I think it was Rand Fishkin at SEOMoz who started the tradition of pulling back the velvet curtain and showing the goodies. I find it very interesting trawling through the past 30 days keywords of a relatively busy site. Traffic for Cornwallseo.com has taken a nose dive during the past year due to my not blogging. But, interestingly people still come to it using the most odd … [Read more...] about The Top Search Terms for the last 30 Days are
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What Mike Grehan of SES Incisive Media Should have said
Yesterday I thought I would start 2011 hitting the ground running and start blogging again. Little did I know that I would incur the wrath of the Vice President of one of the biggest publishers and conference providers of the SEO industry. When I wrote a few lines of my experience of SES London a couple of years ago within my post about Which SEO Conference should I go to. I … [Read more...] about What Mike Grehan of SES Incisive Media Should have said
How Not to Upsell your Product – or How WHSmiths and Waterstones degrade their brand
Recently I bought a great book on human behaviour and how to gently influence people from Waterstones book shop, called Nudge by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein (a middle initial always makes you seem more authoritative). It looks to be a cool book, but what I most remember about the encounter is the interaction with the person handling my sale. After they took my order … [Read more...] about How Not to Upsell your Product – or How WHSmiths and Waterstones degrade their brand
Diggs for Sale
Maybe this post should read, "Digg for sale". A few thoughts on what is happening on digg. First, I'm not following the current convo regarding the latest changes at digg closely as there will be a period of flux where nothing of worth really settles. Don't get me wrong it's a great, geeky, soap opera and if you have the time it beats having to watch the coffee dribbles on … [Read more...] about Diggs for Sale
What Dan Raine Taught me about SEO Agencies
I was watching a Dan Raine presentation in the wee small hours of the morning. And I realised what seo agencies are about. Or rather what they are not about. It's something that has been niggling me for a while and I probably haven't raised it because a lot of my clients are seo agencies. SEO agencies don't do cutting edge. I think I've been to all the seo conferences in … [Read more...] about What Dan Raine Taught me about SEO Agencies
Why Am I Bad at SEO?
I have to confess, I am really bad at optimising my web pages. And the reason is this, "It's not knowledge that holds most people back in SEO, it's Implementation". ... which was something I tweeted a couple of hours ago whilst reading an seo forum. I have to say, link builder, Debra Mastaler and Aaron Wall really get the grey matter working. The reason I say I am bad is … [Read more...] about Why Am I Bad at SEO?