Archive for December 2009

Twitter Real Time Search

So Twitter Real Time Search in the SERP`s is now live, a potential PR/Spam nightmare or great for SEO? I am not the only one who has a view on this and there is a plethora of other opinions on the subject.

MySpace Launches New Set Of Realtime APIs With Google, OneRiot And …
Why Real Time Search Should Interest SEOs
Search Goes Real-Time With Scoopler. Twitter Dominates Results.
Watch Out Twitter! Facebook Launches Realtime Search
Discovering the Power of Twitter’s Real-Time Search

A good or a bad thing? well much like sidewiki it is another weapon in the spammers arsenal but in my humble opinion it presents real reputation management issues for brands.

Malcolm Coles Gets Personal

Malcom Coles is as honest as the day is long, question asking, answer giving all round helpful SEO. In Malcolms words;

“It’s mostly about reviews (good and bad), SEO, WordPress, newspapers, how to do things and the internet in general.”

I found Malcolm through twitter and i have enjoyed reading his posts so much i thought it was only right and proper that you guys get to see his posts via rss as well.

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When NOT to Tweet

When is it best not to tweet?

There are more than enough awkward times not to tweet.
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Google knows what clothes i am wearing via SideWiki

Well we are yet not 24 hours into the launch of the product and we are looking for vulnerabilities, how could it be gamed to turn it to the advantage of the spammers. Well in all honesty it took Michael Gray not very long at all.
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SEO and the Wonder Wheel

*** Update July 2011 – The Wonderwheel Product from Google has been discontinued ***

How far has Google come in terms of understanding search patterns and related terms?  Well a long way would be one way of putting it, but after playing about with the Wonder Wheel (not my voice or vid) for a few months now i wanted to see how far i could stretch the term SEO to see where i ended up and although a lot of people have us seo`s pigeon holed much like your own industry ,the results are very suprising.
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