Link seller spam is nothing new, and will most likely exist and evolve for as long as the internet has a need for marketing. Unfortunately, it must work to a point – albeit to a low percentage, but I can imagine the volume and velocity that the emails are outreached in means that even at …
Directory Submission is a basic offsite SEO activity that helps to optimize your presence within a locale (whether it be reaffirming the business’s existence nationally, or for local SEO purposes). Traditionally, there are three types of Directory Submissions – two of which are worthwhile, and the other breaks Google’s guidelines. The worthwhile ones are where you …
In the wake of my Halloween SEO horror story blog posts, I reached out to the SEO community again but instead of the car crash stories, I wanted to hear some of the near misses they’ve had when being pitched to by SEOs, growth consultants, and business development salespeople. Of course, no one in the …
YouTube is fast moving away from being a UGC video paradise to a serious digital content and streaming powerhouse. With the introduction of YouTube original series, the opportunities created by Netflix for digital content streaming services are huge. A notable example of this is the Disney+ streaming service, which amassed 10 million subscribers within hours …
Currently, Yahoo! holds around one-fifth of the Japanese search engine market and failure to accommodate the search engine into your marketing strategy could lead to you missing out on potential targets. Yahoo! Japan was established a year after Yahoo! established prominence in the United States during the mid-90s, and came about when Softbank invested in …
Japan is a very different market to the Western World, with different customs, beliefs, and traditions, and these have shaped behavior both online and offline. One of these jumps from Japanese culture into the online world is Anime and Manga. Moving from the realms of comic books through to TV, film, and video games – …
Naver Blog launched in 2003 and is one of the most popular websites in the country (separate to Naver’s search product). As one of the original pioneers of UGC (user-generated content), Naver Blog has garnered a strong position over the years. For brands looking to enter to South Korean market, Naver Blog is an alien …
Local SEO is often wrought with horror stories and bad practices, with smaller outfits monopolizing local areas and markets with small business owners not knowing any different. And of course, we have the wonderful Stop Crap On The Map movement! Even this month I stayed in an independent hotel, where they had a website built …
Whether you’re in Silicon Valley, Silicon Hills, or a shared workspace – most SaaS and fintech companies have fallen foul of an SEO faux pas or received bad advice. This year’s Saas & Fintech SEO horror stories include classics such as “changing Hreflang and URLs killing off traffic from a whole region” and “adding all …
This year’s iGaming & Betting SEO horror stories include classics such as “Wanting to publish a new website with the old one live” and “not wanting to disavow links incase it highlighted to Google that bad links exist”. I’d like to say thank you to everyone who took time out to contribute to this post, and …