// Posts Tagged ‘Google’

Should I bid on my company name in Google Adwords?

Posted on: October 16th, 2011 by Ellen No Comments

It is a question often asked by Adwords beginners – should a company bid on its own business name if they are already showing in the top organic search results? Businesses can sometimes wonder why they should pay for clicks that otherwise would probably come free organically. I thought I’d throw my $0.08 cents in. [...]

How does Social Media Affect SEO in 2011?

Posted on: October 9th, 2011 by Ellen No Comments

In late 2010 Google (and Bing) made the inevitable announcement that Social Media was now part of their elusive search algorithm. Nevertheless, businesses all over the world are still failing to realise the true potential of Social Media presence and are losing out. Here is why it makes sense for the likes of Twitter, Facebook [...]

The Morals of SEO: Why not to play it dirty

Posted on: September 11th, 2011 by Ellen No Comments

As web developers, we have clear web standards that guide us to see what is right and wrong. In SEO, unfortunately the laws aren’t quite as clear. In fact, there are barely any laws at all – something that a morally competent practitioner can find incredibly frustrating. Because there are absolutely loads of so-called SEO [...]

Using Hyphens in Domain Names, Good or Bad for SEO?

Posted on: August 8th, 2011 by Ellen No Comments

Doing a little research today for a new project for a photography website that I plan on doing via WordPress for a good friend. We’re at the early stages of planning so discussing all sorts of things including search engine optimisation, which led to the question – should the domain include hyphens? As with much [...]