16 November 2010 0 Comments

Using Plain Or Raw Links In Search Engine Optimization

I received an email from a customer of “The Ultimate Link Building Dossier” early this week and he brought up an interesting SEO question. I know many people might wonder about the same thing so I thought I’d share my view on this with all readers. I’ve certainly seen it being discussed in discussion forums. I [...]

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 2 Comments

Search Engine Rankings For Multiple But Unrelated Themes

“Hey Duncan, Glenn Twiddle here. My question is this. If you rank really well for certain keywords, and your site kind of lends itself to being suitable for a variety of niches, say you are number one on Google for ‘real estate sales training’, and you wanted to also rank for ‘hypnosis training’ or something, [...]

29 September 2009 2 Comments

New Websites Not Showing Up In The Search Engines

“I have 2 websites recently built and they are not showing up in search engines yet and I’m not sure why. I’m not so concerned with placement as just showing up (they seem to have not even been picked up yet and it has been about a month since they were published) Have any ideas [...]

21 September 2009 1 Comment

Bad Search Engine Optimization Changes…

I received an email from a good friend of mine over the weekend. It contained a story that I thought all readers might find interesting. It’s about a mate of his in the same industry who had his site redesigned which structurally altered the way in which the “content” of the site was displaying to the search engines. It [...]

15 September 2009 0 Comments

Affiliate Marketing & Search Engine Optimization Issues

“I only use Affiliate sites to market my affiliate products. Do I even need to concern myself with SEO and rankings because of the way I market? Can I get an organic search (engine ranking) with my site?“ ~ Robert Kunces Hi Robert, The simple answer to this one is no, not directly. Just to [...]