1. Neil Pursey

    Finding keyword potentials for your SEO campaign

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    A simple way to identify potential keywords for your SEO campaign can be managed by extracting keyword data from your website’s Google Analytics and Webmaster Tools profile. However, please note that the strategy I write below will not work for a new website with minimal traffic i.e. under 1500 visitors...
  2. Neil Pursey

    Our 9 step process for successful SEO

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    2 weeks ago I was privileged enough to do a talk on SEO to a group of members from the Professional Speaks Association of South Africa (PSASA). I took them through the basics of SEO, explaining the differences between paid advertising, SEO and social media. We looked at how SEO cannot be...
  3. Darryl Coombes

    Is Google getting things right in SERP?

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    With all of the Penguin and Panda updates that Google has announced and promoted in 2012 we pose the question – is Google getting their ranking quality relevant and right? We call this I don’t think so, or not yet anyway! Competing Pages Lets have a look at the search...
  4. Darryl Coombes

    Is SEO Dead and Buried?

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    As an SEO Company we often hear that SEO is dead and that Google hates SEO Companies, this has never been further from the truth. Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is still a relatively unknown practice in South Africa. Most business owners still rely on conventional methods of marketing and think...
  5. Dewaldt Huysamen

    Microsoft Socl Makes its Beta Debut

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    Welcome to the world of Microsoft Socl, the mysterious and yet, intriguing new social network to compete with Pinterest. The project, originally launched in December 2011, has changed considerably from the original introduction and the new Beta version has already shown some promise. With an almost complete redesign, Socl, the...
  6. Neil Pursey

    Migrating from Raven Tools

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    The SEO industry has been abuzz with the news that Raven Tools has decided to remove keyword rank tracking from their platform. It is clear that they are attempting to go down the road of an “all in one package”. They are already providing functionality around SEO, Social Media, PPC...
  7. Darryl Coombes

    Get 1st Page Google Rankings without a website

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    With Google Local (Previously Google Places) you can now get 1st page rankings and get great exposure online without even having a website. What is Google Places? If you have a business that has a physical location then Google offers you a listing on their Google Places Directory. Your company...
  8. Michael Prince

    Mobile browsing data, research revealed

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    We have recently done research into which mobile phones are used more often in various South African industries. The results varied greatly for each industry as we anticipated. The different industries we chose were: Affordable fashion, Ecommerce, Finance, Tech and classifieds. In the affordable fashion sector Blackberry was the most...
  9. Neil Pursey

    Google adds “download latest links”

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    Yesterday Matt Cutts released a tweet announcing that you can download the latest links from within Google Webmaster Tools. Firstly, it’s great that Google has come to the party for Webmasters and SEOer’s. Secondly, this tool will make it really simple to track the progress of links that have been published....