| Below is a list of articles with the most recent ones listed first. |
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SEO! The beginning of an interesting year by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| A look at the new changes in the Google algos. |
| Published: Thursday 01 March, 2012 |
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The Changing World of SEO by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Things are changing in the calculation of PR as well as it's influence on SERPs.
In the beginning PageRank was strongly tied to SERPs.
As the students of SEO soon learned, SERPs could be influenced by links. ..... |
| Published: Saturday 18 February, 2012 |
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Cloaking Software - Is it to be trusted? by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Google states:
Cloaking: Serving different content to users than to Googlebot. This is a violation of our webmaster guidelines. If the file that Googlebot sees is not identical to the file that a typical user sees, then you\'re in a high-risk category. A program such as md5sum or diff can compute a... |
| Published: Friday 11 November, 2011 |
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A SEO Project Checklist by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| The order you do the SEO process is most important as each factor has a place in the system.
The system takes everything into consideration, at least as many factors as possible, given one's knowledge of Google's Algorithms.
Hosting location.
If you are going with a coun |
| Published: Tuesday 25 October, 2011 |
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Long Tail Is Inevitable – Resistance Is Futile by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| A recent LinkedIn group thread started:
"I am frustrated with hacks offering what they call SEO. I just received another spam about what a great job this company did putting several clients on page one for long tail NO TRAFFIC key words. How do we fight this stuff?"
The question should have been, ... |
| Published: Tuesday 12 July, 2011 |
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Is Schema.org a good idea? by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Is Schema.org a good idea?
If you are not familiar with the Schema concept, it is a method of HTML markup which is designed to tell the search engines more information than they can gather from the visual presentation. |
| Published: Saturday 11 June, 2011 |
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Let the bounce rate determine "quality". by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Let the bounce rate determine "quality".
It is the users that should be determining quality, not Google. |
| Published: Wednesday 01 June, 2011 |
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Writing for the web. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Writing for the web.
Designing for display on a monitor is quite different than designing for print.
Text on a monitor is interpreted differently than printed text.
Large type is often seen as an image. That 36 point, red sales pitch may not be seen at all.
Images present their own prob...... |
| Published: Sunday 23 January, 2011 |
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The history of a SEO linking test. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| The history of a SEO linking test.
The result of this test was to prove or disprove how linking affects search engine position results. (SERPs)
Back in the middle of September I wrote an article titled "An incomplete history of Google SEO".
In checking the results in October it seemed to have s... |
| Published: Thursday 20 January, 2011 |
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Defining Relevance by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Defining Relevance.
Steps needed to comply with Google's desire for relevant copy.
After the last updates (Caffeine and Mayday), Google has all but abandoned off page factors as direct influences on search engine rankings.
Things like the age of the site, it's author.... |
| Published: Wednesday 06 October, 2010 |
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Is Google fudging results on instant search? by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Is Google fudging results on instant search?
What you see is NOT what you get.
In order to test the new SEO algorithms (and get shorter tailed phrases higher in the SERPs), I have been making changes to my main page. After making a few changes in content in an effort to regain the #1 position in... |
| Published: Tuesday 28 September, 2010 |
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Linking for the right reasons. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| With the Google update Mayday, the whole landscape of linking changed.
Although Google stated that Mayday was for "higher quality sites to surface for long tail queries", it changed more than that as it affected the core concepts of PageRank. |
| Published: Sunday 26 September, 2010 |
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A history of Google SEO | PageRank & Linking by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Page Rank - Linking - History of Google SEO |
| Published: Friday 17 September, 2010 |
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Links count for little now. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Give up your linking plans and programs designed to influence search positions. (SERPs)
Google is not going to let you do it. |
| Published: Wednesday 08 September, 2010 |
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Internet Marketing by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Methods of internet marketing including SEO, Linking and other avenues of promotion. |
| Published: Tuesday 07 September, 2010 |
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The New SEO by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| The new SEO - After Caffeine and Mayday.
Not really new but worthy of discussion as some of the basic rules have been changed.
SEO is broken down into two parts, PageRank and Indexing.
PageRank is the appraised \\\"value\\\" of the webpage being viewed.
Placed on an eleven point scale (0 to ... |
| Published: Thursday 19 August, 2010 |
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The Caffeine update. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| The Caffeine update. |
| Published: Friday 13 August, 2010 |
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How to Choose a SEO Company. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| How to Choose a SEO Company. |
| Published: Thursday 05 August, 2010 |
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Stalking the Elusive Keyword Phrase by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| When considering venturing online the first thing a business must do is to look at their keyword choices.
Even if you are selling globally, you should concentrate on local search first.
Rule #1 - Include some of your primary keywords in your domain name.
This includes your location.
People ... |
| Published: Thursday 05 August, 2010 |
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2010 Client SEO report - PPP. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Client: Pattie's Portable Potties www.pattiesportablepotties.com
Work commenced on June 9 and the site went live on June 23 with a link on my DotCom-Productions mainpage.
The search results are as of June 24.
Website was built in open source licensed content management system. ECommerce was not i... |
| Published: Thursday 24 June, 2010 |
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Fighting ever increasing SEM costs. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Increase Conversion from Search - Optimizing for the sale. |
| Published: Thursday 25 March, 2010 |
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Submitting to Google. by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| The logic of submitting or not submitting to Google. |
| Published: Thursday 25 March, 2010 |
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Uncovering the Google Algorithm by Reg Charie |
Topic: SEO Information |
| Uncovering the Google Algorithm |
| Published: Thursday 25 March, 2010 |
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