Tweet

Jonathan Articles

Written by: Jonathan

How NOT to SEO your site - Click To Read Article
Sometimes you can try too hard. You so desperately want to succeed that in covering every angle, turning over every stone or going that extra mile you've inadvertently pushed it too far.

When to sack your SEO Company - Click To Read Article
So maybe you've had your SEO guru or your SEO team on board for a while now. Beavering away in the background doing what they do, all a bit mysterious, all a little deep. And things have gone ok, you've seen some extra traffic to your site, received a few more enquiries than you might not have otherwise. 'Work in progress' you are reassured. But deep down you can't help wondering whether things are really going as well as they might.

When to sack your SEO company– part 2 - Click To Read Article
In part one of 'Search Engine Optimisation - why you should sack your SEO company' we examined a couple of the signals that your SEO company may not be delivering the sorts of results you should expect. 'Honeymoon over' signs that in the cold light of day tell you that you could in all probability be getting better results by switching providers.

Web design and SEO the Jacob Nielsen way – part 1 - Click To Read Article
When Jacob Nielsen shares an opinion, most SEO professionals take at least a passing interest. BusinessWeek named him amongst the World's 28 Most Influential Web Designers and ever since his days at Sun Microsystems in the mid 90s Nielsen has been 'an unflinching proponent of user-friendly Web design'.

Web design and SEO the Jacob Nielsen way – part 2 - Click To Read Article
In the first part of 'Web design and SEO the Jacob Nielsen way' we looked at four classic pieces of web design and usability advice from design guru Jacob Nielsen.

3 more SEO myths slapped - Click To Read Article
We've already taken a good look at 3 of the most common SEO fallacies doing the rounds. Myths that seem to have hung around for years picking up fans and followers through little more than their refusal to disappear.

The SEO experts shoes - Click To Read Article
You've heard the tale of the cobbler's children who have the most worn shoes at school? Shoes full of holes, patched up, leaking, broken to pieces. Smart kids, clean tidy haircuts kids, well mannered, good natured, hard working, fun to be around - it's just the shoes that look out of place and tatty.

3 SEO myths taken out the back and beaten up - Click To Read Article
There's a lot of SEO noise out there in Internet land, a lot of heat on how best to optimise websites and how to get your website sitting pretty on Google. With Google having to maintain absolute secrecy over its search algorithm and the relative importance of the hundreds of 'signals' that it uses to determine relevance, there's a great deal of room for conjecture and creative SEO guesswork.

Strong website structure – the basis of successful SEO - Click To Read Article
Is your website structured properly? We're not really talking graphical web design or WYSIWYG web development here. We're talking structure; the way your website hangs together technically. Its usability, its hierarchy, the user experience and information architecture of your site.

Website experiences - Part 1 - Click To Read Article
These days when it comes to SEO and website design an increasing amount of emphasis is placed on ‘User Experience', often referred to as UX. It's a good thing too as UX plays a vital role in underpinning the success of your online presence.

Website experiences - Part 2 - Click To Read Article
In a previous post we looked at some the most important aspects of UX (User Experience) and how integrating strong UX into web design is vital in delivering a competitive online profile.

Yahoo gets Binged – how will this affect your SEO - Click To Read Article
Now that Yahoo's search results have started to be powered by Microsoft's Bing search technology, is it time to take a less Googlecentric approach to your search engine optimisation and investigate ways that SEO can be deployed for Yahoo/Bing too?

SEO Quality Vs SEO Quantity - Click To Read Article
We all know it; we've always known it and we'll tell our own clients and anyone who'll listen until we're blue in the interface. It's ALL about quality not quantity. Quality outs. Quality ins. It's the quality of your link neighbourhood that matters not the volume of inbound links that carries most weight in Google's take on relevance and, ultimately, your search placement.

SEO is strategy - Click To Read Article
SEO isn't standalone. It's doesn't exist in its own right, bolted on or drafted in. SEO isn't a separate discipline, something that joins the web design party fashionably late.

SEO check list 2- Your SEO imperatives - Click To Read Article
In a previous post we talked about various sorts of SEO priorities that need to be on your SEO check list in order to make sure that you've got your SEO bases covered. Important search considerations such as navigation, title, description and header tags as well as the importance of content. Essential SEO techniques that for the most part are well understood and readily tackled.

