There's a lot of buzz (or steam coming out of ears) in the SEO blogosphere about cold calling and unsolicited emails from SEO companies. Even some of the biggest names in SEO get approached by complete SEO rookies offering to get them to the top of Google. Some of them make ridiculous claims such as being "former Google employees" or "SEO specialists for Google". I get emails and calls every … [Read more...]
Smart-Traffic.co.uk – A Mysterious Disappearing Act
Smart-Traffic.co.uk Play Hide and Seek [Since I first published this post, I received a reply from Stuart Pollington at Smart-Traffic.co.uk explaining how he believes this anomaly arose. Since my post allowed for the possibility of inferring that a penalty may have been applied by Google, I feel it would be unfair to do anything other than to publish Stuart's reply in full so I have … [Read more...]
Personal Home Pages From Flavors.Me
Ever thought about setting up a single web page to represent, at a glance, your online activity and/or to convey a message about who you are are or what you do with a single image or just a few words? Today I tested the service from Flavors.me by setting up a personal home page and was pleasantly surprised with how easy and quick it was. There are two levels of service - free and paid. With the … [Read more...]
How to Do Terrible SEO
13 Lucky Steps to Search Engine Oblivion. I first wrote this a couple of years back (so please note that some details may be out of date) for fun and published it on eHow.com, EzineArticles.com and also AssociatedContent.com (now owned by Yahoo) but since I have now incorporated a blog into this site, I have decided to post it here too. It will be an interesting test of how Google handles the … [Read more...]
Congratulations to Nick and Laraine Callow
It's not every day that I get the chance to congratulate a client on being awarded an MBE. The news that Laraine Callow of Deafworks was being awarded an MBE for services to Deaf and Hearing Impaired people was announced in the National Press on New Year's Eve. The award ceremony will take place at Buckingham Palace on 8th February 2011. Here is more information about Laraine Callow's … [Read more...]
