http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/index.php/tools/blocks/blog_posts/rss?bID=957&cID=1&arHandle=Main&tags=linkbuilding Most recent posts from Home feeds http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/why-seos-just-like-binocular-football/ I was sent this incredibly funny Youtube video of Japanese Binocular Football. After picking myself up off the floor I suddenly realised how Binocular Football reminds me of present day SEO - especially since the Google Penguin updates. Tue, 28 Aug 2012 10:25:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/how-cowboy-seos-can-ruin-your-business-using-links/ SEO Consultant, Emma Welsby, discusses how cowboy SEO's can ruin your business and why you should think twice when choosing an online marketing agency. Fri, 09 Dec 2011 10:39:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/dont-buy-links-advertise/ After speaking at SASCON yesterday, I-COM's head of search, Mindy Gofton, discusses why one high quality link can do far more for your website than a thousand low-quality links. Fri, 25 Nov 2011 08:09:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/why-should-i-submit-my-site-to-niche-directories-507/ Why should I submit my site to niche directories? I-COM's Steph Goodman explains. Thu, 14 Jul 2011 11:02:49 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/link-popularity-what-is-it-and-why-should-i-care-463/ Link popularity and linkbuilding - what are they and why should I care? Matt Davies on the I-COM Blog. Mon, 14 Mar 2011 16:17:51 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/anchor-text-what-is-it-and-why-should-i-care-462/ What do we mean by anchor text and what is its value? Matt Davies on the I-COM Blog Mon, 07 Mar 2011 15:58:22 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/is-this-passing-link-weight-and-how-446/ How is this alt text on a submit button passing link weight or is it just a strange error? Thu, 27 Jan 2011 15:49:01 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/lda-latent-dirichlet-allocation-and-searcher-intent-393/ Just what is LDA and is Google using it to determine searcher intent? Does this necessitate a complete rethink of SEO strategies? - I-COM Blog Tue, 07 Sep 2010 10:37:27 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/changes-to-dmoz-hopefully-so-383/ It seems submissions to DMoz have been deactivated while they upgrade the system and make some changes. Hopefully it will help improve the process! Wed, 18 Aug 2010 11:49:43 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/your-dofollow-does-look-silly-354/ There is no such thing as a dofollow link. There is only a nofollow link. SEO companies who don't know this are not very good at SEO. Thu, 20 May 2010 08:28:56 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/by-destroying-dmoz-the-seo-industry-has-eaten-its-own-head-345/ Corrupt DMoz editors and SEO's guaranteeing inclusion for a price have destroyed DMoz as a resource and removed its link authority. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 14:52:09 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/sascon-roundup-344/ I-COM's round up of some of the panels from SASCon 2010, an SEO conference which took place in Manchester, UK. Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:05:56 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/8-tips-for-successful-link-building-emails-340/ 8 tips to help you structure your link building emails to prospective link partners. Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:02:37 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/sourcing-backlinks-is-like-making-love-to-a-beautiful-woman-336/ Link building is a lot like wooing a woman. Here's 6 tips to win the woman of your dreams or just your dream backlink. Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:29:04 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/7-tips-for-judging-the-quality-of-your-backlinks-329/ How to rate the quality of a potential backlink. Get advice on linkbuilding from Manchester SEO firm, I-COM. Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:37:25 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/some-free-link-building-tips-that-will-help-you-to-get-to-number/ How to research your competitors' backlinks. Part 1 in our series on link building tips and tricks. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:36:30 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/seo-still-doesnt-get-social-305/ SEO consultants still don't understand social media in that it's a conversation, it's not all about the links - and that fear of losing PageRank has no place. Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:25:09 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/is-it-ever-acceptable-to-break-the-rules-of-white-hat-seo-to-imp/ In an uber-competitive SERP, is it ok to break the SEO best practice guidelines and risk a penalty in order to compete with the top ranked sites if everyone's breaking the rules? Thu, 21 Jan 2010 14:55:02 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/page-rank-link-building-and-the-resurgence-of-content-261/ I-COM Post on Page Rank, Link Building and the Resurgence of Content in SEO. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:51:12 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/google-caffeine-its-too-early-to-tell-235/ Google Caffeine is an infrastructure update enabling Google to update its index more quickly and implement a better form of understanding which sites really are popular. Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:34:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/linkbuilding-a-matter-of-trust-212/ Although you need backlinks to rank well in search engines, you should focus on the quality of those links rather than the quantity and focus on links from trusted sites. Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:44:18 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/gocompare-googling-by-the-rules-204/ Violating Google's Webmaster Guidelines can lead to a penalty which can cost your business money. SEO by the rules takes time, but delivers the strongest results in the long term. Tue, 16 Jun 2009 08:51:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/googles-matt-cutts-issues-pay-per-post-warning-to-bloggers-164/ Matt Cutts of Google tells bloggers not to pass link weight on sponsored posts. Is it fair for Google to dictate the economy of the web because their algorithm falls down over paid links? Tue, 03 Mar 2009 13:40:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/one-rule-for-them-when-it-comes-to-paid-links-and-another-rule-f/ Buying links when done correctly is nothing more than cheap, effective advertising so Google will never be able to eliminate paid linking altogether. Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:36:17 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/social-media-is-about-giving-not-grabbing-84/ Blogging, as with all social media, is about community. You have to participate in the community to reap the online benefits of traffic, links and free marketing and promotion. Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:36:32 BST