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The Power of the Hash # in SEO

posted by Gary Cottam on July 17, 2009 in SEO

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Early this month I promised a post detailing the uses of the # in SEO. Here it is.

As I have mentioned before the hash is often overlooked, if at all used, by SEOs. A very unfortunate thing because it …

Google Apps Out of Beta to Pave the Way for Wave?

posted by Gary Cottam on July 14, 2009 in SEO

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Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs all went out of beta last week. The funny thing is that I didn’t notice it till my husband pointed it out to me this weekend, which is more proof that Alex Chitu was …

SEO and Web Design: The Perfect Marriage

posted by Gary Cottam on July 2, 2009 in SEO

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I just finished reading Justin Brigg’s post “9 SEO Tips”. The post may have a boring title but his tips are pretty sound. I especially liked tip number 5, which tells about the power of the hash #, something …

404 Pages: Tips for SEO and User-Friendliness

posted by Gary Cottam on June 23, 2009 in SEO

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Let’s face it 404 pages are a pain, for webmasters and for users. I absolutely hate clicking on a link and getting a 404 error page. However, what’s really our concern here is what it does for your SEO. What …

Staying on Top of the Bing Buzz: Readings and Thoughts

posted by Gary Cottam on June 9, 2009 in Search Engines

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Bing has arrived and the net is buzzing with reviews and comparisons to Google and even MSN’s old live search. With all the comparisons with regards to search results and what you can and cannot to do with Bing that …

WolframAlpha: A Knowledge Engine

posted by Gary Cottam on May 18, 2009 in General

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I spend my weekend playing around with one of the most awesome things to come out in the internet ever – WolframAlpha. If you haven’t heard of it’s the fruit of Stephen Wolfram’s vision and it is real …

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