SEOcial Media – it's getting BIG - Click To Read Article
There are so many winners at the moment; you might wonder who the losers actually are. Maybe losing's stopped, doesn't exist any more, phased out. Maybe it's just considered a little analogue, a bit September 10th, Web 1, Cambrian.

SEO check list 1- Your SEO imperatives - Click To Read Article
You don't have to be considering a whole new website design or web development to take advantage of an SEO check list. Sure, an SEO check list is a great idea if you are starting from scratch - just work your way through it and tick off every important component as soon as each is covered.

The art of targeting your audience - Click To Read Article
SEO, some experts say, is all about addressing your target audience head on. Meeting them on their terms, in their time, using language they understand and gift wrapping exceptional products and services that they truly value and appreciate. Simple really. It's hard to know what all the SEO fuss is about.

Web design usability features that win business - Click To Read Article
There’s a lot to consider when developing a new, or managing an existing website. There is more to a website than meets the eye. Read on to find out how web design usability features can help you to win business.

The importance of link building and the No 1 guaranteed way to attract quality inbound links - Click To Read Article
Want to know just how important link building really is? Think you’ve got enough links to get you onto page one of major search engines? Or was it quality not quantity? Read on for the guaranteed No 1 way to attract quality inbound links.

How to generate lots of high quality inbound links - Click To Read Article
Link building is an essential part of any online marketing or SEO strategy. If you really want page one rankings in major search engines such as Google, you need to think about your strategy and outwit your competitors. To get the quality links you need to really have an impact on your sites ability to rank well, planning; patience and persistence are all virtues you will need in abundance.

Do you Social Media? - Click To Read Article
Blogging - what a waste of time... Unless of course you follow the three 'blogging musts'. Read on...see if you are wasting your time or nurturing a fabulous marketing tool.

Web design crimes – what to look out for and how to avoid them - Click To Read Article
Web usability guru Jakob Nielsen knows a thing or two about web design. Here is his list of the top 10 web design fails.

Website developers keep SEOs in business - Click To Read Article
Do web developers really keep SEO's in business?

What lurks beneath the surface of web design? - Click To Read Article
There's so much more to successful web design than first meets the eye. Take a closer look and you will see that a successful website has many critical components.

Website Design – Some important considerations - Click To Read Article
There are so many things to consider when designing a website. Get it right at the web design stage and you are off to a flyer. Get it wrong and you may be condemning yourself to a whole load of grief and missed opportunities.

Question - Why does web design matter? - Click To Read Article
There are many things to consider when designing a new website. Functionality, hosting, aesthetics, structure, SEO. Web design isn't rocket science, but it could launch your business.

Bad SEO advice - Click To Read Article
The world is awash with SEO. Business users are deluged with tips, tricks and advice on how to achieve top page ranking success. You only need to take a quick look around a Google search on SEO to see for yourself the weight and variety of information out there.

The secret of small business SEO and online marketing success - Click To Read Article
Many small businesses use the Internet to great advantage. Many others know that they could be using it to market and promote their products and services, to build email lists, to test new product ranges and to extend their reach and generate extra profits.

How to squeeze extra value from your SEO - Click To Read Article
Times are tough and we are all feeling the pinch and looking for ways to save money. Here are just two areas that can help you start to squeeze extra value out of your online expenditure.

There's more to SEO than Google - Click To Read Article
The gloves are about to come off for the mother of all search and SEO wars with news that European and U.S. regulators have approved the Yahoo/Bing collaboration.

SEO, SEO, SEO, that's all you ever think about! - Click To Read Article
What's your domain name? How old is it? How relevant is it to your business and does it contain relevant keywords? SEO related keywords or keyword phrases perhaps that relate directly to your field of business?

Better blogs mean better SEO – 3 great blogging tips - Click To Read Article
Are you a blogger? Do you blog? Does your website have a blog? Not necessarily the day-to-day musings of a married mother of three who moves from privileged middle class urban family life to privileged middle class rural family life type of blog.

4 great blogging tips to build online profile - Click To Read Article
There's more to successful blogging than simply sharing, relaxing and understanding (see part 1 of our blogging tips guide). Here are 4 more important tips guaranteed to help you build your online audience.

Strong SEO means style AND substance - Click To Read Article
You would be forgiven for thinking that just because the Internet is so visual that graphics and pictures should take absolute priority when it comes to content and successful SEO. Well, yes. And no.

