17 August 2008
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Barcamp Leeds 2008

I’d like to thank everyone for putting on such a good event this year, tho maybe trying to fill 2 days was a bit of an error (I expect the open street map guys thought it was ace), I thoroughly enjoyed both days, learned lots of new stuff and met some great people. I’ll start [...]


11 August 2008
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SEO Advice
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Amazon Ecommerce (Webstore) and SEO TSK!

Just discovered 2 Amazon services that I think would work well in the armour of the average commercial SEO consultant. The first is Sell on Amazon, a service that enables you to add and sell your products in the standard Amazon framework… nice!; The second is Amazon Webstore, their own ecommerce solution. For those who [...]


7 August 2008
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Link Building
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The Ultimate Article Directory List

If you’re interested in aggregating articles as part off your SEO process, and I know many of you are, the following gigantic list of article directories has been compiled by Dinarpw on Digital point forums. However, many posters have highlighted that some of these sites are either 404 or are no longer accepting submission. So [...]


5 August 2008
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Link Building – Generating Content on 3rd Party Websites

Just reading a post on Digital Point forums about certain websites that give you the ability to auto generate content in a legiitmate manner. Before you start, I am well aware that without internal links to these pages the benefit will be small, however in an effort to validate every ‘grey’ technique with possible white [...]


4 August 2008
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Aquent Vs the Design Industry

There’s been quite an in-depth thread on everybody’s favourite design news forum QBN.com (the new version of NewsToday.com) about the international recruitment company, Aquent’s advertisement on a popular Elance style design brokerage 99Design for a new website design with a ‘prize’ of $500 for the ‘winner’. What’s more important is that Aquent has chosen to [...]


24 June 2008
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Web Design
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Brand Yourself – Great Example of Personal Branding

I’ve just come across an incredibly sweet site where a designer has set up some brand guidelines based on himself… Now I’m not saying this is a new thing as the sites from 2004, just that its the first time I’ve seen it and I love the idea. leifparsons.com


8 June 2008
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Google
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For the First Time Ever – I COULD KISS GOOGLE!

I don’t know whats happening (tho I suspect its the nofollow update or its just the Monday morning wobble that happens on Google each week) but my sites are rocking on the big G! Now page 1 for ‘Sofas’ (distnctive chesterfields.co.uk) Page 2 for ‘Beds’ (click 4 beds.co.uk) – and this site is less than [...]


21 May 2008
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SEO Tools
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Woopra Analytics

With speculation that Google is using your Analytics, AdWords and Webmaster Tools data against you, and with the aweful solutions proposed by Microsoft and Yahoo, its great to see new, independent solutions for tracking your visitors. One such start-up is Woopra, a rich reporting tool currently in Beta that sports some very interesting and unique [...]


14 May 2008
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The Great Istockphoto.com Rip Off

So I decided to add some more credit to my istockphoto.com account and noticed the prices were in UK Pounds giving me 26 credits for £20… not a bad deal some might say however I thought that i’d investigate the prices of these credits in other currencies. I noticed that for the princely sum of [...]


17 April 2008
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Blogging
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Baywords Free Blogs by the Makers of The Pirate Bay – It’s a Bit like WordPress

If you’re like me then you love free blog sites. BayWords is a new site by the makers of The Pirate Bay, notorious for their Torrent site and debacle with the RIAA and other oppressive regimes. Blog sites are great because they make link building a breeze. Now I’d never advocate setting up a load [...]