http://www.seounique.com/blog Search Engine Marketing Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:28:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In February last year I created a list of 25 websites every SEO should know, I must admit the basis of that blog post was intended as link bait which did happen to deliver. However I did also receive a lot of negative comments regarding what I had included, looking ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/25-websites-every-seo-should-know-for-2010/ Sitemaps are an aspect of web design that has been around from the very beginning. The ideology is simple; create an accessible area of the website whereby users can navigate to any one area of your site architecture easily. A lot of web designers see these pages in the same ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/html-sitemaps-help-increase-seo-rankings/ Ok guys, I have been link building for many years now but don’t always get the chance to practice the art as much as I’d like to, mainly due to my more strategic based role at my current job. Call me crazy but I do actually enjoy link building and ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/link-building-tips-for-uk/ Those of you may or may not have seen many references to random words such as “MoonFruit” and Mpora on twitter over the last few months. Let me just explain to those of you who are not so up-to-date with these seemingly meaningless phrases what exactly they are all about. Since ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/twitter-can-harm-your-brand/ Back in February 2009 when the original Google brand update or “Vince update” hit the US there was a lot of talk regarding why this had happened and how long the results would last. In the UK the original update was not a heavily influence in rankings although a few ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/vince-update-hits-uk/ Ok, I thought I’d go back to basics for some beginner SEO’s and those who take an interest in the subject. Anchor text is the name given to the text of a link or a link description, for example in the link SEO Blog, the anchor text is “SEO Blog”. The ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/anchor-text-optimization/ Hey guys and gals, I ran my competitor reports this morning and have noticed page rank updates happening across the board. I have noticed many increases and some decreases in some large brands. This will make it the second page rank of 2009 and the third page rank in nearly 6 months. If ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/second-page-rank-update-2009/ Paid links are something that use to be common practice for most SEO’s and agencies – simply spend, spend, spend and thou shall receive. This all changed when Google stated that manipulating search rankings from paid links should be avoided at all costs and if advertising is carried out then ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/how-google-finds-paid-links/ Just a quick post as I wasn't sure whether or not to mention my observations or not. For those of you who are unaware about what the "Vince Update" is - It's one of the "many changes" Google made in their algorithm recently, which affected many websites as larger brands ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/vince-update-ended/ Choosing the right domain name can help link building It’s kind of obvious that having a targeted keyword in your domain name is going to help you in some respects in terms of rankings. However there are other indirect benefits of choosing a domain name with keywords included in them. Natural links These ... http://www.seounique.com/blog/domain-name-link-building/