E-commerce SEO, be seen to sell - Click To Read Article
“E-commerce? It'll never catch on!” they said.

4 More Steps to SEO Heaven - Click To Read Article
Fresh SEO Content means SEO success

Simon Says... check out Google's new browser – it's great - Click To Read Article
In a world where the vast majority of PCs still come pre-installed with Windows OS including Explorer, few web users ever look beyond their default browser.

3 Steps to SEO Heaven - Click To Read Article
Here are 3 fundamental steps to SEO heaven:

Google Caffeine wants a relevant web - Click To Read Article
Search Accuracy – the Holy Grail of SEO and search in general. After all, if you can match your user requirements with what you are able to deliver in terms of search results, you are not only delivering them great value but you are delivering your own organisation a significant competitive advantage.

Google Caffeine wants a fast web - Click To Read Article
Codenamed Caffeine, the question on many people's lips is how will the new Caffeine search system affect the way that their site is indexed and listed on Google.

Take stock with an SEO Audit - Click To Read Article
Maybe over time you've lost sight of the two primary reasons your site was built in the first place. Namely - to attract as much of your target audience as possible and then to convert that target audience.

How to keep the search engines happy - Click To Read Article
What do search engines like? What do search engines dislike?

To genuinely excel be genuinely excellent - Click To Read Article
If you want to be found online here's a good piece of advice. Be Susan Boyle.

Christmas number 1 - Click To Read Article
As impressive as it might sound being top 5 on Google or first page on Bing or Yahoo. If you're only there for being there's sake then really, what's the point?

Profit Powered by Christmas - Click To Read Article
PPC (pay per click): fast, targeted, measurable and adjustable. Are you using PPC to drive visitors to your website and win business?

Why don't your visitors love you? - Click To Read Article
Why don't your visitors love you? Maybe they don't think that you are kind enough, or generous enough. Maybe your visitors don't feel like there's enough in it for them to want to invest time and energy into the relationship. Are you being giving enough?

Why optimise your website? - Click To Read Article
With over 80% of people finding what they are looking for through search engines. Your website must be designed so it is ranked highly with search engines and acquires the best possible listings.

What is Search Engine Optimisation? - Click To Read Article
What is Search Engine Optimisation? Top 10 SEO Tips

What is Social Bookmarking? - Click To Read Article
Have you ever come across a website that you just know a friend or family member would love and e-mailed a link to them? If so, you have participated in social bookmarking. Social Bookmarking refers to web based applications that enable us to store bookmarks online instead of in our favourites or bookmarks on our computers. The immediate advantage of this is that we can access our bookmarked sites from any computer and you can easily share them with friends.

Style over content! - Click To Read Article
Many website designers produce website designs with style over content. Optimising a website to be search engine friendly is often a compromise between a visually very attractive site and one that is easy to find site. SEO TIP Page Title.

SEO Techniques - Click To Read Article
There are two types of search engine optimisation: 1) On-page Optimisation 2) Off-page Optimisation

SEO simple tips - Click To Read Article
1. Make sure your site is not under construction. 2. Submit your sitemap to Google (sitemap for search engines usually in XML format) 3. Offer sitemap to your site visitors for easy page navigation. (sitemap for visitors in HTML format) 4. Create unique and rich content sites. Avoid duplicate content. Do not create multiple pages, sub-domains, domains, mirror sites or sites with different domain names but same content.

Link Building - Click To Read Article
Link Building your way to search engine optimisation success. Methods of build links.

Link Popularity - Click To Read Article
Methods for build links Increase your traffic significantly. Improve your visibility in the search engines.





Share this article with your friends. Fund someone's dream.

Leave a comment below or share on the left and you'll help support entrepreneurs in Africa through our partnership with Kiva. Over $50,000 raised and counting - Please keep sharing! Learn more.

Tweet

Newsletter

Get advice & tips from famous business
owners, new articles by entrepreneur
experts, my latest website updates, &
special sneak peaks at what's to come!

Name:
Email:

Popular Articles

Multilevel Marketing: 4 Tips To MLM Success

What Type of Business Should I Start?

A New Year in the Pharmaceutical Industry

Suggestions

Email us your ideas on how to make our
website more valuable! Thank you Sharon
from Toronto Salsa Lessons / Classes for
your suggestions to make the newsletter
look like the website and profile younger
entrepreneurs like Jennifer Lopez.