A new search engine called Topsy launched today, and it’s pretty cool. Here’s what it thinks of our free seo guide.

Interestingly it ranks pages by Retweet (ie when somebody likes it they pass it on or retweet it). (more…)

Did you know when you link to a Hobo SEO post we have search engine friendly links back to your site if approved? Our comments are also search engine friendly you know (once you've commented on a few posts)! Do you need any more encouragement to get involved in the conversation ;)

How’s that for some search engine optimisation vanity?

Pure Vanity

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We’ve nearly got 2000 subscribers on the blog. I was hoping if you’re recieving this via email, feedburner or just passing, you’d let me know any of the below; (more…)

Google says to do it using Robots txt.

Use robots.txt to prevent crawling of search results pages or other auto-generated pages that don’t add much value for users coming from search engines. Google Webmaster Help

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I showed recently Google will use the next available Header, be it a H1, H2, H3, H4, H5 and H6 if your page title element is screwed. (more…)

Do you know how much time your staff are spending on Twitter? Join in with me as I optimise a member of my web design teams productivity, and even have a say what I greet him with in the morning. (more…)

Mike Massimino recently twittered; (more…)

I like finding Google’s limits. I ran a quick test to see if Google will use any Header Tag as a page title if for some reason it does not like the page title element you give it (as I thought it might). (more…)

We work with a lot of retailers and they might find this interesting. If a bill is approved to the next stage today, many online retailers might have to change the way the sell online in the UK. EEK. (more…)

I *&^%*£% hate Microsoft Internet Explorer. It’s probably the single longest pain in the backside I’ve encountered in nearly ten years making websites. Ask any website designer or developer – and browser compatibility issues are still an issue. I use Firefox and may well consider using Chrome when it arrives for the Apple Mac. (more…)