I’m putting it out there that a guy I know is looking to recruit an SEO / Internet Marketer. They are based in the centre of Preston, Lancashire (near the Prison).

I’d really like to try and help him out finding the right person for the role. If you’re looking for a SEO job in Preston please let me know.

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Here are my thoughts about how the search market, seo and generally internet marketing side of things will change in 2012. It’s a bit of fun but it should give us some ideas about what we should and shouldn’t be doing in the coming year.

I’d love to here your thoughts on how the market will change in the coming year. Continue reading ‘SEO Predictions for 2012’ »

It’s not quite the end of 2011 however I thought it would be nice to have a look at how successful the blog posts on GrowTraffic have been this year, in order to get a feeling for the themes I’ve discussed that have really touched a nerve. Continue reading ‘Most viewed blog posts in 2011’ »

So I’ve been trying to get a site to rank for the terms Cross Cut Office Shredders and Cross Cut Office Shredder and I’ve been having a bit of fun and games with it at the moment. I am therefore going to use this blog to vent some of my thoughts and ideas about what’s happening with the rankings there. Continue reading ‘Cross Cut Office Shredders: Ranking a New Category’ »

Google’s new look search results look quite scary from where I’m sitting at the moment, in the new search results as detailed by Aaron Wall every link that appears above the fold is an advertisement or a link back to another Google page (which inevitably has even more ad spots on it). Continue reading ‘Google’s Forget SEO Advertising Campaign’ »

At various times in my career I’ve been asked to sit on panels to discuss my experiences in business, whether that be in front of people in the search marketing community or in front of high school pupils and sixth formers.

It’s a long time since my days at Parklands High School in Chorley or my college days in Preston and even my university days in Manchester. I think it’s fair to say that although I’ve got an education, it’s not the best education I could have got and it’s one which has very little to do with what I’ve been doing since I left education.

Continue reading ‘How important is a university education to kids and the economy?’ »

For some people it’s a lightening bolt, for others (like my old boss Lawrence Jones) it’s being trapped under the suffocating snow of an avalanche, for me, my moments of epiphany always seem to happen when I’m in the bathroom. Continue reading ‘How to stop making excuses’ »

The world is changing and Facebook and other social media platforms are at the front of how we consume media in this brave new world. Continue reading ‘Most Shared articles on Facebook of 2011’ »

Are you some kind of computer program that routes around the web and scrapes or spins content? Or are you a real live content writer that writes trusted and authoritative content, a Trusted Agent in Google’s eyes.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you engage with a social network or create an online review? How does the service you’re using work out how much weight to put behind the contribution you’ve made? Essentially how does it work out how to trust you? Continue reading ‘How to make Google trust your website with Social Media’ »