Google caffeine is incredibly fast

Last week I was impressed that a post got on the front page of Google within 30 mins of publishing. Today in a live demo, I write a blog post and get it to no.1 in under 2 1/2 minutes. Are you blogging yet? Google today also launched its Australia Votes site. It did something similar in 2007. If you know a 15 - 17 year old, Google is giving them a chance to have their say in this election. Watch this week's show on YouTube, Viddler If you want your site reviewed for SEO, leave a msg on our FB page www.facebook.com/melbourneseo Transcripts of the weekly Vlog for those that like to scan http://seo-video.com

 

Caffiene indexes fast but at what cost?

We've all heard that the Google Caffeine update was all about indexing the web in real time. Well yesterday we watched it happen with a blog post I wrote. It appeared on the first page of Google within 30 mins of being published. However the speed of indexing seems to have a side effect of ignoring duplicate content. What does this mean for your own ranking prospects? If you want your site reviewed for SEO, leave a msg on our FB page www.facebook.com/melbourneseo Watch this week's show on YouTube, Metacafe, DailyMotion and Viddler Transcripts of the weekly Vlog for those that like to scan http://seo-video.com

 

Wow! The team found a bunch of blackhat sites

Yesterday Jine & Joel, (not a vaudevillian act) two of our top rankers pointed out some blackhat going on in one of our clients keyword spaces. It turned out that 4 of the top 5 sites for this phrase were doing blackhat. Their pages were riddled with hidden keywords. How do you check if you're up against blackhat? Also I review an insurance site and a travel site. If you want your site reviewed for SEO, leave a msg on our FB page www.facebook.com/melbourneseo Watch this week's show on YouTube, Metacafe, DailyMotion and Viddler Transcripts of the weekly blog for those that like to scan http://seo-video.com

 

How you can tell if your competition is doing blackhat SEO

Yesterday Smartcompany.com.au published an excellent article on blackhat SEO. Today I show you a couple of techniques to work out if your competition is doing black hat. Today we have a look at http://haul.com.au SEO & also http://auspost.com.au SEO. If you want your site reviewed on the show let me know via the Facebook page. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page www.facebook.com/pages/Stewart-Media/325644187922

 

Federal Election 2010

I always find in interesting to see how people use search after a major media event like the ousting of our Prime Minister. Today I take a look at what seems to be the start of a federal election campaign and how it's been reflected in searches & content I also take a look at a viewers site and show them how they can rank better. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page

Ranking well does not = Optimised site

A viewer asked us on the FB page why a site is ranking so well when it seems to have bugger all SEO. Today I show you why some sites rank well for no good reason. Usually it means more ranking opportunities for you. Australian politicians want to legislate to hack your computer... seriously. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page www.facebook.com/pages/Stewart-Media/325644187922

 

How I assess & rank a site.

Someone asked me on the YouTube channel to take them through a step by step tutorial of how I rank a site. Well today I start by showing you the things you have to consider when choosing keywords, assessing the competition & working out what you have to do to beat them. We got comment spammed again by a local SEO company. Here's why comment spamming is dumb & rude. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page www.facebook.com/pages/Stewart-Media/325644187922

 

Soft 404's

Google has updated webmaster tools to monitor soft 404s. What's a soft 404? Well it's a bit like being served chicken when you ordered fish. The kitchen was out of fish so they just served chicken, when what they really should have done was told you they were out of fish. Ok I think I just stretched that analogy to breaking point. We used this fix on one of our high profile clients and he jumped 20 spots into no.1 position globally. Also it's cyber security week so stay tuned for a message from our communications Minister at the end of today's show. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page Stewartmedia Facebook

 

Conroy is a douche You really like chocolate

Wow people who read my newsletter love chocolate. Big news flash chocolate is popular. My false promise of chocolate in last week's newsletter increased opens by 15%. I made a lot of chocoholics angry though, sorry about that. According to Google keyword suggestions, a lot of people think Stephen Conroy is either a douche, idiot or moron. Today I show you how you can use Google keyword suggestions in your keyword analysis. I do another viewer site review as well of stingyspecs.com.au You may have heard that last Friday the iPad was finally released in Australia. It's pretty amazing. My initial thoughts on it can be read here. Be careful as it can also cause office unrest as I found out a few days later. Post any SEO questions you have on our FB page www.facebook.com/pages/Stewart-Media/325644187922

 

I feel Bad Now

I admit it. I have not sent chocolate with this blog post. It was a blatant ploy to see if the promise of chocolate would get more people to open the blog post. I've spent some time this morning going over a viewer's site. There are some basic things you can do to work out why you are not ranking & what you should be ranking for. No - I am not talking about Senator Conroy today because quite frankly he's become very silly with his recent attacks on Google. However my "Fun with the filter" video has been banned from the ABC Q and A website as another user said it showed people how to get porn... yeah I know, silly. I need a T Shirt that says "Banned by the ABC" now :)