http://www.socialblogroll.com/rss/ social blog roll http://londonseo.org/blog/affiliate-yourself-with-londonseo.html A lot of the attendees to LondonSEO events are either full-time or on-the-side affiliates, using their SEO and online marketing skills to make cold hard cash. Embracing this relationship, we would like to announce the next event which will take place during this year’s Affiliate4u conference. Feeding back into SEO, Search Engine Strategies have now ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/tbe-brighton-experience.html Thanks once again to all of you who attended Friday’s LondonSEO event in sunny Brighton, it looked like everyone was enjoying themselves. We’d like to give a special mention to our sponsors Propellernet and organiser Dan Caplin who made the occasion possible. For those of you who prefer trains of the underground variety, our usual London ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/weve-sold-our-souls.html In Mike’s glorious ambition to become a corporate whore and wear a suit with braces to work, the LondonSEO crew will be at Ad:Tech today and tomorrow, exhibiting their new company Ayima Search Marketing (shameless plug). But on a serious note, we’ll also be at Lisa’s piss-up tomorrow in The Crown & Sceptre from 6:30 ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/sesa4u-party-cancelled.html Sorry people, but the party for tonight is cancelled A4U has announced their own party tonight which is in the same venue we were planning to use, so we couldn’t hold ours. I think you need a conference pass to get into the A4U one. We could maybe meet up somewhere else tonight? I’ve got ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-wedding-in-vegas.html Two of our very own LondonSEO regulars are planning to tie the knot!! Rob (evilgreenmonkey) and Lisa Ditlefsen (SEO-Chicks.com) have decided to take the plunge at this December’s WmW PubCon in Las Vegas. The only potential hold up could be: that for it to go ahead, Rob needs to be ranking top ten on Google for ‘weddings’ ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/roll-up-roll-up-were-back-at-the-cittie-of-yorke.html I’ve been on the road quite a bit recently with business trips and conferences all over the place. I know that we’re due another LondonSEO though, and a new gap has opened up in my diary that coincides with fellow LondonSEO organiser, Jay “Str0ud” Young, Ruby-mad Tony “notsleepy” Spencer and Julie “SEO-Chick” Joyce, being over ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/smx-london-2007-party-venue-confirmed.html After an in-depth analysis of pubs in the area; Jay, Julie, Steve and I unanimously agreed on the perfect after-show party venue for the first ever Search Marketing Expo in London. Chris Sherman has been organising a fantastic line-up of speakers and topics for the inaugural event, including 2 SEO Blokes and an SEO Chick taking ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-thursday-19th.html Right, so while Rob is partying away at SMX in Seattle I thought, HA!, I’m going to take over LondonSEO and organise a party. Ok it’s not really that dramatic, we talked about it (ehm yeah we are not married) before he left to SMX and he has left the organising in my safe hands. ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-summer-bbq-party.html It’s time for another LondonSEO and not even the ridiculous heat in our beloved capital can stop us! Although most of us geeks prefer to shy away for the sun and direct sunlight, some people bizarrely enjoy being out in the heat and beaming rays. Sacrificing pub nostalgia this August, we’ll be holding LondonSEO in ...] http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-party-thursday-21st-february.html That’s right, SEO Chick Lisa has highjacked LondonSEO, and I’m organising the party for the last day of SES London. This is going to be ONE awesome party. Still can’t believe they are trusting me to organise this, mowhahahaha… We got two fantastic sponsors for the party, RedFly Marketing and Altogether Digital. Myself and Evilgreendonkey were out ...] http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/04/saab-east-anglia-dealers-new-site.html <span style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, ignore the post I did last week about this site (I have deleted it lol). Really not professional to post when you have had a drink lol.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This site has been re-designed for SEO purposes as it wasn't ranking very well in the SERPs. And although link building will be tres important for this site the basic SEO stuff like title tags, content optimisation and anchor text etc etc is going to be the ground works. I would greatly appreciate it if you have a moment to look through the http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/06/reveiwlicious-new.html Wow, my fellow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SEO</span> Chick Anita Chaperon just launched her own website this week called <a href="http://reviewlicious.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Reviewlicious</span></a>, I had a look through it today, this girl has been busy. And it's super cool! It's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">definitely</span> a need for this type of review site.