Avoid bad linking practices if you do not want your sites search rankings to be penalised by Google. Taking links down is harder than doing white hat link building.
Manchester Blog Awards 2008 Nominations Open
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Nominations have opened for the 2008 Manchester Blog awards as part of the Manchester Literary Festival. The ceremony will be on 22nd October 2008.
Top 25 Marketing Research and Analysis Tools
Browse a list of 25 sites and tools that can help you do marketing research online for free to get an idea of user demographics popular searches and hot topics and products.
SEO Optimization? Optimising your SEO (and ignoring your copywriting)
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Often SEO copywriters sacrifice good writing for popular keywords such as SEO optimisation which means search engine optimisation optimisation.
Write copy for my website? Where do I start?
Writing copy for your website is one of the most important aspects of succeeding online. Make sure your website copy is compelling and gives people a reason to buy.
Is video the next big wave of the Internet?
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Online video is becoming increasingly popular and with Google Universal incorporating video into the organic search results, businesses should look to add video to their websites.
Beijing Olympics vs. London 2012
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Web cam photos - construction phase London Olympics 2012.
Using Google Insights for market research
Google Insights for Search is a great tool for market research to find out when and where people look for your keywords to run seasonal or regional marketing campaigns.
MySpace is NOT about selling stuff - ways not to use social media pt. 2
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Do not use social media as a means of easy email marketing to people. Engage with people on social networks to build brand trust and provide them something of value. Don't just try to sell stuff.
Can’t find that ‘online guru’ online? He’s not a search marketer.
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Anybody having to sell their search marketing services via spam email is not a legitimate internet guru. Always ask for references and do your research on any company whose services you want to purchase.



