SEO Form - New SEO Tool
I have just released a beta of SEO Form - a Firefox extension which helps you with directory submissions and link exchanges.
The tool simply autocompletes common form fields for you such as title, URL, email, keywords etc. To help mix things up a little, you can enter up to 4 titles and 4 descriptions - each time you use the tool it will randomly pick a different title/description combo....
Added: 31 Jan 07
Dude, where's my PR6?
Apologies for the second post in a row on Google PageRank. I'm not *that* fascinated by it, really.
I'm one of those guys that thinks that PR / Alexa Rank is largely a dick measuring contest between you and other webmasters out there. That is, they are an interesting metric, but just not accurate enough to be useful.
Having said that, most good, established sites have good PR. And no doubt...
Added: 25 Jan 07
PageRank - Don't get too excited
I'm a bit of a sucker for the little green bar at the bottom of my screen showing the PR of the page I'm looking at. Sometimes, I catch myself reading the PR before reading the content to decide if it's trustworthy or not.
I'm trying to stop myself from doing this, it's not healthy.
2 new...
Added: 23 Jan 07
Pure Water Corporation
This week I launched a new site for Pure Water Corporation NZ, a company supplying iron water filters around New Zealand. These water filters are a handy mechanism developed in the Ukraine, which filters out iron and other bad stuff from farm water.
The logic is, that if the water is clean, it...
Added: 9 Jan 07
Environmental NZ
I launched a simple website for Environmental NZ yesterday. This site will serve as a forum for environmental engineers around New Zealand, and is owned and operated by a friend of mine.
Yes, I will sometimes design a website for 2 bottles of wine if you push me long enough :)
It's another...
Added: 19 Dec 06
On-page SEO is not Dead
I keep reading articles about how "real" SEO experts don't worry about on-page SEO, and instead focus all their efforts on link building instead.
It's true that link power is the most important factor for competitive phrases, but there is also good traffic to be had for the less...
Added: 19 Dec 06
Ferrit SEO their site properly - sort of?
I have been in the process of writing a SEO article all about www.ferrit.co.nz - a multi million dollar website with more SEO and web development mistakes than a drunk illiterate kid with Microsoft Frontpage could make.
My article covered what you don't want your website to look like after...
Added: 17 Dec 06
Web Developer CV
We are in the process of employing another developer at gardyneHolt, and it's interesting to see how people present themselves via their CV.
For anyone wanting a web development job, here's a little feedback from the other side of the fence...
What we don't want to see
We are employing a web...
Added: 13 Dec 06
Choosing a SEO Company
I have read a number of articles on how to choose a SEO company. Most of them raise some valid points, including asking what tactics they will be using, and ensuring they will not be doing anything black hat.
But almost all of these articles put a lot of focus on what sort of rankings the SEO...
Added: 12 Dec 06
Getting out of the sandbox
The other day, I wrote an article on how the sandbox works - how it opens up your new site to the possibility of good rankings after about 6 months.
I included a stock photo of a sandbox (we call them a sandpit in NZ), but then I remembered we have just spent the last few weeks building a...
Added: 9 Dec 06
How not to write a homepage title
I regularly check rankings on most of my sites to see if I am appeasing the Google gods, and often I find myself laughing at other people's SEO tactics, especially those of my competitors.
This...
Added: 7 Dec 06
The Google Sandbox is real!
We already know that the Google sandbox exists - Google has confirmed that it does exist. While looking through some ranking graphs the other day, I found some graphs which I think explain the...
Added: 2 Dec 06
Reducing code bloat
Code bloat may or may not have anything to do with SEO. It doesn't matter, bloated code is very uncool and you should spend some time reviewing your site and reducing code bloat. Here are some good...
Added: 22 Nov 06
Spaces, Underscores & Dashes - how to name files
Many people have opinions on how files should be named on the web, and specifically how words should be seperated. Do you use a space, an underscore or a dash?
Here's another opinion, with some...
Added: 19 Nov 06
Pictures 4 Schools
Another site recently launched is www.pictures4schools.com
This is a photo library service for kids, where kids can browse for images without having to worry about what happens when you search for...
Added: 17 Nov 06
Bambusero
This week I launched the revamped Bambusero website. Mark Mortimer is a friend of mine and a talented bamboo craftsman. Mark makes creative things out of bamboo - bamboo fences, furniture, lights,...
Added: 16 Nov 06
Review Me
In the ongoing quest to pump up our traffic by getting creative with various link schemes, it's easy to spend way more time that you should aquiring crappy links.
Aaron Wall of SEO Book fame is...
Added: 11 Nov 06
Moving a Website
It's long been known that in order to rank in a country specific Google, such as Google New Zealand or Google UK, you need to have one of 2 things. Either have a domain name relating to that...
Added: 10 Oct 06
AJAX is here
It's been a long time coming, but I have finally launched my first implementation of my AJAX CMS. This site.
This is a little more than just a few funky AJAX calls here and there - I have tweaked...
Added: 29 Sep 06
Does Alt Tag Spam Work?
I have recently taken over a site that features some serious alt tag spam. I was wondering if Alt Tag spam really works, so I thought this would be an interesting opportunity to find out.
Update...
Duplicate Content - 26 Aug 06Added: 15 Sep 06
SEO Checklist - 19 Jun 06
Spam Reports - Google, Yahoo, MSN - 7 Jun 06
The Importance of META Description - 29 May 06
Optimise for Google Image Search - 29 May 06
Optimise for Google New Zealand - 21 May 06
Win a Luxury Vacation for 2 to the Supplemental Index - 12 May 06
Optimising your website for Google - 8 May 06
Titles for bricks and mortar businesses - 25 Apr 06
PHP 301 Redirects - 13 Apr 06
Optimizing Webmaster Credits - 11 Apr 06
Successful Navigation Design - 4 Apr 06
DIY SEO - 4 Apr 06
SEO Web Design - 3 Apr 06
Paris Hilton and Link reputation - 29 Mar 06
Disable PHPSESSID - 29 Mar 06
Submitting Articles - 28 Mar 06
Keyword Articles - 26 Mar 06
On Page SEO - 26 Mar 06
Getting Forum Subscribers - 26 Mar 06
