Local SEO and search optimisation As all business owners will realise, internet marketing is important for business growth, especially in today's climate. More and more people are turning to the internet and search engines in particular to locate businesses in their...
What is Google Places? A Guide to Google Maps and Listings
Google Places for your business The answer is simple. Google Places is a business listing page within Google's Maps service. Once a user is in Maps they are able to find products or services offered by local businesses, as well as other related information including...
The Impact of Google Instant Search on SEO
What is Google Instant Search (also known as predictive search)? Google Instant Search attempts to predict your search queries as you type. Depending on the query, Google Instant Search (also known as Google Predictive Search) will predict your query and place the...
The Importance of Building Quality SEO Links
Off-page optimisation and link-building When creating your search engine optimisation (SEO) strategy, the critical factors you always need to consider are: carefully considering and placing your keywords; and building good quality links back to your website. This...
SEO Keyword Density: How to Avoid Keyword Stuffing
What is keyword density? Keyword density is an indication of the number of times the selected keyword appears on a web page. However, it should be noted that keywords should not be over used, but just sufficient enough to appear at important places. By repeating your...
SEO and Keywords: How to Identify the Right SEO Keywords
SEO and Keywords When conducting research to identify the correct keywords for SEO you need to ask yourself some basic questions. For example, what would a person type into a search engine to get to your site? What keywords would you associate with your business? What...
Top 10 Blogging Tips
How to write a successful Blog that will get read - and reread Blogging can help you raise your business profile and lead to new customers and sales. However, according to the latest stats, there are over 175,000 new blogs created everyday. So if you are blogging – or...
Google PageRank and SEO
Does Google PageRank really matter? Around January 20th 2011, internet bloggers and website owners found that Google had updated its PageRank system. For some it was excitement while for others it was anger. The last time Google carried out a full PR update was back...
SEO for Business
Are you asking "How can SEO help my business?" When any business hears those three words – Search . ngine Optimisation (SEO), you will be surprised at the reaction – ranging from fear through to excitement. SEO is geared towards businesses who want to enter the world...
The F-Factor in Business Blogging: How to Create Successful Blogs
How to write a successful Blog See how overcoming your fears can help you to Blog better I've yet to meet anybody who ran their own business who hadn't got lots of opinions – but ask them to write a blog and suddenly they have nothing to say! They may even understand...