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Recent Writings on SEO 7

by Barry Adams July 29, 2010

I was invited to join the SEO Dojo guys for their weekly radio podcast, to talk about linkbuilding and SEO for Google News. It was a blast and I thoroughly enjoyed chatting with David and Terry. You can stream or download the podcast here (my contribution starts 40 minutes in): SEO Dojo: SEO Dojo Radio [...]

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The Importance Of Sitemaps

by Barry Adams July 5, 2010

(This article was originally published on the Visual Script blog.) Sitemaps are a crucial aspect of a successful website. First, let’s make it clear what we mean with a sitemap. There are two types of sitemaps: one meant for visitors of your website, and one for search engine spiders. Sitemaps for Visitors The first type [...]

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Learning SEO

by Barry Adams June 24, 2010

Learning how to be a search engine optimiser is not a particularly straightforward process. There’s no college education you can follow to become a SEO. There are precious few courses you can follow, and most of these aren’t worth the money. So what is the best way to learn SEO and become a specialist in [...]

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Presentation: SEO for Web Developers

by Barry Adams June 18, 2010

On the most recent edition of the Barcamp Belfast conference I did a 20-minute talk about the mistakes some web developers make when building search engine friendly websites. Much of the content in that talk came from a blog post I did for State of Search about the same topic – SEO for Web Developers. [...]

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Battle of the World Cup SERPs

by Barry Adams June 15, 2010

It’s the World Cup and I needed ideas for a new blog post on State of Search, so I compared the SERPs for the ‘world cup’ keyword on five different search engines to see which one provided the best information. State of Search: Battle of the World Cup SERPs Yahoo pulls out all the stops [...]

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Is Google’s biggest threat Russian?

by Barry Adams May 21, 2010

(This article was originally published in the Belfast Telegraph on 21 May 2010. It’s been modified slightly for this blog.) Google seems to have a global stranglehold on the internet search market. With market shares ranging from 60% to 95%, depending on what country you’re in, Google is the preferred search engine for users from [...]

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Recent Writings on SEO 6

by Barry Adams May 17, 2010

Recently I was asked to write for Search Engine People, and I wanted to make sure my first post for them was a solid one: it’s about Google News and what a publisher can do to get more visibility and higher rankings in the world’s most popular news aggregator: Search Engine People: SEO for Google [...]

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