• Home
  • About
  • Contact

Andy Beard

SEO and Digital Marketing Strategy Geek

  • Marketing
  • SEO
  • WordPress
    • Plugins
    • Themes
  • Niche Website
  • Reviews
You are here: Home / Archives for Search Engine Optimization

Google Experimenting With 20 Search Results Per Page?

September 4, 2010 By Andy Beard

google

You have always (well for as long as I can remember) been able to select the number of search results shown by Google. The default is 10. Then they add in various other things like news, video, images, local results, etc. Those additions are generally known as universal search. Then you might have results included from your social circle – I have quite a large social … [Read more...]

PageRank Sculpting Isn’t Dead But Comments Can Kill Your PageRank

June 16, 2009 By Andy Beard

google pagerank

This post was originally titled “Is PageRank Sculpting Dead & Can Comments Kill Your PageRank” Following a confirmation post from Google’s Matt Cutts today, it seems PageRank Sculpting as practiced by many SEOs is effectively dead, and comments, even using links with nofollow CAN have a negative effect on the amount of PageRank that can be passed on to your internal … [Read more...]

Google Double or Indented Listings

May 21, 2008 By Andy Beard

google

While I gain tons of Google indented listings for money terms, and I can achieve them quite often in minutes, rather than days, they are almost always achieved using a few simple steps. Get one page indexed and ranking Write a second post linking to the first (which will also then trackback to the second page) Use the same primary keyword in both posts The second … [Read more...]

WordPress SEO Masterclass For Competitive Niches

June 19, 2007 By Andy Beard

digital marketing analysis

Take a well optimized WordPress blog in a competitive niche, rip it apart, and help maximise its chances of ranking in the SERPs and raking in some cash. This isn’t lame all-in-one optimization plugins, it is entirely geeking it out! Update: 28th August 2010 – this article doesn’t take into account changes to the way Google handles nofollow to combat PageRank … [Read more...]

Linking Mistakes Frequently Encountered on Blogs

June 2, 2007 By Andy Beard

link building

When reading other people's blogs, you can encounter a multitude of linking problems that thousands of bloggers are making, either when linking to people within their own posts, or when they are commenting. Linking to Top Level Domains Rather Than Posts There are multiple benefits for both you and the blog or website you link to if you use deep linking to related content … [Read more...]

Get notified!

Get the latest tips and tricks about SEO and link building tactics!

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Tags

Backlinks Bill of Rights CMS Dofollow Drupal Facebook Feedburner Friendfeed Google Google Double Listings Google PR iFollow Lead Scoring Link Building Linking Strategy Linking Structure Magento Mashable Matt Cutts Microsoft Moveable Type Nofollow Open Social Web Pagerank PageRank Sculpting Pagerank Update Paid Content Paid Links Paid Reviews PayPerPost Search Engine Optimization SEO Blog Social Bookmarks Social Media Social Networking SocialSpark Sphinn Sponsored Posts Sponsored Reviews Tagging Techmeme Technorati Web WordPress SEO WordPress Trademark

Legal

  • Comments Policy
  • Disclosure Policy
  • Privacy Statement

Categories

  • Blog Monetization (7)
  • Blogging Tips (15)
  • Google (14)
  • Marketing (15)
  • News (2)
  • Plugins (2)
  • Projects (1)
  • Reviews (1)
  • SEO (18)
  • Themes (1)
  • Web 2.0 (8)
  • Wordpress (6)

Recent Posts

  • 7 Ways to Get Great PR for Your Event
  • 6 Mobile Optimization Tricks for Marketers
  • How To Make Your Online Business Successful
  • How expensive is Magento?
  • Everything You Need to Know About Lead Generation

Copyright © 2023