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6 Lessons SEOs can learn from CSI
Great post reflecting on the similarities between SEO and crime show CSI and lessons to be learnt. Read more
Facebook loses face – is the honeymoon over?
Just a couple of months ago, when Facebook and Microsoft announced that they were taking their partnership to a new level to enhance social search, Facebook once again attracted attention as a potential Google Killer.  But recent figures indicate that… Read more
Key ideas from the Social Media World Forum Africa (SMWF)
My review of the African leg of the Social Media World Forum. Read more
How to build and maintain your personal brand
Sandy Cosser provides the bare essentials to building and maintaining your personal brand. Read more
Blogging: past, present and future
Sandy Cosser takes us through the evolution of blogging from Justin Hall to Perez Hilton. Read more
The world watches Obama to see if he’ll go viral, again
You can’t possibly have forgotten what the biggest social media sensation of 2008 was? If you answered “Yes we can”, you’re on the right track, even though you may not think so. Read more
Study reveals cats’ brains are more in tune with online search than humans
A recent research study on global online search behaviour has revealed that humans are not as search savvy as originally thought. Read more
5 Tweets that will kill your social media campaign
In an uncharacteristic display of humour and wit, the US Navy coined the phrase: “Loose tweets sink fleets”. It’s a play on the phrase “loose lips sink ships”, which was first used during WWII to convey the seriousness of leaking information.… Read more
It’s not Kung Fu Panda but Google’s update kicks some butt
Google’s overarching mission is to not be evil and they’d like it if website owners and SEOs returned the favour. Unfortunately, there are a lot of unscrupulous people on the net who have no compunction about buying links, plagiarising content and… Read more
Charlie Sheen shows viral marketers how it’s done
Digital marketing lessons learned from bad boy Charlie Sheen. Read more
Link bait 101: From Getting Started To Dos and Don'ts
A beginners guide to using link bait effectively. Read more
Shaun Oakes, Cape Town socialite and 23rd best looking man in South Africa, offers his unique insight into the dark realm of search engine optimisation for Flash websites. Read more
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Hi Sphinners. My post is about bounce rate, could all you gurus, pundits and veterans please pull in for a mo and bring your experience to the table? I wouldn’t mind a thorough discussion to bring light to this topic. Read more
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What do us optimisers do when we want to rank sites in foreign countries, or a range of countries? Besides using Google’s country specification in Webmaster Tools, who do we optimise for? With limited time, who gets our best attention? We… Read more
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Small insight into how current use of standard analytics options does not show the complete picture when it comes to the status of your website traffic. Have we taken into account that mobile search is increasing? Read more
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The advantages of list posts have been enumerated in more lists than I care to remember: they go viral, they’re easy to scan, they initiate conversations etc etc.
Well, I don’t like list posts, I avoid them like the plague and here,… Read more
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Yahoo! is nearly out of rope as they dangle over the pit of hungry shareholders, with Microsoft tickling their underarms with a feather. The weekend is the end of Steve Ballmer’s ultimatum to Yahoo! to accept their unsolicited offer. Read more
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Inside the mind of a search marketing solutions architect... trainee. In a generous self-evaluation, optimistic Dylan Explains how he projects his industry jargon & status on to young ladies for lewd gain ;) Read more
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Similar to urban blight, virtual blight is the contamination of online communities by deviant practices. Virtual blight, such as malicious spamming and website bullying, drives away good traffic and forces reputable sites to relocate if they want to… Read more
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Tim Nash gaves us lots of information of how Search Engines are treating Flash nowadays Read more
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While ad nauseam Dofollow bookmark-site Link building can be useful, the “new” SEO is all about making friends and participating in niche’ communities. Read more
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It’s been the week for link building articles so we all need a link building round up of all the good posts. Saves you compiling your own and all that. Read more
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Dave Harry analyzes MSN’s offer (as they’re in the open market now offering SEO services), and found Rand Fishkin may be involved to some extent. What? Ohhhhhhhh boy! Read more
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Tim Nash brings us through the history of events in Google Bombing such as the memorable George W Bush - miserable failure example. Interesting link bombing as well. Read more
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The purpose behind press releases is to place your client firmly in the news, while establishing some juicy link bait for its effect on traffic. In essence you’re placing your client on a podium from which he will gain attention through your… Read more
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