<br /><br />The site covers information, reviews and case studies from the & http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/05/seo-chicks-launch.html <span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>I'm very excited to be launching this new collaborating blog, it's an all female bloggers, and we will be blogging about SEO, PPC, SMO and Web Analytics. The current <a href="http://www.seo-chicks.com/about/">SEO Chicks Crew</a> includes myself, Anita Chaperon (PPC Queen) and the very funny Julie Joyce (from <a href="http://www.str0ud.com/">Str0ud Consulting</a>).<br /><br />We are expecting a few other SEO Chicks to join in the next couple of weeks.<br /><br />Check it out the new <a href= http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-do-link-building-in-b2b.html <span style="font-family: verdana;">Judith Lewis (aka deCabbit) wrote a fantastic article over at mad.co.uk in their Technology Weekly section. The article contains some great principles and tips on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://technologyweekly.mad.co.uk/Main/InDepth/SearchEngineMarketing/Articlex/ffdfa2dcaa734af0b249af7f1a641899/Getting-Links-in-a-B2B-environment.html">how to build links in a B2B environment.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my opinion you need a totally different strategy, and alot more ti http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/04/junior-seo-vacancy.html <span style="font-family:verdana;">Update: <span style="font-weight: bold;">position filled</span>. I will let you all know about my new recruit very soon =)<br /><br />We are currently recruiting for a </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Junior SEO </b><span style="font-family:verdana;">to join our growing team here at </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.baseoneinteractive.co.uk/" target="_blank">Base One Interactive</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> . A great opportunity for someone wa http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/08/im-finalist-in-b2b-marketing-awards.html <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.b2bm.biz/awards/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_831v2Q4V6Ps/RtVRt7rSYDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/yljqZCbmAFE/s200/B2B Marketing Finalists' Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104075602249539634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm genuinely stoked to be shortlisted for the final in the <a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/awards/">B2B Marketing Awards 2007 </a>in the category "B2B marketing newcomer of the year". It's been such an exciting year f http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/08/out-of-date-i-know-but-check-out-seo.html Just in case you are thinking, this blog is OOOOOOLD! You're totally right, I haven't posted here for donkeys. I haven't disappeared from the blogging scene though, I have just been busy with the SEO Chicks blog, which is going great by the way.<br /><br />So if you are looking for some fantastic SEO information, tips and news, head over to the <a href="http://www.seo-chicks.com/">SEO CHICKS</a> website!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getitornot.co.uk/1">getitornot</a> http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/05/bits-bobs-and-excuses-excuses.html Wow, now this has been a super hectic month. I've been utter rubbish at keeping this blog updated, and feel really guilty for some reason. I've only got about 4 regular readers lol..<br /><br />So what's up in Lisaland?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Base One Search</span><br />It's been an exciting but stressful month. I've been working on the new Base One Search site, which should be up sometime in June. It's going to be a fabulous new Search Marketing site with articles, info and a SEO/SEM blog. Really looking forward to see the end res http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2008/08/far-far-awayin-cyber-space.html The last few months have been hectic to say the least. I've recruited more people into my team, actually managed to LAUNCH <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.baseonesearch.co.uk/">Base One Search</a> (after what seems like a lifetime!) and also launched a movie for the launch campaign of the site.