9,800 New Guest Post Opps in 10 Minutes
So it appears that SEO’s have decided that with Penguin 2.0 looming large it’s a good idea to cover the bases by stating that anything and everything to do with link building could lead to a penalisation of some sort….
Monitoring Rankings For Large SEO Brands
I’ve been toying around with the idea of monitoring keyword behaviour for the largest SEO brands. This isn’t for a malicious reason but merely out of interest. I’m interested in finding out how the bigger boys are doing? What do…
So, You Wanna Be A Brand Huh?
BRAND SIGNALS!! They’re everywhere! It appears that the SEO world in 2013 is about creating a brand (fake it til you make it), standing out within your industry (creating original, interesting, link worthy content) and user metrics (CTR, time on…
Find Places To Add Banner Ads/Links
Small idea. Might work for you, might not. Probably more likely to might work than might not. Add competitor(s) site into OSE / Your link God of choice. Filter results for most possible links (external, to all pages on the…
Why Do You Write?
It’s not what you think… I’ve recently been thinking about the SEO industry and the ever growing amount of content that floods into our timelines, emails and aggregators. Nearly all of us own a blog of some sort, all writing…
Sean’s Links! #2
Some interesting posts. Some about marketing, some not. Some of them you will find interesting. Some of them have great design. Articles: “Self-Improvement Is Masturbation” How to Hack Your Brain The Rise of the Artist – You are the Future…
Creating Interactive Images with Other People’s Content
Visual + Text = #Win Once upon a time I was fortunate enough to interview an up and coming inbound marketer. I’ve used that post to create a wordle type image. You may recognise an outline in the image below… How…
CONTENT! MAPS!
Playing around with maps. A content master’s day is always busy. I thought I’d make a map showing the football clubs in London. The key is pretty self explanatory and when you hover over the pins you get club information…
Interesting Searches
Hey there readers! *closes book, places it in expensive shelf* The site has had a slight revamp and I’m pissing about with a lot of themes and ideas at the moment. Here is the latest incarnation of the alluring 01100111011001010110010101101011 blog….
Churn n Burn!
The Payday Loans market in the UK. O.k so OSE isn’t the fastest or have the biggest data set but this is pretty damning.
Sean’s Links! #1
Daddy says, read your links or you’re getting no pudding! Listen: Read: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/For-40-Years-This-Russian-Family-Was-Cut-Off-From-Human-Contact-Unaware-of-World-War-II-188843001.html http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/jan/14/all-our-datasets-index http://dejanseo.com.au/google-plus-pushes-ads/ http://www.alessiomadeyski.com/the-diabetic-journal-do-something-now/ http://www.inbound.org/discussion/view/yes-us-moderators-can-3-upvote-here-s-why http://edition.cnn.com/2013/01/26/tech/anonymous-threat/index.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Diaries http://www.amazon.co.uk/Antifragile-Live-World-Dont-Understand/dp/1846141567 http://www.amazon.co.uk/Incognito-Classified-Edition-Ed-Brubaker/dp/0785165746/ref=pd_cp_b_0 Google+ an ting
Football Money League 2013 – Who Earns What?
A few findings from the recent football money league results from Deloitte. The results feature all of the teams that you’d expect and although the results feature 20 sides I’ve decided to just use the top 10. How do the…
Google Updates & Search Behaviour Towards Content Marketing
Today we are going to discuss the chameleon that is the SEO industry, forever trying to adapt to the harsh world of the SERP’s. Below you will see search user interest in the term ‘content marketing’ from 2004 to present…
Transparency
I’m sure that you cultured lot will have heard this famous Oscar Wilde quote There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about. This quote to me explains the latest…
The Saloon of Literature
There is a new SEO/Online Marketing blog in town > Welcome to The Saloon of Literature Want to know whether The Saloon is the place for you? The Saloon of Literature is a watering hole for the mind. The Saloon…
Survey on Social Media Usage
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Growth Hacker vs SEO
They’re coming! In case you couldn’t work it out the table above shows relative growth for jobs related to Growth Hacking and SEO. iwonderifanchortextwillpassvianofollow
Being Wrong
How often have you read or even said the following? “If you’re doing x like y you’re doing it wrong.” “Oh I can’t believe that agency x still uses that link building technique…” “Any clients that have been bludgeoned by…
The Breakup Shake-Up: Dumped by a Client
Hey dudes & dudettes, guest post time again Today we are with Dustin Verburg a writer and musician based in Boise, ID. When he’s not playing guitar, Dustin writes about good blogging practices, white hat SEO and internet ethics. He writes for Page…
Dear Rand Fishkin…
Don’t worry Moz fans this isn’t a blog post written about Rand. I have nothing nasty to say No this post is based around an interesting email I received the other week. I’ve decided to post it but I’ve left…
Conversion Optimisation You’ll Understand…
Lolled at this from No Pork Pies
Redefining ‘Quality Content’
I’ve just seen an amusing tweet from Lyndon Antcliff (if you’re not following him, go now and do so.) which links to this article The post talks about not aiming to make specific content but just to make something exceptional. The…
Creating Content For Potential Customers
Does the following sound like you? *slow walk towards the camera* I don’t know what to write about. My client works within a really dry sector so I struggle to create content for their potential customers. I’m lacking creative ideas….
