Monthly Archives: May 2007

Linkbait with goodies

Jim Boykin of We Build Pages, has a new link bait competition, which I am pathetic enough to enter in. Actually it is the first time I’ve seen someone give away prizes in exchange for a link. It’s really not … Continue reading

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Crimes against design

I was just reading over at MarketingVOX how the FTC have banned an SEO firm for life. The company, Netvertise, have been banned from promoting or selling franchises or any other business activity. Apparently they’ve been selling their services by … Continue reading

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Percentage of traffic for Google, MSN and Yahoo

The latest Nielsen//NetRatings have come out regarding market share for search engines for April. No surprises with Google still leading the pack. Search engine Share Google   55.2% Yahoo   21.9% MSN/Live   7.4% Google has gained 1.5% since March, … Continue reading

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We are the cheapest .com.au registrars in Australia!

My registrar has just lowered the price of .com.au’s so we’ve passed the savings on making us the cheapest .com.au. I’ve done my research and googled “cheap Australian domain names” and we’re the cheapest by $1.99, coming in at $36 … Continue reading

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Keyword traffic estimator with gender and age breakdown

Well, I have to say. Well done Microsoft. I can’t honestly remember the last time I said that. With their new adCenter comes this super new tool for estimating traffic from keywords, by trend, gender and age. As a former … Continue reading

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The good, the bad and the ugly

One of the reasons for starting this blog was to highlight good and bad web design and sneaky SEO tactics. I spend maybe 12 hours a day on the internet so I visit a lot of websites. The good, the … Continue reading

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Universal search for Google

Google have done some work on their search engine lately, and their major algorithm update now means their search results include everything. Video, pictures and news will all be incorporated into search results. I did see a video of Matt … Continue reading

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