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Edition 2 of my Google eBook is hot off the virtual press and is a thoroughly updated approach to optimizing web sites ...
(Filed in Blog, October 8th, 2007)

Google Consolidates Reputation Across Duplicate URLs

In the middle of September, Google's webmaster blog posted a piece of information that is News! The blog URL is under here (it's very long). The crux of the ...
(Filed in Blog, October 1st, 2007)

Forcing Regional Results in Google.com

In a recent post from Matt Cutts, he shows a way of making Google.com show results as if it were a regional Google, such as Google.co.uk: Add the &=uk ...
(Filed in Blog, August 24th, 2007)

sIFR and Font Replacement Techniques

We are finding an increase in the use of font replacement techniques, such as sIFR (scalable Inman Flash Replacement), being implemented by our clients' web agencies and internal developers. sIFR ...
(Filed in Blog, August 10th, 2007)

Google & The Long Tail of Search

To help people comprehend how long the tail of search is, I have often used a reference that I remember reading but had long lost being able to cite directly; ...
(Filed in Blog, June 26th, 2007)

Google Sitelinks for ‘Google Consultant’

Feel like I have really arrived today. Google has added Sitelinks to my site when searching for me as a Google Consultant. It may not be ...
(Filed in Blog, June 11th, 2007)

Webmaster Tools Back Link Report

Deep breath. Finally. From today Google allows you to properly interrogate your back links, via the Google Webmaster Console. One qualifier from Mr Cutts: "The backlink tool doesn't show ...
(Filed in Blog, February 6th, 2007)

Wikipedia Google Consultant & Header Viewer that Redirects

Couple of quick updates: The previous post has gone through the wash and the situation has stayed the same, which is interesting. In the meantime, the Wikipedia entry for a ...
(Filed in Blog, January 24th, 2007)

‘Google Consultant’ No.1 in Google, continues…

Happy New Year. As the SERPs for a 'Google Consultant' hot up, one of my resolutions is to work diligently over the coming months to retain my top slot, ...
(Filed in Blog, January 8th, 2007)

Linkbait, a Reputation-Development Must-Have

Linkbait is such an ugly term, but there is a very real need for it at the moment. As the results pages of Google become saturated for most competitive online ...
(Filed in Blog, October 22nd, 2006)