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29 March 2011 0 Comments

Geo Specific SEO Content & Link Building

“I have just built a website for a Waipawa, New Zealand business http://www.waipawaclockshop.co.nz/ and want to build some links to it for search engine rankings. I was wondering if you have any specific strategies for promoting a country specific product over an international one or whether you just build the links and let Google deal [...]

15 February 2010 1 Comment

New Domain, Sub-Domain, Or New Directory?

“My daughter is now full time in the family web business so we’re setting her up with a blog whose theme will be about her backyard poultry keeping. Now I’m not sure of the best way to proceed. I’ve got 3 options: Set up a completely new domain for her – which I could link [...]

4 February 2010 2 Comments

Finding New Search Terms Worth Targeting For SEO…

Hi Duncan, as you know, I run a very popular web site about growing vegetables on allotments in the UK. I rank very highly for key phrases including the word “allotment” or “vegetable growing”.  Recently I realized that I was on page 3 of listings on a search for “Grow your own” which is apparently [...]

23 October 2009 3 Comments

Keyword Density In Squeeze / Landing Pages

“Duncan, When setting up a squeeze page, where do you put the keyword list (for search engine optimization)? Take care! ~ Eddie Hi Eddie, Getting a single highly focused page (i.e. a squeeze page or landing page) ranking well in the search engines is certainly more difficult than a standard web page. As you’ve discovered [...]

22 October 2009 3 Comments

Do Top Search Engine Rankings Increase The Chance Of Top Rankings For Additional Terms?

“Okay, Duncan, here’s a less-asked question.  Does getting onto Google page one for one long tail keyword make it any easier to get onto page one for a different but related long tail keyword? Or does each page one listing stand on its own entirely, with no linkage to other top listings from that same [...]

12 October 2009 10 Comments

Search Engine Optimization – Good Things Take Time

There’s an ad (commercial) on television here in New Zealand for a popular brand of aged cheese (it’s aged for a minimum of 12 months before it’s offered for sale). It goes something along the lines of this – and bear with me here – this is more important to search engine optimization than it [...]

7 October 2009 1 Comment

Search Engine Optimization For Geographical Locations & Keywords

“Hi Duncan. I run a small web development business providing LOCAL businesses affordable web development. My problem is local geographical keyword research and development… for example, would Google consider:- “Rosebud Plumber” “Mornington Plumber” “Frankston Plumber” a spam situation on the phrase “plumber” and if so… how would I go about on and off page optimization [...]

30 September 2009 5 Comments

Duplicate Content Penalty After Social Bookmarking

“Hi Duncan I do have a question: After many years of developing my own sites and a few client sites, and, by good luck or well written content, I have had every page on every website indexed by Google. Until now. For the very first time I started a bookmarking (linking) campaign a few weeks [...]