Link Building

Common SEO Mistakes To Look Out For

It is one of the most common problems that we come across; people who have undergone search engine optimisation on their site when their knowledge on what it entails is limited. Of course many know the basics (link building, forum posting, optimising your site for keywords etc. etc.) however without careful practice you could be doing more harm to your site than good. The following is a quick list of places where people can go wrong:

Link Baiting: Helping Your SEO Efforts

The way we use the internet is changing drastically. We are very much in amongst the social networking boom and for businesses it would be stupid not to take advantage of it. One of the most effective ways to do this is through link baiting.

Link baiting is a relatively new phenomenon in the Search Engine Optimisation industry and is a way in which to generate natural links to your site. This is accomplished by creating something that will naturally attract back-links for your site by getting people to discuss it online. People will discuss it on forums, blog about it and post it on social bookmarking sites such as del.icio.us.

Why are Articles Great for Search Engine Optimisation?

Undertaking an article campaign is truly something of a double edged sword, as a well written article can perform two functions. Firstly, it can drive highly targeted traffic to your websites. Internet marketers have been using articles for this purpose for quite some time now, but what about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)? How can an article campaign be of value when trying to raise your website in the Search Engine Ranking Positions (SERP)?

Ethical Search Engine Optimisation

If you have taken the time to learn a little about Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), you will no doubt have come across two odd phrases, White Hat SEO and Black Hat SEO, just what are these exactly?

In simple terms, White Hat SEO is used to describe any Search Engine Optimisation techniques that are ethically correct, and follow all of the search engine best use guidelines, no short cuts are taken and no “cheating” is involved. Black Hat SEO on the other hand, will use significantly less ethical techniques, many of which are fully capable of seeing a website banned from the major search engines including Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Google Position -60 Penalty

Rumour has it that Google are penalising sites that have too many bad links, Matt Cutts explains that there a number of key reasons why this could happen to a particular site, see Matt Cutts Google -60 comments