Whether your business is operating in one of the more aggressive spaces, or somewhere where the field’s a little thinner, it’s almost certain that you’re going to have competitors. Sure, most of them will be friendly, working on the basis of them doing their thing and letting you do yours, but from time to time, you find that the gloves can come off in even the friendliest of … [Read more...] about Why You Need A Local/ Exact Match Domain Strategy Pt 1
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How To Find 10,000 Link Building Opportunities for $5 – And What To Do About It
One of the biggest complaints about white-hat link building is that it's "not scaleable", that finding opportunities takes too long and that it's inefficient. I understand that to a certain degree - running campaigns for several enterprise-level clients has certainly led me to days where I've yearned for a credit card, but generally, I find that if you set your mind to it, any … [Read more...] about How To Find 10,000 Link Building Opportunities for $5 – And What To Do About It
Staying Motivated With Your Link Building Campaign
If you've been spending a lot of time in the link building trenches, you'll know that it can feel a lot like hard work - a bit too much, sometimes. You send all these emails, you go through thousands of sites looking for broken links and/ or contact details and you just feel like it's never going to end. I've been there; if I'm honest, I regularly get flashes where I think … [Read more...] about Staying Motivated With Your Link Building Campaign
Meta Tag Lengths – A Guide
Hi again. I hope you're liking the new look and slightly more regular update schedule for the site. Rather than do another post about backlinks, social media or productivity, I thought I’d go back to basics a bit today and write a guide to meta tag lengths covering titles and descriptions across the major search engines and a couple that you might not have used before. It's … [Read more...] about Meta Tag Lengths – A Guide
The Alternative SEO Reading List
It's all well and good reading books about SEO (apart from the fact that they're usually out of date by the time they get published), but occasionally reading something a little different can help you get some perspective. Whether it's something to help you manage yourself a little better, maximise your productivity, motivate yourself or engage with potential clients or link … [Read more...] about The Alternative SEO Reading List