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How does website geographic targeting on Google work? Google has a strong country bias in results that it shows on Google.co.nz, a slightly weaker country bias in results shown on Google.com as seen from New Zealand, and of course, no country bias when looking at Google.com as seen from the USA via a proxy. The same is obviously true for any country searches. If your website is a non... > Read more

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Apache log files can get large. Manually clearing apache log files become essential if there is no automatic clearing as part of the hosting environment. I have a client hosted on their own vps server that was running out of disk space. I used the ssh command via putty: du -sh * showed a... > Read more

SearchMasters is not just interested in Search Engine Optimising websites. We are interested in getting clients more sales. One way of obtaining more sales is via affiliate marketing programs. Before you get other people to promote your business, make sure that your own website is properly... > Read more

Econergy® heat pump water heaters heat hot water using heat transferred from the air via a refrigeration cycle. As it does not have to create this heat it is remarkably efficient. Heating hot water electrically usually accounts for the largest portion of the household electricity bill so it... > Read more

Healthaire is an Auckland/Christchurch based heat pump manufacturer and installer. I like working with businesses that consider themselves best in their business. The owner Curtis has all the facts and figures as to why their home ventilation system has better air flow, better pumps, air... > Read more

I am transferring my clients sites from a shared hosting to vps, and had the following MySQL 5.0.51a database error: CREATE VIEW command denied to user A quick Google told me that there are issues with permissions and upgrading between MySQL versions. The solution: use putty to ssh to your... > Read more

Rather than Laser Eye Surgery, consider Corneal Refractive Therapy from Revize. Corneal Refractive Therapy involves wearing specially customised contact lenses while you sleep. These reshape your eye and after a few nights of wearing them, you are able to achieve 20/20 vision. Carlisle Mason... > Read more

In need of an independent Septic Tank specialist? Dave Miller Environmental Engineers specialise in Septic Tanks and other sewage and wastewater treatment systems. With any Search Engine Optimisation job, there is the question of how much work you should do on a website? On a 38+ page website,... > Read more

Goal - SearchMasters Top Ten on Google.co.nz for "Marketing" SearchMasters will rank top ten for "Marketing" on Google.co.nz by 31/12/08 [and as at 16/10/08, I am THIRD]. Out of all the marketing and PR companies of New Zealand, out of all the web development and SEO... > Read more

I have just been asked "What are the SEO Basics?". What are the basic things that must be done to get a web page listed on the search engines? The following is my email reply to them. I thought it might be easier in the future to have a post I could just refer people to... These are... > Read more

Canes Deer Farm produces and retails quality Deer Antler Velvet from their Central North Island Farm. Like many business owners, they are passionate about their product, and have added a lot of... > Read more

How do you SEO for Affiliate Schemes? SEO of websites that have links to ClickBank, Amazon, eBay, Template Monster etc. Part 2 in the Series, about how Search Engine Optimisation Practitioners... > Read more

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... > Read more

Pulse IT are Computer Support specialists based in Auckland and servicing clients nationwide. They are the computer services and outsourced IT department of many leading New Zealand companies.... > Read more

The Davidson's are beekeepers offering Organic Skin Care and Natural Remedies based on their innovations and research into honey bees. The business is of special interest to me given that my... > Read more

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... > Read more

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... > Read more

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... > Read more

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... > Read more

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... > Read more