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The TopSEOs Scam / SEO and Quantum Theory

by Barry Adams January 24, 2012

For State of Search I wrote a rant against TopSEOs, a notorious scam intended to deceive potential clients with regards to a SEO company’s quality. I call on the SEO industry to stop lending implicit support to such deceptive practices and to take a stand: State of Search: TopSEOs: Kill The Hypocrisy, It’s Time To [...]

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Top non-SEO Blogs / Division within SEO

by Barry Adams December 20, 2011

A little bit fed up with all the ‘best of 2011‘ and ‘trends for 2012‘ blog posts already emerging on the web, I figured I’d do my own list to make sure that at least one of these types of posts, inevitable in this time of year, had some measure of value: State of Search: [...]

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Google Propaganda / Search Geeks Speak

by Barry Adams December 8, 2011

I’ve started writing for the Holistic Search blog, run by my friend and SEO superman Peter Young. My first post for the site is about Google’s propaganda, and how it differs from what actually works in SEO: Holistic Search: Debunking Google’s Propaganda Experienced SEOs know that there’s a huge difference between what Google and its [...]

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Essential SEO Skills / Branded Search

by Barry Adams November 28, 2011

Earlier this month I wrote an article for State of Search in which I outline three essential skills every (beginning) SEO should possess: State of Search: Three Essential Skills for Beginning SEOs The ability to think critically – to question what you read and hear, to make up your own mind based on the best [...]

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IP Address Geotargeting / State of Search

by Barry Adams August 8, 2011

I wrote a host of short blog posts for State of Search over the past few weeks to cover for the site’s owner Bas van den Beld while he was on vacation. The most substantial of these blog posts is a case study on why geotargeting users based on IP address is a silly affair, [...]

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URL Shortening / Duplicate Content / Mobile Web

by Barry Adams June 1, 2011

For State of Search I wrote a blog post comparing two URL shortening services: Bit.ly Pro and Yourls. Each has its pros and cons, and which you should use depends on your situation and resources: State of Search: URL Shortening Services Compared: Bit.ly Pro and Yourls URL Shortening services are the lifeblood of Twitter. With [...]

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Teaching and Learning SEO

by Barry Adams May 9, 2011

In a new article for Search News Central I explore the lessons I’ve learned as a teacher of SEO: Search News Central: What I’ve learned from lecturing on SEO What I found most enlightening about doing lectures like these is that it made me re-evaluate what I know about SEO. After 7 years of professional [...]

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SEO Secrets / Zero-Sum SEO

by Barry Adams May 5, 2011

For Search News Central I reviewed a new book: SEO Secrets by Danny Dover. Read the full review: Search News Central: A review of Danny Dover’s SEO Secrets book I pre-ordered the book, titled Search Engine Optimization Secrets, and it arrived yesterday morning. I’m writing this review less than 36 hours after having started reading, [...]

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Finding Feasible Keywords / Credible Web Design

by Barry Adams March 23, 2011

This week I wrote my first post for the new Search Bloggers site. In this post I tackled keyword research and how you can decide which keywords are feasible to rank your client site for. Search Bloggers: Finding the Right Keywords to Target It often makes far more sense to target less popular long tail [...]

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SEO and Social Media / Panda and Article Marketing

by Barry Adams March 16, 2011

I wrote an article for the March 2011 issue of Business Eye magazine, that we’ve republished on the Pierce Communications website. Aimed at a layperson audience, the article is an attempt to pierce the hype surrounding social media and the proclamations of SEO’s irrelevance: Pierce Communications: SEO and Social Media – Piercing the Hype Websites [...]

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