Anchor Text or Link Relevancy?

2011-01-12 21:37:54
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Have you thought about what is the difference between opting for a more "pro anchor text" strategy or one that is focused on "link relevancy"? Using the same keywords repeatedly may lead you into the Google penalty box so try to steer away from that. Instead, use a larger variety of keywords and brand building strategy (he ...

What is The Most Effective ways to use Negative Keywords?

2011-01-11 20:54:54
Search Engine Marketing (SEM)

Are you running a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign? If you are, you may have heard about negative keywords. The use of a negative keyword list is very useful in filtering out unwanted traffic. In this column, I will help define negative keywords, how they work, and the benefits to using them. You might want to use negative ...

Don't be overly obsessed with anchor text

2011-01-11 20:38:42
Web Design, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

This year started out with a bash, or what should probably be characterized as a lot of bashing, specifically on Google's search quality. There's been a ton of buzz about the deteriorating quality of Google's search results over the last week: Google's decreasingly useful, spam-filled web search Trouble in the house o ...

2011: Bing Instant, Social Search & Social SERPs,

2011-01-10 22:11:25
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Last year in 2010, internet business marketers saw a tremendous amount of innovation and growth in the social media and search space. Google introduced Instant, Bing and Yahoo completed the organic and paid search transition of their Search Alliance, Facebook handed over exclusive "Like" data access to Microsoft, and Go ...

PPC in 2011

2011-01-07 21:00:55
Search Engine Marketing (SEM), Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Most would agree that 2010 was a good year for the Pay per click (PPC) industry. Google AdWords continued to innovate and lead the marketplace. The floundering Yahoo Search Marketing merged with Microsoft adCenter to form the stronger Search Alliance. Facebook continued to make strides in creating a substantial PPC-based s ...

Use Social Media to boost your SERP ranking

2011-01-07 20:08:06
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Have you always thought that Social Media is more of a leisure activity and can't be use seriously for any business benefits? Think again. Social media can be used for more than branding, customer service, PR, and retention. It can also be used to support your rankings in the SERPs. Of course, social media links are ...

6 trends to watch in 2011!

2011-01-06 18:28:10
Social Media Marketing (SMM)

Six More Trends to Watch in 2011 Before throwing out some ideas for this year, I want first to say that the trends in my earlier posts (other than Google Buzz) aren't over yet. Each continues to evolve over time, with greater adoption, better applications, and solid case studies. So in 2011, the above trends will solidi ...

2010 Social Media Trends

2011-01-06 18:18:52
Social Media Marketing (SMM)

The end of 2010 and the beginning of 2011. How nice. A new year always bring a slew of prediction and trend posts, so we had to jump in. We particularly enjoy looking at previous "predictions" to see what actually happened. Here's what we predicted for 2010 and the outcome as of the end of the year: 1. Myspace will die. ...

10 reasons to commit to Social Media in 2011

2011-01-06 18:02:55
Social Media Marketing (SMM)

For Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs), have you thought about giving Social Media Marketing a try in 2011? Or have you already dabbled in platforms such as Facebook and Twitter already? Are you doing it on your own, or have you engaged and paid for a professional to do the job? Here are 10 reasons from iClick Media on why yo ...

How to SEO in 2011?

2011-01-05 10:08:47
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

Happy New Year! Last year in 2010, it can be summed up as a year of many new things in the world of Internet Search Marketing. We saw the introduction of Google Caffeine, Google Instant, Google SERP revisions (so many times, so frequent) to marry organic and local listings, and the Yahoo!/Bing index merger to name a few. ...