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The movie is called "SEO Wars" , starring:</span><br /><br />Rand Fishkin as <span style="font-weight: bold;">Rand LinkWalker</span><br />Fantomaster as <span style="font-weigh http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2008/03/awards-speaking-at-conferences-and-my.html The past year has been an amazing year for me; SEO-Chicks has been a great success, I won the <span style="font-weight: bold;">B2B Newcomer</span> of the Year back in November, I've been a speaker at both <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="htthttp://searchmarketingexpo.com/london/p://">SMX London</a> and SES London</span>. I'm also, as of next month, writing a <span style="font-weight: bold;">regular column about Search Marketing</span> in <a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/blog/">B2B Marketin</a><a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/blog/ http://www.seo-blokes.com/16/nicest-bloke-in-seo.html Yesterday was the service of thanksgiving for my step-father Michael, followed by a wake in my local pub. It was a really lovely day, made all the more so by the lovely people who were a part of it. From Mike, the landlord of the Wheatsheaf, to the vicar, to all of Michael’s friends, it ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/14/how-seo-got-me-carpet-laid.html After reading evil’s post I wondered what other utterly ridiculous stories people might come up with as linkbait. Now the offending article which evil mentions is obviously aimed at celibate diggers, but hey - most of us here at SEO Blokes are in or near our 30s, 2 of us are married, 1 of us ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/17/arctic-diamonds-predicting-search-traffic.html One of the true arts in search marketing is predicting possible high volume search terms. Just as with any sort of marketing, if you can guess which way your audience is going to go, and get in at the ground floor, you can do very well. Case in point: Sitting in my lounge yesterday afternoon, beer ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/21/dave-naylor-is-the-nicest-bloke-in-seo.html Or at least the bloke most willing to play the game and pimp his readers to win a popularity contest. And for that we salute him. For anyone unhappy with the result, all I can say is that I said I would close the vote when it got to 200, but due to being away I’ve ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/23/5-hottest-guys-in-uk-seo.html I’ve always wanted to be tagged in a meme post, but never dreamed it would be on a topic which will only enhance the impression many have of me; i.e. that I may not be so interested in the ladies (despite the fact that I’m married & all that). So thanks for that Julie, I ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/22/bucharest.html My friend Gav was due to get married to his Romanian fianc�e in Bucharest and invited us to experience a Romanian Orthodox wedding. Now this has nothing to do with SEO so far but a couple of weeks before I had received� Search Engine Optimization with PHP: A Developer’s Guide to SEO. On ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/18/all-quiet-on-the-bloke-front.html Unlike our lovely sisters over at SEO Chicks, we’ve been a bit poor on the posting front recently. It’s down to a mixture of work, festivals, travel and some general slacker-ness. To keep things tiding over until we get our arses in gear, here’s one of those handy little round-ups (not all of them on topic): Eric ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/19/seo-superheroes.html An article about DC Comics (yes, I’m a comic geek as well) using Web 2.0 got me thinking about what an SEO superhero would look like. My colleagues and I at Altogether think that they would probably look something like this: But what do you think? Why not have a go at creating your own SEO Superhero. ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/20/why-seos-dont-like-authority.html Are you the boss of an SEO? If so, they probably either don’t think of you as a boss, or can’t wait to leave the company. A real SEO is a maverick, the kind of person who sat alone in the classroom with a demonic smile and created masterplans when others were playing hopscotch. You ...] http://www.seo-blokes.com/24/rapping-your-way-to-the-top.html I’m not generally a big fan of rap music (too much swearing for an innocent guy like me), the only rap song on my iPhone is “I’ll Be Missing You” by P Doddy or whatever his name is these days. I do however love the SEO industry and couldn’t resist the charm of this rap ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/my-google-account-is-showing-someone-elses-adsense-account.html This totally freaked me out today, I was signed into my Gmail account and was going to check the adsense test we had been running, which isn’t connected to my Gmail account so I normally have to logout and sign in has Becky my wife ( it’s her account lol ), but to my surprise ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/searchingforbigfoot-site-down.html searchingforbigfoot.com .. HAHAHA if you are going to linkbait at least make sure you have you have enough bandwidth,, :) http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/georgia-bigfoot-found.html Searching is not always done through the net. Yes, there is a physical world out there too. Many have spent their lives searching for Bigfoot. Perhaps once thought a mythical beast it seems Georgia may have indeed found the mighty Bigfoot. Is this yet another example of link bait ? Well, Google trends ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/google-georgia-maps-missing.html Google claims it hasn’t made significant changes to its mapping software. Yet local data for the Georgia, Azerbaijan and Armenia is not appearing. This is in sharp contrast to Google Earth which supplies local data down to building levels. (They must have the data then?)Microsoft again is the