http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/index.php/tools/blocks/blog_posts/rss?bID=957&cID=1&arHandle=Main&user=mindy Most recent posts from Home feeds http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/kylie-incontinence-pads/ When using dynamic ad text misfires - company advertises Kylie Minogue designer incontinence bed pads.... Mon, 17 Dec 2012 15:32:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/could-poor-website-usability-help-romney-become-u-s-president/ Will usability issues on Barack Obama's website mean Romney has an advantage in the U.S. Presidential race over his rival? Thu, 25 Oct 2012 09:41:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/google-renames-revamps-supplemental-index/ Yesterday, from its new London offices, Google announced the return of the Supplemental Index. Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:05:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/one-rule-for-celebrities-another-for-us-twitter-and-free-speech/ Examing the #Jewishmums hashtag set up by Channel 4 surrounding the program 'Jewish Mum of the Year', we ask, 'Who is responsible for monitoring social media for hate speech?' Thu, 11 Oct 2012 09:20:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/impementing-authorrank-is-another-blow-to-privacy-and-online-ide/ Is Google's attempt to authenticate people's identities and use them as a ranking factor bringing us ever closer to living inside a giant electronic panopticon? Tue, 25 Sep 2012 12:45:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/curating-an-event-via-twitter-bbc-6-music-and-ben-folds1/ When you're curating content via a social media network, what is the etiquette over how much is too much? Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:31:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/why-manchester-is-the-only-place-for-seo1/ 8 reasons why there's no better place to work in SEO than Manchester. Wed, 29 Aug 2012 16:32:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/not-exactly-negative-seo-but-it-aint-positive/ Can scrapers harm your site in a post-Penguin search landscape? SEO's be prepared to party like it's 2005 because changes in Google may mean exactly that. Fri, 03 Aug 2012 09:37:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/b2b-companies-are-failing-at-twitter1/ B2B companies are still failing to understand that Twitter is a social network, not a broadcast platform. Tue, 31 Jul 2012 08:39:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/is-this-the-worst-serp-in-google1/ Have I found the worst SERP in Google or is it just another example of how Google's updates are still failing to stop all the most blatant examples of spam they've been tailored to eradicate? Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:15:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/graduates-need-to-up-their-game-and-lower-their-expectations/ Head of Search, Mindy Gofton, discusses why graduates need to put the work in and lower their expectations. Tue, 15 May 2012 10:17:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/are-exact-match-domains-the-shopping-comparison-sites-of-today/ The Penguin update has highlighted further the issue of thin, exact-match domains dominating the search results in competitive niches, at the expense of variety and quality. Thu, 10 May 2012 09:19:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/the-rules-of-working-in-seo/ The closed-door and cliquish nature of the SEO industry not only affects people's ability to learn best practices and improve their skills, it bleeds over into the ways in which SEO deliver their services to clients - and needs to change. Thu, 15 Mar 2012 08:17:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/10-lists-the-seo-community-needs-to-publish/ We've nearly exhausted the lot as a method of linkbait, but not quite. Things we all need to know.... Tue, 06 Mar 2012 13:51:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/why-rand-fishkin-of-seo-moz-is-wrong/ SEO Moz's advice regarding paid linking has become so out of touch with the realities of SEO for the SME that his advice could harm their bottom lines. Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:31:00 GMT http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/is-that-new-page-really-necessary/ Stop adding pages just because Google says it wants new content. Think about whether they're actually of use to the people who will be landing on them. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 09:08:00 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/to-do-seo-you-need-to-do-more-than-just-seo/ Contrary to the opinions of some SEO gurus, spending all your time in SEO can be harmful to your ability to develop a successful agency career. I-COM explains why SEOMoz is wrong about what good SEOs do outside of the office. Tue, 25 Oct 2011 08:48:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/the-oxymoron-of-online-privacy/ While Google and the EU race to protect the privacy of users from webmasters seeing data that's already anonymised, users can't add personal data quickly enough to social media sites. So why the disconnect? Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:35:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/trip-advisor-no-longer-has-reviews-you-can-trust/ Trip Advisor has changed their tagline from 'reviews you can trust' in a tacit admission of 'buyer beware' - as it's very easy to manipulate an online review. Thu, 15 Sep 2011 11:21:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/linkedin-says-yes-please-to-recruitment-industry-spam-540/ Many people will know that if you sign up to a paid LinkedIn PRO account you get to send emails to whatever member you like - even if you don't know them. What many people don't know is that these emails cannot be blocked. This means there is little you can do about spammers on the network. Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:30:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/so-you-want-a-job-in-seo-532/ Want to work in SEO? I-COM's Head of SEO gives graduates the heads up on what we're looking for. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 09:41:06 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/google-is-dead-in-the-water-if-the-content-doesnt-improve-528/ Google+ is dead in the water if search marketers don't stop polluting it with spam and start using it socially. Thu, 28 Jul 2011 10:36:40 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/foursquare-overshare-526/ Yesterday, travelling through West Yorkshire on the train without any reading material, I had a play on Foursquare to see what the Android app would tell me was nearby as we went through Dewsbury. Imagine Wed, 20 Jul 2011 09:30:00 BST http://www.seomanchester.com/blog/establishing-trust-on-an-e-commerce-website-509/ On Tuesday the BBC ran a story about the launch of a new website, called Brand-i, designed to protect online consumers from buying counterfeit goods. I-COM Blog Thu, 09 Jun 2011 00:00:00 BST