Traffic Generating Links

April 28, 2010 2 comments

Traffic Generating Links are not usually helpful to generating greater ranking by targeting a keyword/s, or help in any way on building your Google PageRank. What these links do is expose your website on higher traffic pages in hopes that the traffic from the site you are linked on will get you referral [...]

How To Add ALT Tags To Images

April 17, 2010 4 comments

How To Add ALT Tags To Images, is it worth it when it comes to search engine optimisation? I feel the answer is still, like it was 5 years ago, a resounding YES. Here is why:

If somone of looking for a product like Sukin Moisturiser they are unfamiliar with visually, they are likely to do [...]

Google Suggest Now More Localised

April 17, 2010 3 comments

It seems Google Suggest has become far more localised of late, especially in Australia where Google’s roll-outs seem longer to come to fruition. To be honest I have not tried this out of my local area yet, but I am quite sure that it would be much different if I were doing the same search [...]

Newcastle Florist

April 17, 2010 6 comments

Does Google control our lives? I posted this article some time ago now, and upon reflection on my lates few posts I would say that Google certainly has a say in it. Take my client Newcastle Florist, I have been on a mission to get Newcastle Florist ranked in Google Maps (currently position D) and [...]

Website Load Time & Search Rank

April 16, 2010 No comments yet

Website Load Time & Search Rank are now intertwined and vital in Google’s search ranking algorithm. It is understood that as many as 200 different things are taken into consideration with your websites rank in Google and now upload time is one of them. So, when considering improvement to your website using whitehat SEO techniques [...]

Google Off To A Good Start 2010

April 16, 2010 No comments yet

Googles march to world domination continues with a massive gain on profit for the start of 2010 with a 6.7 billion (USD) dollars in revenue, that is up 23% compared with the same time last year. The GFC obviously didn’t knock on Google’s door even though they had a decline on stock prices.
Most notable statistic [...]

Google Unveils A New Search and Look Part 2

April 11, 2010 4 comments

As I said in an ealier post Google seems to have a new look – I can’t seem to find anyone else blogging about it yet. Is it just me or am I seeing things?
Points of difference:

More seemless adwords advertisements, although I have only shown a google maps search in image
More localised option below ‘hobart [...]

Google Unveils A New Search and Look

April 5, 2010 No comments yet

Now you see it, now you don’t. Google, it seems, launched a new look on Monday – at least in Australia. But, before I could take a closer look, it disappeared into thin air. Perhaps Google is doing some testing…
What I do remember from my brief glimpse was:

You can localise even further the search [...]

Black Hat Search Engine Optimisation

March 14, 2010 1 comment

Black Hat search engine optimisation is usually means and defines some tricks your SEO consultant or yourself may do to speed up your rankings in what is considered an unethical manner.
Black Hat search engine optimisation (SEO) techniques usually comprise of a mix of the following:

The website and its content generates a feeling of a poor [...]

Florist SEO

March 12, 2010 5 comments

As you can by our list of clients one of  our specialties is Florist SEO.
There are many tricks we use to give our clients better rankings in search engines on a local level, but, of course, many of those come at a cost. However, as a general guide, for those who are new florists to [...]