Cormac Moylan

Hi, my name is Cormac and this is my blog. On the web circa July 2006.

Entries Tagged as 'SEO'

.net magazine on the hottest SEO trends

March 25th, 2008 · 22 Comments

“We reveal the latest tools and techniques in the world of SEO and give you valuable insights from some of the major players - The hottest SEO trends“
I generally pick up .net magazine each month. This month the lead article was titled ‘The hottest SEO trends’ which featured Google’s Matt Cutts, Danny Sullivan from Search [...]

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Tags: SEO

Integrated site search on Google

March 9th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Google have just added a search box in the snippets area for high authority sites. The box conducts a google search for keywords on the website and returns the results within Google using the ’site’ operator.
It’s not clear what the requirement is to have this added to your site’s snippet. High ranking sites which already [...]

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Tags: Google · SEO

Change of business model for SEOBook.com

February 19th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Aaron Wall has mass mailed his userbase with a notification about a planned change to his popular SEOBook.com website.
Over the course of the past couple years it became obvious to me that the perceived value of ebooks was dropping, the field of SEO was getting more complex, and many people who purchased my book wanted [...]

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Cutts on Snippets

November 27th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Matt Cutts has contributed another video on Google SEO. In it he desists the elements which make up a SERP Snippet.
In the video, Matt discussed the #1 search result for the term “Starbucks”.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS1Mw1Adrk0

I think Starbucks was a soft choice of topic for Matt to dissect for his snippet examination. This is because their page [...]

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SEO term of the moment: Wiki Jacking

August 19th, 2007 · No Comments

What is Wiki Jacking?
Wiki Jacking is the technique of hijacking Wikipedia articles in order to push the sites of your competitors further down the SERPS.
How does it work?
What keyword is your competitior ranking for? If your competitor is ranking higher than a Wiki entry on the same keyword(s), simply edit the Wiki entry [...]

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A Recommended Keyword Tool & Free Trial

August 16th, 2007 · No Comments

Richard Hearne, from Red Cardinal, this morning posted about his favourite keyword tool. The tool in question is Wordze and is available for free public consumption for the next 30 days!
In order to be accepted for the 30 free trial you must click on a subscription link in Richard’s post. This offer ends in four [...]

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Tags: SEO · Software