13 SEO Bookmarklets You’ll Actually Use
Bookmarklets can save you time and make you more effective/dangerous in your SEO work.
Here are some of my favourite for your enjoyment. Simply drag and drop the links to your bookmarks and you're good to go.
read moreCopyscape Bookmarklet
I am a big fan of Bookmarklets. They don’t take up RAM and get straight to work when, and only when, you need them.
I’m also a big fan of Copyscape. It’s a really quick and easy way to test page content to see if it has been duplicated on other sites. You just enter the target URL and it returns a list of pages with similar or duplicated content. Clicking through the results you can see each page with the duplicate content highlighted.
read moreHow To Use Heading Tags For SEO
Do Search Engines Still Look At Heading Tags? Heading tags cause confusion for a lot of people. There is conflicting advice from various reputable sources. Rand Fishkin says that H1 headings aren’t necessary for effective optimisation and that large text at the top of the page has the same effect. Matt Cutts on the other hand seems to indicate they still carry some weight (Sadly I could only find his response in someone else’s video). In addition to Matts comments there is also the more recent development of Schema.org and...
read moreA Quick List of Questions to Ask New SEO Clients
Know you've got some important questions to ask your new client, but can't remember what they are?
This is a quick reference for those of us who forget what we want to say when it's most important. Suggestions accepted!
read moreBrowseo.net Bookmarklet
Tired of the Same Old SEO Plugins?
I don’t know about you, but I don’t particularly like having big heavy SEO plugins clunking away all the time in my browser....
read moreBuild Brand Recognition With Your Profile Image
For the aspiring digital marketeer a good profile image is more important than just looking pretty. Many of us egotistical types engage on social media and other community platforms with the (at least partial) goal of building a personal brand.
Find out how you can make the most of your profile with 5 simple changes.
read moremod_rewrite Cheat Sheet
This is just so useful I wanted to include it on my blog. Mainly for my own reference. Checkout the original at http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/
read moreGetting Found In Local Search
Question: How can I get my local business found on the internet? If you own a small/medium business, chances are you rely on people from the local area coming through your door. Getting found these days is much harder, and even more competitive, than it was 5 or 10 years ago. This video by Melbourne SEO Services nicely illustrates why some traditional methods of small business marketing are not as useful as they once were This other video illustrates the same point, in a funnier way, but you see the general point. People just arn’t...
read moreSpeaking At The Brisbane SEO Seminar
If you weren’t lucky enough to come and see me speak in person, here’s a handy video. It was my first time speaking at such an event and it was literally live site analysis. But enough of the excuses. Here’s the video thanks to Dejan SEO. Let me know what you think in the comments below. I’d welcome some constructive feedback. If you have any top speaking tips let me know in the comments...
read moreDo H1 Tags Still Help SEO?
There are a surprising number of ways to get headings wrong. This is a quick guide to using heading to greatest effect for SEO.
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