winner here with its  Virtual Earth product ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/liz-taylor-dead-post.html Google is doing some strange things, for eg yesterday we ranked No.1 in the .com for “Liz Taylor Murdered” now the page in the serps is at….wait for it no.63. Perhaps other blogs are much better and more specific, or give more valued information. How is Google discerning the ranking positions ? One day ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/adcenter-uk-2nd-birthday.html Yes that’s right it’s already the 2nd anniversary of the Microsoft adCenter launch in the UK. The mighty Microsoft gave life to the adCenter search Ads 2 years ago today. One thing you can say about Microsoft is they always support any product launch fully, dedicated teams located in London, Dublin and Liverpool focus ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/liz-taylor-murdered.html Yet more link bait this week ? Throughout the course of the last week we have been picking up on stories which may be true or false. This one is “Liz Taylor Murdered” and seems to have been started by E-mail spammers as if it has come from msnbc.com news. The breaking news headline  claims ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/ppc-management-aston-martin.html Don’t ask us why we were looking for an Aston Martin. But something rather critical about the Aston Martin PPC campaign caught our attention, in-fact we have witnessed the campaign error for the best part of a week. A search for “Aston Martin” in Google brings us the following ad: When we click on this ad this ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/big-foot-press-conference.html The truth is out there somewhere and with the Big Foot Press Conference today we will hopefully know the results of the DNA findings. Multiple tests are being carried out and will be announced. What happens if the Bigfoot story is confirmed as true ? What happens if the story is false? Will there be ...] http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/search-marketing-consultant.html A truly effective online marketing strategy can only be realised by having clear focus and direction. Build into the mix internal politics that many companies have with budgets and decision making and direction can soon be lost, leaving some in a marketing conundrum. The search marketing consultant may need to anticipate time delays ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/562/seo-conferences-good-deal-or-no-deal.html I love SEO Conferences, but there’s a good possibility I’ll never attend another one. Why? Well, for one thing, after I tick off all the conference hosts today with this post, the SEO bouncers might block me from entering. But in reality, I may never go to another conference because the prices ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/568/the-formal-business-article.html When I joined, Lisa announced that new SEO chick Judith Lewis was joining and yadda yadda yadda but I started out talking all business and not much fun SEO - and here I go again!� One of the areas I often write about is the connection between paid and natural search and how both are ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/578/im-charity-party.html For anyone who hasn’t heard via Twitter, Sphinn, or Facebook, the charity event of the year is going be held at SES San Jose on Monday August 18th. For a $40 donation to charity, you will get 4 hours of open bar with some of your favorite online marketers like Neil Patel, Michael Gray, Jim Boykin, ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/577/lisa-jons-engagement-celebrated-at-londonseo.html Everyone loves a party and this month LondonSEO hosted a BBQ at the Vibe bar sponsoredby Media Centrix - well, it was almost a BBQ. It also hosted a little celebration to congradulate our own SEO Chick LisaD and Jon on their engagement! Here is the happy couple with a chocolate cupcake each ready to ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/567/things-that-are-and-things-that-are-not-linkbait.html Sometimes, you cannot help but pity the poor people who come up with terrible marketing campaigns. I actually feel pretty bad for the people at Me.dium.com whose promotional video is nothing short of horrifying. Their software doesn’t appear to be bad, but the team in charge of approving that video should be fired. It’s supposed ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/570/why-non-industry-people-are-the-best-bloggers.html Aside from the bundles of work that I am doing at my agency, I have also been helping my friends become bloggers. Non-Industry friends come to me all the time and ask about blogging. Usually through some sort of barter system and in this case “chocolate chip pancakes”. It gets to a point ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/569/flash-aaaaahhhhh-saviour-of-the-universe.html Love it or hate it, we’ve all seen it. Flash sites built for beauty and not spiders have often been the source of grief and stress within the SEO community as we try and explain why it was a dumb idea to do it that way. Ya, that’s harsh but so it trying ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/566/chocbait-v-the-chocbait-strikes-back.html