Category General SEO

InfluenceFinder Review

Earlier this week, we told you about the launch of InfluenceFinder, which debuted at SMX London 2010 on Monday. Use invite code [seochicks] for pre-approval on a 7 day trial. Having now used the tool for a couple of weeks,…

My Amusing Gmail Adsense

UPDATE: It has come to my attention that this post looks rather weird if you’re viewing it through a feedreader. So don’t. Click through, I tell you! To start, I’d like a show of hands. Who uses Gmail? I hope…

What's changed in the Matrix…ehm I mean Algos?

Whilst at SMX London last week I attended the session;Whats new with the Algorithm?,now, I had quite high expectations for this session as the panel included: Mikkel deMib Svendsen, Dave Naylor, Dixon Jones and my favourite Icelander Krisijan Mar Hauksson.…

The Post that Made Me

Over the years I’ve worked in print advertising in the electronics industry, online corporate communications, public relations and at Yahoo! (one of the largest, NASDAQ listed web giants.) In every sector, field and discipline I’ve ever worked in there’s always…

Seven Deadly Sins of SEO

Recently, the Catholic church decided to update the 7 deadly sins with a new set to reflect it’s new socially conscious agenda.  Sweeping away the obvious historical issues we could raise here, I thought it would be fun to look…

Could A Chimp Do SEO? Heck YES!

As a world class SEO, could you be replaced by an ape? Chimpanzees and humans share anywhere from 98 to 99 percent of their DNA. And yes, a chimp is an ape, not a monkey. Apes don’t have tails, monkeys…

Has Google Become a Modern God?

Google in the UK owns about 90% of the search traffic. In the US that amount is over 65% and climbing. Google has rules under which it expects websites to operate otherwise they get removed from the index. Has removal…

Blogging for A Variety of Sites

I blog for a variety of sites, including Search Engine Land (Link Week column), Search Marketing Gurus (coding and Women’s Marketing Interview series), Search Engine Journal (as a guest blogger discussing link building now and again), and my true love,…