// Posts Tagged ‘SEO’

How to choose the right keywords for your website’s SEO

Posted on: January 6th, 2012 by Ellen No Comments

The first step towards great Search Engine Optimisation is identifying and prioritising your keywords, and keyword phrases. These are the word combinations that you wish your ideal audience will enter into search engines in order to find your website. Once you have defined your top keywords then you can start on your actual SEO strategy. [...]

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 [...]