LondonSEO pissups are things everyone in the SEO community has come to look forward to. Not only are they a chance to see people you likely haven�t seen since the last conference you went to, it�s also a chance to indulge in free drink and help friends. For the last while, LondonSEO has also been ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/572/im-so-bored-with-the-seo.html …but what can I do? Besides look to The Clash for inspiration, I mean. Miss Judith recently berated the rest of the Chicks for not writing much…well, she did it quite nicely, I hasten to add. Still, it really made me think about why I haven’t been writing lately, and the reason is simple: I’m bored ...] http://www.seo-chicks.com/573/love-is-in-the-air.html The setting - Fiesole, Italy The characters - playing the fiery viking is LisaD and the swashbuckling hero Jon Myers The action - a romantic dinner, a romantic setting, a romance made in SEO. What could possibly come of something like this but LOOOOOOOOOVE! That’s right folks - the question was popped and LISA SAID YES! Our favourite ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/317920433/should-you-be-ranking-for-seo.html Do you rank for the term seo]? If not, why not? I used to hear this question from prospective clients around 3 years ago whilst heading up the SEO department at a London based marketing agency. The question was usually asked by SMEs, in the belief that either Google recommended the agencies in the top 10, ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/316268577/sql-developer-job.html Ayima is currently looking for a SQL Reporting Developer to strengthen our team. We are looking for a smart, quick thinking and thorough individual who wants to develop their knowledge in this challenging industry. The job holder will be responsible for the following primary requirements: To develop business information using all data available in our current business ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494762/a-new-adventure-with-ayima-and-sphinn.html I’m happy to announce 2 new ventures that I’m very excited about. Firstly, after leaving my in-house role at PartyGaming, I have now partnered up with some brilliant SEOs, to form a new consultancy. The company is called Ayima Search Marketing, please don’t ask me what “Ayima” means though ;). I work alongside Mike Nott, who ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494764/my-new-sew-experts-column.html I was recently asked by Incisive to start writing a column for In-House SEM in the SearchEngineWatch Experts section. My first article looking at brand protection went live a few days ago, and I should be writing a new article at least once a fortnight. You can find a list of articles that I write ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494761/preparing-your-company-for-universal-search.html It’s this year’s buzzword and the topic that every search conference goer is talking about, although most people are still unsure about what Universal Search is and how it affects them. The term is used by Google to describe their rollout of a new search result format, combining maps, images, video, news, products and blogs ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494759/mike-being-a-wnker.html Just in case you read Mike Nott’s Blog, you may have seen his recent post about the bet made at Lisa’s Ad:Tech party. Lisa and I have a running joke that we’re like husband and wife, and it somehow moved on to someone joking about having a Vegas wedding during Pubcon. As it became quite a ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494757/google-universal-this-is-london-calling.html I’ve been moaning to people about this for a while, although as it still hasn’t been fixed I thought I’d shout a bit louder. I’ve recently bought a house in mighty Essex and currently pondering over whether to buy a car or not (I never needed one when living in Central London). As a result, I’ve ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/203344378/taking-advantage-of-offline-advertising.html I love those “full service ad agencies” that try to specialise in everything and excel at nothing. My favourite are those that try to embrace online marketing/conversion through offline advertising and getting it oh-so-wrong. As an affiliate, these lapses in judgement can become a big money maker if used and abused correctly. Have you ever seen ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/326194791/micro-site-seo-hosting.html Running dozens/hundreds of websites can be an expensive business, hosting alone can cost upwards of $250 a year for each site. SEOs will often look to host each website on a different IP range or in a totally different country. You may want to host country-specific sites in their target country, but not want to ...] http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/314183626/ask-the-monkey-something.html OK, so I haven’t posted anything since the end of last year. After getting de-listed from the TopRank Big List for not posting enough and getting taunted by esrun (who now has more visitors to his blog than me), I’ve decided to try and make more of an effort. I do have an excuse for not ...]