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What have I really been doing?

2011-09-22T08:00:00.000+01:00

I know this is long over due and I can only apologise! I've decided that even if I can't write those long SEO articles I used to write I can still do short but insightful posts still. Hence my resolution to be a better blogger. I've been learning a lot about clients and how to handle them which honestly is a new experience in itself. First you learn about SEO then you learn about clients AND...

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Checking Out Your Competitors Online

2011-05-24T08:00:00.008+01:00

Now this is a bit late, sorry about that! There just so much going on these days it hard to keep track of the time, which seems to just fly by! Now back to blogging… In my last post, I talked about knowing your neighbours and what they’re doing, which is actually Competitor Analysis. I picked out some of my ‘competitors’ if I was a SEO business and came up with a few names. Based on their...

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Know What Your Neighbour is Doing?

2011-04-18T09:15:00.003+01:00

I remember growing up back then when we lived in a nice estate and we all knew our neighbours. It got even better when they had kids my age! We'd be great friends and hang out together and have loads of fun. Those were great times growing up. Now it seems people are more into themselves and busy with their own lives, or maybe its where I live now? Anyway, what has all this got to do with SEO?...

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Tips and Methods for Building Links

2011-03-16T09:00:00.001Z

Sometimes its almost possible to forget how important link building can be when it comes to SEO, for a non-competitive market that is. However, there are some industries which you simply can't avoid getting those links. One thing I would say though, it's never too late or too early to build links to a website, but the earlier the better. Sourcing for external links can be slightly different...

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The Wedding Silence

2011-03-01T21:01:00.002Z

No, I haven't abandoned my blog. I've just been busy Getting Married! So sorry about the silence, but hopefully, you'll understand! That's right, I got married on the 12th of February in Nigeria. So I'm now Mrs Tola Omoniyi, although not ready to get into the logistics of it all yet! Obviously, we had to have a little honeymoon time so I've been out of touch with a number of things,...

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Site Reviews - Do You Tell Your User Experience?

2011-02-01T08:10:00.003Z

The Internet is great, we all know that; but we also know the Internet can be a very dangerous place with all the dodgy individuals and ‘companies’ online. After all, it only take a few minutes to buy a domain name, get a website up and running and next thing you know, you’re in business of having an online business. The right online business can save cost on renting and maintaining an office...

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Create A Successful Facebook Fan Page

2011-01-25T08:00:00.002Z

This is a guest post by James Brack from Dreamscape Design. During the last couple of years Facebook has really started to stand out as an essential marketing tool, and many business owners have jumped in 2 footed only to realize that the promise of that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow was not forthcoming. This can clearly be seen by the number of empty Facebook pages with little or no...

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Getting LinkedIn And All that Information

2011-01-17T08:00:00.011Z

I have to admit, I have a love-hate relationship with LinkedIn. I think it's a brilliant tool and is in a niche of its own which is great. However, I tend to forget it's existence on a good day! Does that mean the tool isn't as cool as I think it is? I see LinkedIn as a professional facebook; great for keeping in touch with contacts and random but interesting people I've come across on the...

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A look back at 2010

2010-12-27T08:00:00.002Z

And before you knew it, it's the end of 2010... My goodness, where did the year go?? This year has been a brilliant year for me... I have so much to be thankful for that I don't even know where to start!! This year saw me launching my very first SEO blog, in fact my first blog, period! It was actually supposed to be an experiment but before I knew it, it exploded! It was just crazy, in a...

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Using Social Media for SEO

2010-12-21T08:10:00.001Z

I recently went through my blog and realised I've never really talked about Social Media much. I guess that's partly due to the fact that I'm no expert in the field. But then again, you really don't have to be an expert to know about Social Media. How much you decide to go along with it, well, then that's up to you. Personally, I've found Social Media very useful for me, especially in terms of...

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What Really Happened To My Blog

2010-12-17T09:05:00.003Z

You honestly couldn't have believed my shock when I opened up my email while on holiday back home in Nigeria to read that my blog http://seo.tolafamakinwa.net had been deleted. And it read: Hello, Your blog at http://seo.tolafamakinwa.net/ has been reviewed and confirmed as in violation of our Terms of Service for: SPAM. In accordance to...

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Tips For Doing Keyword Research

2010-11-24T09:08:00.016Z

A while back I wrote an blog post on Choosing the Right Keyword using Google Keywords Tool. That much hasn't changed since then, because there isn't that much to change. Keywords will also be a necessary part of any Optimisation process so it's something we just have to get used to. I have learnt a few extra tips for keyword research and I figured I'll share it in this post so here goes... Be...

