In the days since the Penguin update, "Negative SEO" has been the watchword. It's not something that's overly new, but the number of unethical individuals practicing this and negative PR - and even offering it as a company service - has risen dramatically. There are a number of different kinds of this. Traditionally, negative SEO has been about trying to damage a sites’ … [Read more...] about Identifying Negative SEO/ PR & Rank Spam In A (Not Provided) World
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The Link Economy
I'm not going to do the same post that every single SEO and agency seems to have done about the Interflora mess. Suffice to say that it looks like some bad work was done and, as a consequence, the company and, I suspect, their agency had to have some awkward conversations (although they were let out of the box pretty quickly). It's a talking point, but as I say, rather than … [Read more...] about The Link Economy
Inside the Toolkit: Finding Contact Details
I was chatting to a couple of other SEO friends recently and, while discussing link building and link removal, the subject of finding contact details for websites came up. It seems like it's something that's becoming more difficult thanks to spammers hammering every contact form they find, so today, I thought I'd talk through a few of the tools I use to find them. A Note … [Read more...] about Inside the Toolkit: Finding Contact Details
From Searchlove London: “I Really Want To Do XYZ”
I went to Searchlove London last week. Despite not being the world's most sociable man, I really enjoyed myself. The speakers were solid, the venue was nice, the coffee was good and the wifi held up for the most part. All in all, the team at Distilled put on a great event - and they gave me bacon, which always earns a meaty link. I didn't really talk to that many people … [Read more...] about From Searchlove London: “I Really Want To Do XYZ”
Practicing What I Preach
As SEO consultants, ninjas, geeks, gurus, hackers or whatever other stupid word we're putting on our email signatures this week, it seems like our biggest challenges aren't getting the results we promise for our clients. For me, and pretty much everyone else I've worked with, it seems like the biggest issue is following our own advice for our own sites. Whether we're talking … [Read more...] about Practicing What I Preach