From the monthly archives:

September 2009

The Real Truth About Keywords

by Sam McArthur on September 29, 2009

in SEO

The ‘meta keywords’ tag still causes a lot of confusion with people who believe that whatever keywords you put into it, it will make a difference to rankings. Here lies the problem. In the past when the meta keywords tag still played a part in search engine optimisation, people did put whatever they wanted into [...]

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I often hear this used as a reason for not starting, or keeping up to date with a blog.  But blogging doesn’t have to be just about writing articles.  In fact, there are many people who aren’t very keen on reading either!
If you don’t like writing, why not use another medium to get your message [...]

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Bing & SEO in 2010

by Sam McArthur on September 22, 2009

in SEO

Last week, Louise and I had a discussion about Microsoft’s new Bing search engine, Yahoo and what effects this may have on your website next year. The interview was recorded as part of Louise’s Blog Talk Radio Show and you can listen to the recording here.
If you’ve not taken much notice of Bing to date, [...]

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5 ways to keep your blog visitors longer

by LouiseBJ on September 17, 2009

in Blogs, Copywriting

Every day I read lots of blog posts on many different topics.
Just a few short years ago, I used to read every word of the Email newsletters that arrived in my Inbox, as well as online articles and blog posts that I found interesting.  I learned a lot that way.
But now I find my online [...]

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Keeping Your WordPress Blog Secure

by Sam McArthur on September 15, 2009

in Blogging, Blogs

Some of you may have read last week that some WordPress sites have been hacked. WordPress works hard to ensure that it’s blogging platform is secure from hackers, but there will always be people with nothing better to do than find ways to hack into people’s websites, whether they’re small businesses or major organizations. If [...]

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I realize that what I’m about to say is going to make me unpopular.  For some people, it’s going to come as a big disappointment, almost on a par to when they found out the truth about Father Christmas!
The odds of getting rich quickly on the internet are even less than winning the lottery (assuming [...]

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