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Google will get Tougher on Content Farms
Google’s Matt Cutts fired a warning towards sites whose pages are full of mass-produced ‘mccontent’ from content farms, or those companies that employee many hundreds/thousands of writers to create shallow, low-quality articles just for search engines. Matt Cutt’s blog post makes it clear that ...
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A report from the Manchester SEO mini conference
There was an excellent range of topics at the Manchester SEO mini-conference on Friday; from Yahoo specialist Nichola Stott providing insights into the search engine business, to Kevin Newman talking about the psychology of link building and how patterns of human behaviour can relate to the hunt for links. Barry ...
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ProSEO Seminar in London, October 2010
This year’s ProSEO London seminar was a blistering two days of SEO insight. It’s been described as the SEO event of the year and a ‘must-attend' conference for any SEO professional. One of the highlights of this year’s ProSEO was the debate between Rand Fishkin ...
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New Google local SERPs
Google has updated its search results to include greater integration with Maps. The map, which shows local businesses in SERPs, is now placed to the right of the page, just above sponsored listings. Meanwhile, the central organic listings have been expanded to include more details about individual ‘local’ business. ‘Geo-targeted’ searches appear this way, that is, phrases that are written ...
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Ask Jeeves launches anniversary promotion
To celebrate its 10th birthday, Ask Jeeves, the search engine from Ask.com, has launched a new promotion designed to attract more users to the site. The website, which has a global market share of under one per cent, has recruited a number of high-profile names, including Sarah ...
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Social search, and what it could mean for your business
The deal recently struck between search engines Google and Bing and social networks Facebook and Twitter could have potentially massive implications for businesses. From now on, real-time messages posted on Facebook ...
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10 Blogs We Couldn’t Do Without
Blogging may supposedly be on the decline, but there's a lot of quality out there - and none more so than in the field of internet marketing. Joe Pulizzi, author of the recommended Get Content. Get Customers. has put together a handy list of 42 blogs that are regularly churning out ...
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Buzzstream Should Make Some Noise in the Social Media Sector
If they're one thing, online PR and link-building are certainly hard work. But if first appearances do not deceive, Buzzstream represents something of a blessed relief for SEO, PR and social media types. A quick view of both pleasingly to-the-point videos (it's just been released in beta, and ...
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How to Optimise Your LinkedIn Profile in Two Minutes
Optimising your LinkedIn profile is incredibly easy - just follow these two quick steps. Firstly, make sure you edit your public profile name to include your real name, like I've done here. (I really need to start connecting with more people, by the way!) ...
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‘Category’ and ‘Neighbourhood’ in Google SERPS
April 9, 2011
