Monthly Archives: April 2008

Writing a Killer Title Tag

Posted on April 29, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Jill Whalen has finished another piece of her excellent “how to” series of articles at Talent Zoo. This one covers writing a killer title tag. I agree with all she says, and would add that after I’ve written my title … Continue reading →

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Ecocho: Google says "No"

Posted on April 24, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I was meaning to write a post last week about the newly launched Ecocho.com as I had another of those “Why didn’t I think of that?” moments. Ecocho combine Google and Yahoo sponsored search listings, and allows people to search … Continue reading →

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Google Maps Listing Hijacked

Posted on April 22, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Argh! My client, who just happens to be my husband, has had his Google maps listing hijacked. And this time it’s not a case of him not registering his maps listing in the local business center and it being unverified. … Continue reading →

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Update on the lessons of SEO writing 101

Posted on April 20, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I know you’ve all been waiting, and even performing your own Google searches on the peeps at My Website Designer, and alas, these searches are returning nil points. I think their site must be fairly new, the archive is only … Continue reading →

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Testing facebook ping

Posted on April 16, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Interesting title hey… yes the subject is exactly the same..yawn… Tweet This Post

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How often do people click on first page search results?

Posted on April 15, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Don’t scratch your head any more. iProspect has just released a study on all the meaty information you’ve been asking yourself. It’s no surprise to learn that people don’t go past the first page, but it is interesting to note … Continue reading →

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Flight Centre busted trying to trick search engines

Posted on April 14, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

At last weeks SMX in Sydney, two SEO experts stumbled across flightcentre.com.au cloaking their pages. Those naughty people had been presenting the search engines with different content to what was actually on some of the pages. Apparently the situation is … Continue reading →

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Writing for Search Engines 101

Posted on April 10, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

Actually, I lie. It’s not writing for search engines 101, it’s laughing at those who have followed parts of that subject religiously. I happened to stumble across this site this afternoon, http://www.mywebsitedesigner.com.au/ For those of you who are too lazy … Continue reading →

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The laziest piece of spam I've seen in a while

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Louise Gorrie

I’m putting this spammer in my hall of shame for sheer laziness. Here is the offensive email: Microsoft Award Team 20 Craven Park, Harlesden London NW10 United Kingdom FILE REF: HL/5564/06/07/MICS BATCH: MC11/834/5PDH /EU   OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION The prestigious Microsoft … Continue reading →

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