Scott D Smith – Spammy Spam Spammer
This particular SEO has spammed this website for a while and I’ve got bored of it. I know my comments are ‘do follow’ (suddenly making it highly valuable…) but just don’t be a twat eh? Yes, especially if you have…
301 > Evoke
This is how you do a 301 redirect, right? In case the above is misunderstood, me and a band of online idiots are creating something of note at Evoke. Don’t wait up
Panda & Penguin Hyperlol
I’ve just read the following tweet from Chris When I see people moaning within the SEO community I always like to have a look and see what it’s about. I need the drama in my life, without which I’d be…
Crap Content = Traffic
Below you will see some traffic data over the last 20 months for http://01100111011001010110010101101011.co.uk The numbers are lame in comparison to my other SEO superstar peers but it doesn’t really matter, so yeah, here it is. If this isn’t proof that spamming…
Positivity (or SEO is Alive!)
The SEO world post Panda and Penguin has been difficult leaving many an SEO pretty angry, stressed and confused. I doubt that there are any of you out there who have not had any SEO problems to deal with be it…
Linking Out To Quality Content
Linking out to quality content is what I’m doing today. I’m trying to help you guys but you don’t seem to be taking this stuff on board. If you read this stuff, you will improve your service and that’s what…
The Link Building Survey 2012 – The Results!
Today is a very special day for the community – Link Builder Awareness Day #LBAD is something very close to our hearts, if you have any spare change or links to go towards this excellent cause then please give where…
Couldn’t Think Of A Decent Title
Hi. Pull up a chair. Pour yourself a drink. I’m going to ramble for a bit. This post is more for my benefit than anyone else. I know, another shit personal opinion post plugging up the SEO sector. Close is top…
#Protip – 1
A simple way to improve an outreach email Today I’m starting a series of #protips. I’m really excited about the project and the opportunity to add some real value to the community. So many outreach (acceptable guest post link spam)…
Anatomy of a Successful Page…
Hmmm… whoever notices the slight lol in the image above wins a discman! This to me typifies 99% of content within the SEO/inbound/online marketing sector. Attempting to come across as knowledgeable without actually using any of their own advice. I’m…
SEO Merchandise – International Phenomenon
You have probably forgotten it already but I recently wrote a post about SEO Merchandise featuring a few T-Shirts full of in-jokes and lols aplenty. I had fun making them, had a chuckle in the comments section and thought nothing more…
Link Building Salary Survey
Real basic survey where I ask a few quick questions about link building. Check it out. I’ll be putting together a post on the results once they come in.
Trust Issues Within The SEO Industry
This post isn’t about trust in a domain authority or a brand sense but in terms of good ol’ fashioned, reliably certain trust. If you have trust issues the definition is below… Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. How can you build trust? Fear…
This Original Title Was Shite & I’m A Twat
*Edit – I had stupidly forgotten to mention that there are some fucking awesomely, cool people that I’ve met thanks to Twitter. This slight hiatus has nothing to do with these guys. I’m just a bit jaded and have a…
The SEO Coding Fallacy
For the second time in 24 hours David Cohen has given me an idea about a new post, this is something that I’ve been thinking about for a while. To learn how to code or not learn how to code…
Outing & Anonymous SEO Confessions
I read two posts today. The first one was a 4,000 word article about outing another SEO supplier and probable competitor. Unfortunately once again an article about outing certain SEO techniques gained a lot of attention via social media (particularly…
Building an Alternative SEO Glossary (Or Improving the SEO Lexicon, 1 Day at a Time)
As you probably know there are some superb SEO glossaries out there. My particular favourites being SEObook, SEOmoz and SEO-Theory (the top 3 results, nice one Google for training me to believe the top results are indeed the best.) Regardless of…
Sexy Algorithm Infographic
Three words that I didn’t think I’d ever type in order. I found this infographic via State of Search and thought it was worth sharing The original site (Outwilder) also posted a list of Google infographic sources in case you…
Panic!
