SEO - what you learn from experience
Can you trust an SEO who has only been in the profession 6 months? Can you trust an SEO who has only optimised a handful of websites? SEO - What you learn from experience. Michael Brandon of SearchMasters. "I have been practicing SEO since September 2002, now 6 years. I am constantly learning. However, I have SEO'ed numerous websites and got top worldwide rankings for...
New Zealand Engineering Jobs - SEO Case Study - Refocus
Refocus Recruitment are New Zealand Engineering jobs specialists. They are a top class Auckland agency that we have enjoyed working with. We were presented with an old looking website that was not well SEO'ed, and the jobs available were not properly categorised. Rather than majorly reprogramming the existing website, we moved the site into our JojoCMS package, added a custom plugin for...
4 CommentsCatamaran - ArrowCat Power Catamarans
Cruising with the ArrowCat Power Catamaran. And looking forward to seeing them cruising up the search results for boats for sale and other phrases once Google recaches the pages. The ArrowCat Power Catamaran is a dream boat - sleeps up to 6 adults, able to hold its own on the open ocean,...
Sites disappearing from Google
Meta description copied 17 times Site 12th to 93rd. Well SEO'ed sites are continuing to disappear from Google - Sites disappearing from Google when other websites copy meta descriptions and words on pages. Clients sites are moving from good rankings to no-where. The good news is, that the...
Architectural Design - Tarzan Design - SEO Client
Saturday afternoon at a friends place, I could not not help myself. Yes, I know, I can be sad. A fellow self employed professional mate Ian Shere but with a website that didn't have the SEO pedantics applied to it. Ian Shere knows his Architecture, and the local building code requirements....
Arrowfield Arrowtown Apartments-SEO Case Study
Arrowfield Apartments are luxury Arrowtown Accommodation within a few minutes drive of the tourist mecca of Queenstown New Zealand. The importance of Search Phrase Selection I was asked to SEO the website, and my first thought was - "Why" - they were already ranking top for...
The definition of an SEO - Team!
The definition of an SEO - "There is no 'I' in Team, nor in SEO" - SEO is an orchestra. Please click through and read. I subscribe to SEO Articles from ientry and every so often comes a gem! Please subscribe yourself. The article talks about how many web developers do not know how to...
Google keywords tools updated
Google keywords tools updated 8 July 2008. Yippeee. We now have approximate traffic numbers on the Google Keywords Tools that we use for our Search Phrase Selection. Official notification was per the Google blog Keyword tool updated with search volume data. We now know whether it is...
Develop the skills of the ICT practitioner-David Cunliffe
David Cunliffe says New Zealand needs to "Develop the skills of the the ICT practitioner". I whole heartedly agree, and add my specific flavour, that one of those skills is that ICT professionals internet marketing abilities need to be further developed. SearchMasters is helping...
eBay Sniping Tools - Hotsniper SEO Case Study
New Zealanders take on the world - the Hotsniper eBay Sniping Tools are the dreamchild of Daniel Feenstra. Frustrated by losing out on eBay auctions by moments, he created a system that bids at the last moment on eBay, and so enables people to win the auctions. Its interesting how at the...
Three Way Linking Strategies
How do you get safe inbound links? Three way linking strategies are one way of safely getting inbound links. I am working with a number of clients that have done the basics right, but are in...
Carbon Fiber Manufacturer - Rivers Carbon - SEO Case Study
Looking for a carbon fiber manufacturer - try RiversCarbon of New Zealand. RiversCarbon do a large amount of research and development into carbon fiber applications, then manufacture with their...
Interactive Marketing Summit 26-5-08
Brightstar Interactive Marketing Summit - Hyatt Regency Auckland Blogging notes as I hear and digest it at the Interactive Marketing Summit, and now edited the day after. My conference fee has...
Relative power of Zoomin v Finda v SearchMasters
We have recently SEO'ed Riverglade Bed and Breakfast in Hamilton for the phrase including "Hamilton Bed and Breakfast", and written a blog post about them, as well as listing them on...
Google snippets for blogs
Google sometimes uses post dates for its Google snippets for blogs. Yes, its been around for a while, but I had thought that Google was just creating a snippet because I had no meta descriptions. I...
Online Backup Software - File Vault - SEO Case Study
File Vault is automated online backup software for your personal computer. I have enjoyed SEO'ing the website, and trialling the service. My Trial of the Backup Software I have an ongoing...
Press Release - SEO Seminars
Press release as reported in Business to Business - Mastering the Search So how can you Master Search Engine Optimisation? Come to the Search Engine Optimisation seminars on 19 May, and the...
SEO Training Seminars - countdown to 19 May 2008
The SEO training seminars countdown to 19 May - Learn more about Search Engine Optimisation at a SearchMasters seminar on 19 May and put your learning into action at an SEO workshop on the...
Childrens Toys - Out to Shop - SEO Case Study
The Out to Shop websites are a group of osCommerce Children's Toys, Kids Toys and Educational Toys shops. The business has been around since 1999 and the OutToPlay.co.nz site has had okay...
Online Yellow Pages Listing - is it worthwhile?
So just how successful has a Gold Priority online Yellow Pages listing been for SearchMasters? I didn't need the business, but I was keen to try a listing on the online Yellow Pages. I wanted...
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