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Why Small Businesses Are Getting Their SEO Wrong

Oh God, not SEO again! Yeah, yeah, I’ve heard it all before – get a bunch of keywords, stick them in your site, people will…

2015 Ranking Factors Survey

Ranking well in the search results would be easy if you had a crystal ball, but I’m guessing you don’t. That’s why mere mortals like you and me have to rely on the opinions of experts. That’s why I wanted to…

What’s the Future of SEO?

Google has been throwing all manner of birds and animals at us recently in an attempt to improve user search experience. Plus, unless you change your Google settings, many of you are seeing local search results rather…

Keyword Research - Common Mistakes

This blog was first published on Freelance Copywriter’s Blog. Read on to discover the mistakes made when doing keyword research to make sure you don’t fall into the same traps. When you start working on your SEO…

Simple SEO Checks to Boost Your Website

Search engine optimisation doesn’t have to be scary. Despite the claims of some, anyone can make simple SEO checks on their website that will make a difference to their rankings.…

What’s The Optimum Number of Keywords?

Keywords are the holy grail of online marketing and search engine optimisation. They are what stand between your website being relegated to being an expensive electronic brochure that no one ever sees, or being…

Why Keyword Research is The First Thing You Should Do

What should come first? Your website or your keyword research. Unlike the chicken and the egg conundrum, this one…

You’ve Got Traffic, So Why Aren’t You Ranking?

You’ve worked so hard with your search engine optimisation strategy. All that blogging, article writing and, SEO copywriting and, rather expensive, SEO tweaks to your website…

Marketing With Google Local

Does this look familiar? This is the Google 10 box that appears at the top of your search results. It shows 10 local businesses that relate directly to your search term (so in this case it is builders). Ever…

Using YouTube for Keyword Research

Sally Ormond, freelance copywriter, comments on Kieron Hughes’ post “Using YouTube as a keyword research tool for SEO” that appeared on SEOMOZ.org When talking keyword research, most people think about what they’re selling (products and services)…

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