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Goodbye PageRank... hello mozRank
Sat 24th Oct 2009

Google's toolbar PageRank has not been updated for nearly six months now. This in itself is not unique and we know that this year is to see significant changes to Google search (Caffeine update) which gives an explanation to the delay. However, there are now quotes circulating from Google employees stating tha...

The Long Hard Road to a Successful Blogging Career
Thu 3rd Sep 2009

Let us use a typical real life example as an analogy for creating a successful blog.

You move into a new flat in a different city. You spend a great deal of time picking the right flat to move into. After all, you don't want to move into a bad neighbourhood. The outside of the flat is prett...

An Introduction to Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Sun 16th Aug 2009

This guide is not written for an experienced webmaster, but is instead aimed at a layman. Rather than getting bogged down in the intricacies of writing code to positively influence search engines, this article will take a step back from that and concentrate on the history of this discipline as well as some the...

99% of Free Directories Are Not Worth Submitting To
Fri 14th Aug 2009

There are in the region of 100 or 200 new free directories posted up every month in the Solicitations & Announcements forum at Digital Point. Of those roughly only about a dozen are worth submitting to.

Lets examine what makes a good directory and what makes a bad one.

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Checking your backlinks with Majestic SEO
Sat 1st Aug 2009

Widely used and known about in professional SEO circles, Majestic SEO is perhaps not such a familiar tool amongst happy SEO amateurs.

But if you really want to get under the bonnet of your own backlinks then Majestic is the se...

The Crazy World of Online Web Design and SEO Forums
Thu 30th Jul 2009

If you have any interest in either webdesign, programming or internet marketing then you would have definitely joined one, some or all of the following forums: Digital Point, Sitepoint...

The Best Blog Directory List in the World...Ever!
Mon 27th Jul 2009

I created a comprehensive and detailed list of blog directories in five parts over at dofollow001.com. Here they are put together into one long list.

Some of these directories require that you register first while some others ask for a reciprocal link, but they are all free to submit to.<...

Submitting your website to UK local business listing sites
Sat 18th Jul 2009

It doesn't matter if you spend £500 or £5,000 on a website for your business, if nobody actually sees it then it is a complete waste of money.

Around 5 to 10 years ago it became essential for every business to have their own website for no other reason than everybody else had one.

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