AHHHHHH!! Where am I? Who am I? Google are striking back and they’re certainly fucking with a few people at the moment. Personally I can’t help thinking that it’s been a long time coming. A real good shake up. So…
Free Links This Way…
I love a good link building service image, they’re full of such hope! Anyway, If you had the opportunity to ask an SEO genius a question, what would you ask? What about if you had the opportunity to ask an…
How To Sell A Link Building Service
I was checking my email earlier and came across this gem. I’m getting soft and removed the name and number (in case my competitors are reading and want to get in contact with them.) I was going to just post…
Guaranteed Traffic Increases (or your money back)
Yes I know, the title makes me sounds like a twat. “Yeah right, like he can’t guarentee traffic! He can’t even spell guarantee!” I’m actually quite happy to put my balls on the line and say that if you work…
SEO Scenario – Paid Links
Scenario Page x is the most relevant result for the search query y but it doesn’t rank because it is on a brand new website which has a small amount of content and no links pointing to it. Morally is…
Exact Keyword Domains, They Fucking Work!
If I read about how exact keyword domains are being ‘dampened’ one more time I’m going to have a seizure. I’ve reviewed some of the most expensive keywords for adsense clicks, so you can rest assured that these are fairly…
Reasons Your Rankings Have Dropped & How to Fix it
The three possibilities for ranking drops: You did something wrong – Have you made any recent changes to the website? Where have you recently been building links? Your competitors did something half decent – Have they made any significant on page changes,…
SEO’s Say The Stupidest Things!
This is a post that I’ve wanted to write for quite a while. I love seeing people test new ideas out and writing about their findings, it’s human nature to learn more about subjects of interest. However in a desperation to…
The Best SEO Posts of 2011 (ACTUALLY)
Yo, yes it’s another “best of” based article, however with a twist! This list is actually half decent… I’ve read through quite a few “best SEO article” based posts over the last week and have seen: People posting average information…
Ways That Google Could Fuck Up SEO in 2012
As the days grow shorter and my want for mulled wine increases I generally start thinking about the last year and how it has gone within the wonderful world of SEO. Now looking back on 2011 there have been quite…
Link Prospecting with Google Custom Search Engines
In our pursuit to improve a websites visibility and reach online we are often looking for websites that are looking for writers/allow guest posts to be added to their site. Whilst reviewing Google the other day I was thinking about…
Protected: Google Algorithm Leaked!
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“Advanced” Twitter Search Operators
Quick post alert! Just came across an interesting page on Twitter that shows how you can do searches specialist searches. If you are using Twitter to link build then you are probably aware of these already, if not get too…
Protected: The Simplicity of SEO
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Scraping Google for Guest Posting Opportunities
What an awesome album cover eh? O.k so this is one of those things that can be used in a million ways so I’m passing on just one way to skin an SEO, guest blogging cat. Today we are looking…
Want to Learn How to do SEO?
This is actually more of a bookmarking post for me to refresh a few topics but I thought I might as well add it for my adoring public. I know, I’m too kind (or SEO-Theory are too kind…) Anyway if…
SEO Posts – Vol II
Welcome to the latest exciting edition of SEO posts that I have been reading… Search Engines Come Together For a Richer Web “Search engines have been working independently to support structured markup for a few years now. We introduced rich…
SEO Posts – Vol I
Below you will find SEO posts that I have been reading over the last couple of weeks. I hope that you enjoy my SEO Posts – Vol I. If you find anything else that you believe I should add I…
SEO Myths? SEO Myths! SEO Miffs…
Last night I checked Twitter in a drunken haze (I can still taste Mojito and chilli sauce) and saw that Matt Cutts had tweeted an article on “SEO Myths”. I’m not 100% sure what I was expecting but I found…
Google & the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act…
Snappy title eh?! The image above might be still available if you search “source code order and structure for SEO“. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and you should find the following: “In response to a…
Some Thoughts on the Farmer Update
I don’t think that the internet can take another post on Panda so I’ve decided to write about the Farmer update… Lets start off with a quote! “My opinion is that Panda is the start of something relatively new for…
Synonyms, Hyponyms and SEO
So you are planning to write a piece of content on Vegas Holidays. You have the bulk of the article finished but you are just looking for some final touches to make sure that the article is as relevant as…
Websites That You Should be Reading, yeah?
Thought that I would put a list of websites that I like out there (although why I would show you superior options to my own site I will never know) so here you go: Blind 5 Year Old – “The…
Website Quality Indicators
Over the coming months I am looking to document everything that there is to know (or more likely what I can find out…) about SEO. This post is about Website Quality Indicators – What does the industry believe proves to…
On Page Optimisation
Over the coming months I am looking to document everything that there is to know (or more likely what I can find out…) about SEO. This post is about On-Page Optimisation – What is the ideal way to perform On-Page…
Keyword Research
Over the coming months I am looking to document everything that there is to know (or more likely what I can find out…) about SEO. This post is about Keyword Research – What is the perfect way to perform Keyword…