Monthly archive: June, 2009

SEO Advice: Help with Brand Name SERPS

June 23, 2009, by No comments yet

This post isnt going to make much sense as ive been asked to remove references to the client site as im now showing for brand name searches lols…

John Asks

The site is [name removed]and to be honest I think he’d be pretty happy just to be on page 1 with the term [brand name] I wouldn’t have thought that would be too hard – but alas six months on and I’m still not getting anywhere with this one.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

My Advice:

As you’re not after a majorly competitive term it shouldnt be too hard. Here’s what I recommend:

Try and get the brand anme in the body copy of this page (possibly a copyright statement at the foot of the site) and anywhere else that isn’t a link currently the only reference is the <h1>

Second ask the existing back-linking people ( http://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/search?p=http%3A%2F%2F[siteremoved]&bwm=i&bwmo=s&bwmf=s ) to change the links from the current anchor texts of ‘www.site.com’ to just the name ‘brandmame‘ and where possible get some more links using this anchor text tip: use your portfolio and social bookmarking sites.

Hope that helps

iPhone 2g OS 3.0 Verdict

June 17, 2009, by No comments yet

ive just updated my 2g iPhone to os3.0 and…

Not Working

  • no video :(
  • no mms yet (waiting for settings from o2)
  • no shake to shuffle
  • no focus on camera
  • no voice commands

Working

  • White Balance Works
  • Cut, Copy & Paste Works
  • Landscape Keyboard Works
  • Spotlight Search Works (swipe right from the home screen to activate)
  • Voice Memos Works

Thought video would work at least, thats really gonna mess with my head sad iPhone 2g OS 3.0 Verdict

SEO Web Developer Jobs Huddersfield West Yorkshire

June 15, 2009, by No comments yet

The Click 4 Beds.co.uk / Distinctive Chesterfields.co.uk team needs expanding and we now have an opening for a LAMP (Linux, Apache, PHP & MySQL) web developer with a heavy focus on SEO.

The details of this job is as follows:

  • SEO Web Developer (PHP & MYSQL)
  • £18k + Benefits
  • Location: Honley

A rapidly expanding and innovative E-commerce company in Honley, West Yorkshire is looking for a SEO focused PHP Developer to join their small, expanding Web team. Skilled and experienced in basic SEO practices, PHP, MySQL and the LAMP framework you will have the ability to develop, optimise and promote database driven websites.

The successful candidate will be responsible for:

  • Modifying the functionality of existing assets
  • Creating a range of SEO and Metrics analysis tools
  • Creating new websites
  • On-site SEO
  • Off-site SEO

This position is ideally suited to someone with a years experience in professional web development and ecommerce, with an excellent command of modern web design and development practices. In addition, it will be beneficial if you have experience significant experience of SEO and blogging. You must have the ability to write future proof, semantic code and be willing to contribute heavily to the company’s online marketing efforts.

The role is located in Honley, commutable from Huddersfield, Leeds, Sheffield, Barnsley and Halifax. There is fantastic career progression, comprehensive on-going training in SEO and the opportunity to work in a very financially secure company that is going from strength to strength.

To apply simply email me with your CV, samples of work and cover letter.

NO AGENCIES!

SEO Advice – SEO Hosting Explained

June 9, 2009, by No comments yet

Ukit asks:

In a previous post you said…

“I’d say go with multiple sites, just make sure they’re on different class C’s that way you can cross link them and pass juice.”

Can you clarify this part? What are different class C’s?

Also had a question I had about keyword domains – does the order of the keywords matter – I’m guessing it does, but how much? If lots of users search for “tech widgets,” is widgetstech.com valuable at all?

My Advice

I’m working on moving our hosting at the moment. Basically if you have 2 sites on the same IP range (a block of IP’s purchased in one go by the ISP) then should the sites interlink, Google will see them as a family of sites and down grade the link juice passed across. talk to your host about hosting your sites on different C Classes, they should have some free up and down their IP ranges as customers come and go they leave holes which is ideal for this purpose!

Regarding keyword order, yes its preferable, but if you cant get it then the strength of anchor text on inbound links can be used to push Google to rank you for a de-jumbled keyword string… just as with any domain.

its the difference between searching for
key term
“key term”

hope that helps.

BTW if your in the UK and need different class C’s then try hotchilli.com and speak to Dave who seems on the ball (I’m not sold yet tho lol!)

New Comment Policy

June 8, 2009, by No comments yet

I’m getting a lot of spam comments using keywords for names and linking out to domains (in particular from my dofollow social bookmarking list) so starting now, if you post a comment and use a keyword as your name I will remove your link from your comment and if possible, use the name from your email address as your name in your comment.

Peace out.

Mark