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Link Disavow Tool: Steer clear for three years

I’ve just been asked my opinion on the new Google Link Disavow tool so thought I would share my thoughts.

It was many years before Google Webmaster Tools became sufficiently good to merit engaging with. Prior to that it was a case of “don’t let Google know you are interested in SEO”.
With [...]

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7 months ago

SEO Roundup: How SEO evolved in January 2012

December 2011 may have been pretty uneventful month in search but the history of SEO will certainly remember January 2012.
Google+ or bust
Just when we had thought Google Plus was going the same way as Google’s previous attempts to create a social network, Google has shown it intends to bet the crown jewels on [...]

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1 year ago

A simple tip for getting useful rank data out of Google Webmaster Tools

And the tip is: use the filter button. (Not sure if “simple” applies to the tip or me).

Google Webmaster Tools rank data was useless
I’ve long dismissed the rank data in Google Webmaster Tools’ (GWT) top query report as being useless.
I didn’t bother to digging into Google’s rank number [...]

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1 year ago

“not provided” : the new organic keyword in Google Analytics

“not provided” – could this be your biggest organic referring keyword soon? Google have moved the goal posts again – time for us to find a way around these changes…

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1 year ago

SEO Roundup – July 2011

From my point of view at an SEO desk, the big things that have happened this month have been changes and updates to the tools we all love – Yahoo Site Explorer, Open Site Explorer, Bing Webmaster Tools & Google Webmaster Tools.

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1 year ago

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