Archive for the ‘SEO’ Category

Keyword research & copywriting work better together

Research Keywords & BlogI was wondering how many blog posts get written without any consideration for which keyword may drive traffic via natural search. My guess is close to 100%, amazing as it sounds.

For those who are well versed in search marketing, you’ll know that if you want to generate high levels of traffic via Google and other search engines, keyword research via Google’s keyword generator or specialist tools like Wordtracker is the basis for deciding on your sites content strategy and link building strategy.

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Pluginseo – A Simple SEO tool for beginners?

Pluginseo launched late last year and were a finalist in the London Seedcamp 2009 – they claim to offer “a simple way to get more and better quality search engine traffic to your site”, so I thought I would put them to the test and use it on one of my sites.

First their 60 second signup is really that – grab the javascript you need to put into your site onto the pages you want to track, add the keywords you think that are relevant, and put in the URL of your competitors. Being honest my application actually got corrupted, but my email to their support line got an instant reply and fix, so no complaints there. And then once I added the javascript, the tracking started reporting immediately, so so far fairly idiot proof.

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Linking your blog to natural search stardom

Market Your Blog With SeededBuzzHaving a great product has never been a way of guaranteeing success. Having a great blog with brilliantly written content is the same thing. The difference between being a winner and an also ran is more often than not, marketing.

There’s a lot to blog marketing and we’ll be covering all the key areas in future posts, so you may want to subscribe.

This post will however touch on one of the most difficult areas – Link Building.
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