There is a constant discussion around ‘SEO is dead’ or dying or hanging on a cliff edge etc. Every time a new Google update is rolled out or a new product appears on the market resulting in the latest batch of blog posts being rolled out on how it is going to kill SEO.
A few of us at No Pork Pies attended Brighton SEO on Friday and it was a fantastic event showing the UK how important Brighton is to the digital industry.
There were many discussions and some great presentations on topics from ‘is SEO doomed’ to the ‘evolution of link building’. All the presentations were really interesting but it’s the last debate that I specifically wanted to discuss.
Conrad Saam, a marketing manager for legal directory Avvo, recently posted an article on Search Engine Land which is sure to stir up debate. He conducted a test where he performed 20 searches on both Google and Bing to see which search engine provided the most accurate results.
It’s the time of year to discreetly draw a veil over our predictions for 2010 and boldly predict what will be happening in the world of SEO in 2011. 1. Tweets to count more towards search engine rankings. Google and Bing announced late last year that social networking sites would have more of an impact on a person, company or product’s search engine ranking and… Read more…
SEO strategists could learn a few things from the recent publicity given to a Facebook campaign to get people to change their profile picture to match the image of their favourite cartoon character. Mystery surrounds who actually initiated the campaign with the organiser – like Road Runner – always staying at least one step ahead of the chasing pack. The Facebook message which kick-started the… Read more…
