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November 26th, 2010 - 4:05 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Australia, Local Search Review, SEO

Site Review: Pure Fitness Manly

Tweet Site Review: purefitnessmanly.com.au What an informative site for people interested in fitness, especially for those living in and around Manly. Below are some points you may want to consider for SEO and improving the overall user experience of your website. Meta Keyword Stuffing: Keywords included the meta information no longer hold the weight they […]

April 28th, 2010 - 7:06 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Local Search Review, PPC

Site Review: Sydney Tanning

Tweet Site Review: sydneytanning.com.au Overall the design and layout of website is good. Keyphrases in title tags, meta description and the copy is sufficient. Although keep and eye on your rankings to see where improvements can be made. According to Yahoo Site Explorer you currently have 679 links which is very good. However, the majority […]

January 28th, 2010 - 4:46 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Local Search Review, PPC

Site Review: Golden Ireland

Tweet Site Review: goldenireland.ie Title Tag Your title tags include your keywords, however they could be more specific to your target audience. A good start would be to refine your keywords and phrases using Google’s Keyword Tool. Your home page title tag is more in line with information included in the meta keywords rather than […]

January 28th, 2010 - 3:43 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Local Search Review

Site Review: GoldCompany

Tweet Website Review: goldcompany.com.au Firstly, you have a very clean website and the GoldPack form is a very strong call to action so people know exactly what to do when they reach your website. Also, you’re postioned well for your keywords in your Google Adwords campaign. A couple of points you may want to consider […]

December 7th, 2009 - 2:48 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Local Search Review, SEO, United Kingdom

Site Review: Bromley House Clearance

Tweet Website Review: bromleyhouseclearance.com Title Tag Title tags are the most important piece of text appearing on each page for Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). Every page should have its own unique title tag, which is currently not the case. The title tag for every page is: Bromley House Clearance. Each page should have a title […]

November 13th, 2009 - 9:42 pm ≡ by DanW ≡ in Bing, Global, Search Engines

Bing Increases Market Share by 7%

Tweet According to the latest search engine market share results, Bing is gathering momentum with a 7% increase in search traffic. The data from Experian Hitwise is collected from all US searches conducted during the month of October 2009. It is the fourth month in a row Bing has increased its market share, and it […]

October 16th, 2009 - 1:11 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Google, United Kingdom

"Ten ways to convert visitors in to buyers" – Google

Tweet A friend handed me a small blue booklet today with the title – Make your website work. After a little digging around it seems the guide was launched on the 22nd September. The guide I received focuses on UK websites and how they can be improved to convert visitors in to buyers. Although, the […]

October 6th, 2009 - 8:43 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Global, Google, SEO

Keyword Meta Tag Not Used by Google in Search Results

Tweet Just in case you missed it Google does not use the keyword meta tag when ranking search results. Don’t take my word for it. I think that’s all that needs to be said about keyword meta tags for now.

October 6th, 2009 - 2:58 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Australia, Google, Local Search Review

Find "accommodation in Manly" – Local Search Review

Tweet Manly is known for being a tourist hotspot of Sydney. Being a local I could go in to detail about the pros and cons of Manly — what you should see and what you should try to avoid. But my job isn’t to convince you to visit Manly. I promise. As Manly is a […]

October 1st, 2009 - 5:23 am ≡ by DanW ≡ in Google, Search Engines

Google Hot Trends Appearing in Search Engine Results

Tweet Earlier today I was using Google Trends and noticed something different when I conducted a search on a trending topic. Let me explain. Today’s most trending topic is for the term Regina Lasko. The name mean’t absolutely nothing to this Aussie lad. So I typed the phrase in to Google only to find Regina […]