SEO Consult Blogs

Using SEO Quake for SERP Analysis

Rory — Wed, 30 May 2012 08:21:14 +0000

There are a few free tools that every SEO should use on a regular basis, and one of these is called SEO Quake. SEO Quake is tool that shows a number of important SEO parameters on the fly including PageRank, the number of pages in Google’s index, (according to SEMrush) the number of linking domains, AlexaRank, Read Blog...

The Social Proof is in the Pudding?

Rory — Mon, 28 May 2012 10:13:40 +0000

Mention ‘social’ to any SEO and it’s likely that they’ll start telling you about social engagement, how to get traffic from Facebook and Twitter and maybe even how social signals are set to be the new link building. They’re all right, but they’re also making a mistake that many SEO’s can be accused of – they’re Read Blog...

Things to check when your Google rankings start going the way of the Dodo – Part 5

Wayne — Sun, 27 May 2012 07:45:13 +0000

It’s another beautiful day outside and the same old story in the office. You have worked through your check list and your website rankings remain flat lined, dead as the dodo you mumble to yourself staring at the computer screen as beads of sweat appear on your forehead and trickle slowly down your face. The Read Blog...

Not all is well in the Google SERPs.

Rory — Fri, 25 May 2012 09:40:02 +0000

Matt Cutts is not everyone’s favourite person at the moment. Google’s Head of Web Spam, who is charged with improving the quality of the search engine results pages, is probably having to oversee some of the most turbulent times in Google’s search history. Firstly there was the Panda update, launched in February 2011, which appeared to Read Blog...

Outreaching to link sources: Link Building like a boss

Rory — Wed, 23 May 2012 08:34:46 +0000

Last week I posted a blog on using advanced operators to locate linking opportunities, and in one the definitely legitimate and not faked comments that the blog received, I noticed that someone had asked if I had an example of how I would outreach to webmasters in order to get a link. Well…I’ll certainly try Read Blog...

Google Didn’t Even READ Our Reconsideration Request. We checked using bit.ly

Jon — Tue, 22 May 2012 11:00:25 +0000

You may find this interesting if you have submit a reconsideration request to Google. They’ll probably reply, but don’t assume they’ve bothered to read it.. Like many site owners that have been caught up in the swathe of Google updates in the past couple of months, the advice from many has been to clean up Read Blog...

How Google’s Rolling Index Affects Your SEO

Rory — Mon, 21 May 2012 09:48:45 +0000

There are a few common mistakes that people new to SEO often make. Being relatively new to search engine optimisation myself, I try to avoid commenting on these issues unless I’m fully confident about the advice I’m giving. This is the case with the information about Google’s index that I recently began to understand, so I Read Blog...

Make Guest Blogging work for you

Rory — Sat, 19 May 2012 08:30:11 +0000

Quality content is crucial to search engine optimisation – if you’ve been reading this SEO blog for any time, you will know that I have tried to reinforce this point at every possible opportunity. One area I haven’t covered in as much detail is how guest blogging specifically, can be used to improve the impact of Read Blog...

All Hail the Power of Google

Rory — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:12:04 +0000

One of the things I love about working in SEO is that for every event, significant or insignificant, there is almost always a complete dichotomy between how the brightest minds in our industry interpret these events. I’ve been reading about search engine optimisation pretty much every day of my life for a about a year now, Read Blog...

Using Advanced Operators for Link Building

Rory — Fri, 11 May 2012 09:46:45 +0000

I’ve been thinking for some time now that link building is in danger of becoming a lost art, like cartography, whittling, or good driving. The plethora of automated submission and profile creation tools, and an over reliance on social bookmarking and directory submissions have meant that many new internet marketers never build links by hand, and Read Blog...