The Importance of Blogging Regulary
Posted by admin on May, 28th 2010
How often do you blog? Is it once a day, once a week or once in blue moon?
Google LOVES fresh content on websites almost as much as it loves backlinks!
Blogging builds up content on your website and each post counts as another indexed page in the search engines. As long as you write unique content and stick to the main subject of your site there are nothing but advantages to blogging on your website.
Google (the world’s biggest search engine) seems to favour blogs which post regulary and ... (Read more)
Read moreSEO Myth – “NoFollow” Links Do Not Count As Links in Google
Posted by admin on May, 26th 2010Many people fall in the trap of buying ebooks online claiming to have the secret of SEO success only to find the ebook is years out of date and has irrelevant SEO knowledge.
Another thing these ebooks can contain is misinformation such as the “NoFollow” myth.
The NoFollow tag was introduced by Google to stop blog spammers getting lots of free backlinks by commenting on peoples’ blog posts. Blogging software such as WordPress automatically implemented the NoFollow tag on comment links so (in theory) the average blogger would receive much less blog comment spam. This also helped out ... (Read more)
Read moreSEO Viral Testing – Flash Games/Movies
Posted by admin on May, 25th 2010
We thought we should test out the power of SEO Virals here at Real Web SEO.
Our SEO manager created a 3D Flash sandbox in his spare time and submitted it to the popular site NewGrounds.com. The Flash game received a number of rave reviews and we even hosted the game on our own site that can be found here.
On the first screen of the Flash movie is a “_self” targeted backlink linking to RealWebSEO.com and this is the key to a Flash SEO viral. Many ... (Read more)
Read moreBlog Commenting Guide
Posted by admin on May, 24th 2010
Commenting on other people’s blogs is a great way to promote your site; you get another valuable backlink to your website and even perhaps more traffic too.
Commenting on a blog in the same niche as your website make the backlinks even more powerful – anyone doing SEO should consider doing this if the blog has DoFollow links or not. Having a wide range of IP addresses linking to your website will enhance your off-site search engine optimisation; any top site will have thousands of other websites linking to them.
How can you ... (Read more)
PHP Developer Job Opportunity – Nottingham
Posted by admin on May, 20th 2010Juno Web Design are expanding and are looking for a PHP Developer based in Nottingham.
They are looking for a solid PHP developer that has a portfolio of his/her skill-set. The Juno team will train the candidate with insider knowledge of WordPress and Magento systems which are mainly used on ecommerce sites.
Two PHP developers will pass on skills on knowledge to the candidate so progression in the industry is guaranteed and currently Juno is a booming business.
If this is you then call Juno on 0115 9418122 or email your CV to info@junomedia.co.uk
Mark Karbaron, Sunglasses Save
Posted by admin on May, 20th 2010“The guys got my website higher and higher in Google after building my ecommerce site… now it gets many hundreds of visitors per day just in time for the main purchasing season!”
Read moreGetting the most out of High PR Backlinks
Posted by admin on May, 20th 2010
When getting a backlink from another site what’s the first thing you look for?
Google PageRank?
Yahoo In-link Checker?
NoFollow tags?
Many SEO workers miss out a very important statistic: The Number of Out-Going Links
Out-going links give you a good indication of how much power each link is worth, the less out-going links there are, the more powerful each link is whilst passing link power (link juice).
When Google first started out it’s algorithm was solely based on the number of incoming links to your site and the power behind each link.
Here’s a very basic ... (Read more)
Read moreCity Centre Restaurants in Derby. Fancy going Spanish?
Posted by admin on May, 19th 2010
For all the best up-and-coming restaurants in Derby you need to head to the Cathedral District. The choice is enough to satisfy any palate, from Indian and Spanish, from traditional British to Mexican. Nights out have really taken on a new vibrancy with Derby’s burgeoning restaurant scene; maybe the best place to see what’s on offer is to have a look at GoDine’s Derby city-centre page.
www.godine.co.uk have gone into partnership with www.realwebseo.com to bring as many of the best eateries in Derby into the online limelight. A famous ... (Read more)
Read moreFlash Websites – Great for looks, bad for SEO
Posted by admin on May, 19th 2010
There’s an epidemic online of Flash websites!
World famous for being the worst possible way to design your website, Flash websites still appear everyday online. Their main disadvantage is what we specialise in here in our Nottingham office: on-site SEO.
Here’s a list of why you should think twice before paying for a Flash website:
A Flash website has to be made offline and then uploaded as one whole movie – editing it can be a nightmare unlike a normal website
Search engines cannot read Flash websites, Google and Yahoo make a good ... (Read more)
Google Trends – Seasonal and Yearly Changes in Online Searches
Posted by admin on May, 18th 2010Seasonal Changes
Fur Coats in Summer?! Google trends allows you to see the trend of online searches whether it be a monthly change or a yearly change.
Let’s say you were starting up a brand new site and wanted to maximise your SEO efforts. Any new domain takes at least 2/3 months to rank highly for a keyword so if you were to sell “sunglasses” for example then you’ll be entering the market in the Autumn months!
Below is an example of seasonal changes with the keywords “sunglasses” and “coats“:
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