with Mike MacDonald from WebPronews. The discussed Google in 2009 and answered a lot of questions that I know I’ve heard from a number of clients and confirmed a few...
View ArticleCloaking?
I received an interesting email regarding an often used technique for hiding content. I could describe it but you can see what’s what at http://www.hireacamera.com/. Just click the “Resources” link at...
View ArticleGoogle Spanks Overstock.com
In the ongoing battle to acquire the highly coveted number 1 spot in the Google Search Rankings, some companies resort to using unsavoury tactics and grey-hat or even black hat techniques link building...
View ArticleGaming Facebook and the Social Web
The emergence of social media and its manipulation for SEO is certainly not new concept. An article detailing “What Social Signals Do Google and Bing Really Count?” from Danny Sullivan on December 1st,...
View ArticleMay the Fourth Be With You / Star Wars Appreciation Day and the SEO Connection
The Star Wars saga continues to grow in popularity with the increasing May the Fourth be with You/Star Wars Appreciation Day. This unofficial day of recognition for anything Star Wars has grown from a...
View ArticleGoogle Busts Anglo Rank, Anglo Rank Keeps Trucking
On December 6, Google’s Matt Cuts sent out this cheeky tweet: “’There are absolutely NO footprints linking the websites together.’ Oh, Anglo Rank.” This was effectively an announcement that Google had...
View ArticleGoogle Goes Network Hunting
Last week, I reported on Google’s takedown of AngloRank, a supposedly solid link network used by black hats to boost their sites. It was amusing to follow AngloRank’s sales thread on BlackHatWorld,...
View ArticlePirate Purge: Google Link Removal Requests Jump 75% from Last Year
According to a recent article at Torrent Freak, Google’s link removal department had a very busy year in 2014, receiving removal requests for over 345 million links this year with the majority of the...
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