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Learning SEO and Things You Should Know

2010-11-15T09:06:00.002Z

It's always interesting when I get emails or see comments about people that want to learn SEO and think it's something you can literally 'do' just like that. Well thank fully, it's not that easy! Frankly, if it was, I'll be out of a job myself, and so would a lot of people. That said, there's the simple bit you can do and there the more complicated bit. How far you're willing to go to learn SEO...

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What's in a SEO Report?

2010-11-09T09:37:00.002Z

With goal conversions comes reporting... Can't say I love it but it definitely some work! If you're into SEO then you'll know you have to do lots and lots of reporting. It's all about keeping the client informed (and happy) with the campaign so they know what's going on. However, if you're your own boss, and doing SEO for you're own site, we can just skip the reporting part. So really, what's...

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Setting Goals with Google Analytics

2010-10-26T10:03:00.000+01:00

Google Analytics is a brilliant tool for monitoring goal conversions on a blog or website. I believe this is one of the reasons why people keep coming back to Google Analytics time and time again... It just makes life so much easier for us all, especially when we know how to use it! There are a number of ways we can track goals using GA. The Goal setup page can be found on the profile setting...

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Learning to Appreciate SEO Goals & Conversion

2010-10-18T09:38:00.004+01:00

I've never really taken much interest in SEO Goals and Conversion. Partly because I didn't know how important they were in any SEO campaign. Going forward, that will change! Like wise men once said, if you fail to plan, then you plan to fail... First of, SEO Goals are metrics set to monitor a positive progression in an SEO Campaign. In other words, what would success mean to an SEO...

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This Time Last Year...

2010-10-13T09:10:00.002+01:00

This time last year, I just resumed with my first company Dimasoft to start my journey into SEO. It's been exactly 12 months, today the 13th of October, wow! How time flies... I have to say it's been a long, exciting year for me! Hope I've been able to carry you guys along, and thanks for sticking around too... I've learnt the definition of SEO, although I've blogged about this in the past,...

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Mobile Marketing in Nigeria

2010-10-05T11:05:00.002+01:00

Guest Post by Marco Horta The number of people using mobile devices around the world is growing exponentially every day, with almost 5 billion phone users on the planet it represents more than 5 times the size of the Internet market and growing rapidly. Everyday 3.6 million cell phones are sold around the world. Nigeria has the 8th largest population in the world and it has become the...

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Get Your Blog Out There - Blogging tips II

2010-09-27T08:00:00.003+01:00

Based on your results for my previous post on pre-blogging tips, a lot of it determines what/how you would proceed with your blog. Take for example, a personal blog. Personally, I don't think they are for the "masses". So I guess I won't go out of my way to publicize the blog. However, if you're blogging more for your career and for a broader knowledge base (like me), then you want to make...

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The Google Alphabet Brand with Google Instant

2010-09-13T09:00:00.018+01:00

Right, so now that the SEO world has calmed down a bit, seeing that the world hasn't come to an end with the unveiling of Google Instant, we can move on! I'm not going to go into too much details on Google Instant, but if you want more info, check out this article, written by some of my company experts and Google. The bottom line is Google has made searching more dynamic and real time. Literally...

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An Interview with African Genes

2010-09-08T14:23:00.000+01:00

I recently got interviewed by African Genes on being an SEO Analyst at Epiphany Solutions and here's a link to my interview. African Genes is an online magazine that celebrates talent and highlights personalities of African Origin. I think it's a brilliant idea to encourage ourselves and reading people's story should do this. Once again, the Internet is a great place to share it...

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My SEO Cloud Footprint

2010-08-31T00:01:00.007+01:00

Here's a tag footprint of my website from Tagxedo. A great tool for creating tag clouds (or in this case footprints). Now all that's left is to actually make it dynamic, which they haven't done yet, sadly. The image shows frequently used words and in some cases phrases from my blog. Since my blog talks a lot about SEO and Blogging, they're the boldest words. On a side note, this would...

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Started Blogging Now What? Pre-Blogging Tips

2010-08-25T09:00:00.003+01:00

I think this is an article that's long overdue! I have to say, blogging has NOT been easy! There I said it! Back then when I saw people blogging away they always made it look sooo easy! However, I've learnt, it is anything but that. It's a mini-job in itself, especially if you want to get it right. If you're doing it for the fun of it, then lucky you! But let's be realistic, who won't like to see...

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Why Blogging on SEO/Blogging Won't Stop

2010-08-18T19:23:00.003+01:00

I've been blogging for a few months now and have come across so many blogs on SEO and Blogging (my SEO sites lists to name a few). I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly. Heck I've even seen blogs which talk about why you should stop blogging on blogging altogether. But I think it's quite impossible, sadly. The fact is every one's always going to be looking for a way to learn how to blog...

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