Will Vertical Search threaten Google?

… any new vertical search applications out there... ------------------------------------- Max Worton is founder of SEO agency webefforts , where he maintains a …

Q&A: ‘super-affiliate’ Jamie Harwood

… a media owner or a search agency? We started off as an affiliate … very much started with CPC. With SEO, with Google changing as much as … Merchants Report UK Affiliate Marketing Agencies Report Affiliate Marketing Networks Buyers’ …

Do big brands really need to buy links?

… big brands have almost started to understand SEO but most of them seem to have been told that SEO = paid links by large UK agencies that really should know better. People … large brand went to a large UK SEO agency the first thing they would …

Is your search marketing campaign legal any more?

… is against Google's guidelines - but some SEO involves paying a blogger to review a … important. As a result, some search agencies and some merchants simply pay websites to … by the updated Act. If a search agency is hanging around in communities, building …

Do you track your Google rankings?

… good campaign might start off with by the SEO company agreeing with the client on a list … final keyword list is created. Every month the SEO company can then deliver a report showing … that targets are being met and the SEO company is happy to be able to …

Is it worth submitting your site to web directories?

… to free directories? Usman Patel, SEO Manager at The Search Works: … harmful. I believe many search agencies are not yet at this … Related research: Search Engine Optimization (SEO) - Best Practice Guide Related stories …

Simplifying SEO - Five laws of effective search engine optimisation

… colour SEO hat you wear – if you or your design agency are … .com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For more info on SEO, also see our recently-published …

Q&A: icrossing's Nilhan Jayasinghe on Google penalties

… to buy paid links / reviews. ---------------------------- Are many search agencies offering this service? Well, a lot of paid search agencies who previously didn’t offer SEO have started doing so because they can achieve a …

“Don’t pollute the river”, affiliates told

… and CEO wasn’t quite as controversial as his “SEO is bullshit” comments made in December 2006, but … : Affiliate Marketing Networks Buyer's Guide Affiliate Marketing Agencies Report 2007 Related posts: ASOS CEO Nick Robertson …

Q&A: Pocket-lint’s Stuart Miles talks about online publishing

… ve only just started doing some SEO and PPC stuff, so we’ve … logical step to start looking at SEO more closely. I passionately believe in … re looking more closely at your SEO, how does Google compare to Google … we would go to an ad agency and they would say ‘we …

How Lurpak's post-Xmas campaign was left with the scraps

… -sites are a tactic beloved of ad agencies and there can be many reasons why – … image of someone within Lurpak or their agency coming up with a really good piece … with marketing, public relations, web design and SEO to make sure the campaign was coordinated. …

2007's best and worst social media campaigns?

… work in this area, particularly from UK agencies and clients. Can you help? Most agencies claim that they can do it. Our recent Customer Engagement Survey … guys and girls, you social media boutique agencies, SEO boffins, advertising and DM people. …

What does PageRank mean today?

… . In the old days of SEO (a few years ago) a high … its crackdown on websites and search agencies that were buying links in order … is rare for a digital marketing agency. However, the homepage has a … has done is cost the SEO agency or their client money - …

Where is the best practice in the IAB/DMA charter?

… Association of Business to Business Agencies (ABBA). Now, the IAB says … comprehensive best practice reports on SEO and Paid Search predate this … be immersed in. Further Reading SEO Best Practice Guidelines Paid Search …

PRs 'still to get to grips with the web'

… their organisation or clients. The majority of respondents saw SEO, the archived nature of coverage and the internet's global … for PR purposes. Parker added: "Not too long ago, SEO as a PR tool would have been relatively unheard …