Gary Cottam

Gary Cottam

Author at Phoenixrealm.com

Gary Cottam is the founder and CEO of Peterborough-based company Doublespark, where he is able to apply his skills and expertise in the realm of Graphic Design, Web Design and SEO. His passion for these areas has also led him to become chief editor of the Phoenixrealm SEO blog, keeping readers informed of the very latest developments.

Gary lives in Cambridge with his wife, Lucy.

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Increasing CTR for Your Tweets with Word Choice and Link Placement

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Last month I gave some tips about tweaking your Tweets for SEO purposes, well I’ve got a few more tips here for you from self-dubbed social media specialist Dan Zarella.

Dan Zarella, author of the newly published “Zarrella’s Hierarchy …

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Fun Time with Bing’s Video Homepage

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Haven’t really used Bing for a while?

Just in case you have spare time to play around, I suggest you visit Bing to see their new video homepage, which they launched in the UK and Australia earlier this week. While …

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Delving Deeper into the Issue of User Intent

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Google calls it user intent. About.com calls it “mindsets of search”. Whatever label you may put on it, the point is that search is all about the user.

I have already written a post about user intent and

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Linking Google+ Pages to Your AdWords Campaign

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Google is definitely pushing Google+ Pages despite speculations of it being “doomed” or “in death throes”. While we have yet to see whether it will go the way of Google Wave and Buzz, I suggest that you still get started

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Getting Started with Google+ Pages

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Google+ Pages for businesses may have been launched only this Monday, but that should not stop you from making a page for your business. While a carefully planned out website is very important, the great thing about social pages like …

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