Is Instagram really the ‘rising star’ of social media marketing for business in 2018? What are some of the benefits and drawbacks for businesses wishing to incorporate this social media channel into their marketing strategy? How and why should it be integrated with...
Twitter Business Case: How to Use Twitter as an Effective B2B & B2C Marketing Tool
What are the benefits of Twitter for business? How will its growth and usage in the near future determine the effectiveness of a marketing campaign for business? How can a company optimise Twitter for SEO? These are just examples of some of the questions businesses...
The Business Case for Facebook B2B and B2C Social Media Marketing in 2018
What are the benefits of Facebook and is there a business case for Facebook in 2018? How should B2B and B2C businesses optimise Facebook as a marketing tool, how does it compare to other social media platforms and does Facebook generate a positive ROI for...
GDPR Compliance for WordPress, Magento & Joomla Web Development
If you have a WordPress, Magento, Joomla website or eCommerce store, or in fact any website, GDPR comes into force from 25th May 2018 across the EU and will forever change the way that organisations need to manage data and privacy. One aspect of GDPR compliance is...
Is Buying Backlinks Safe? Do Paid Links Have a Place in Modern SEO? [UPDATED]
If you're here, it means you are asking the question, Is buying backlinks safe? Before answering that, let's answer a more fundamental question, Are backlinks important for SEO and do they improve rankings? The short answer is yes, but there are many different types...
How to Get Free Backlinks for Your Website: Our Top 10 Methods [UPDATED]
Introduction: Getting Backlinks Without Paying For Them If you're here, you will be searching for how to get backlinks for free. However, growing your SEO organically can be a slow process. There are many methods and techniques involved, which you can learn about in...
Dofollow vs Nofollow Links & SEO: The Truth About the Nofollow Tag [UPDATED]
Before we get into the nitty-gritty, it's important to understand that Nofollow is a directive for search engines, not a penalty or something to be scared about. What is Nofollow in SEO? In a nutshell, Nofollow in SEO simply means that a backlink or hyperlink...
Backlink Your Way to SEO Success: An Up-To-Date Link Building Guide [UPDATED]
Before we jump into our link building guide, let's start at the beginning and cover what SEO means. The Role of Link Building in SEO Our simple SEO guide below covers all of the fundamentals, including common myths about backlinks and the role they play in modern SEO....
Top 5 Tools to Check Competitor Backlinks
What benefit is there in knowing how to check backlinks from your competitors? As the great Chinese military strategist, Sun Tzu, said; “Know yourself, know your enemy, and you shall win a hundred battles without loss”. In this instance, we are talking about the war...
Can Google Penalise Bad Links and How Does It Impact Your Business?
Since Google introduced the Penguin update to its algorithm in 2012, practices such as black hat SEO link building have, thankfully, been in decline. Widespread manipulation of a website’s ranking involving the practice of buying links, spam comments, link farming and...