Hobo SEO Blog

How many words maximum do you optimize a page for? I was asked this today at a meeting and, as it’s something I have pondered for a long time, I had to come up with an answer that made sense to someone not seo-literate. (more…)

We've recently updated our comments policy and increased the number of comments a visitor has to make to get seo friendly links in comment signatures to reward long term readers and make it a bit harder for dofollow spammers ;) - I told you dofollow spamming wasn't a long term strategy....

Do Google’s New US SERPS Place Heavy Emphasis on Branding? (more…)

Did Google find Atlantis?

It’s being reported around the web today that Google Earth has found Atlantis (more…)

Google Latitude reportedly got one million users in it’s first week of launch. I really wish I had the time to check out everything Google launches, but there you have it. (more…)

I follow people on Twitter that have interesting things to say in the other media I know them from (like their blog) and it can be an excellent tool to connect with people, but seriously, why the %^&* would I want to know why and only why: (more…)

I’m just toying about with Twitter at the moment in terms of actually contributing to the converations but since the rise of Twitter I am seeing less comments accross the board on a lot of my sites. (more…)

I ended up playing about with Linkedin at the weekend and today after Sonya at The Baby Gurus slagged off my non-participation. I’ve been dabbling in Twitter but I did like Linkedin when I first opened an account to spam it take part in the community. (more…)

Matt Cutts from Google shares tips on the new rel=”canonical” meta tag that the 3 top search engines now support. (more…)

It’s Charles Darwin Day, on Google too. See the new logo? (more…)

Watch our for fake valentines day e-card emails and the like hitting your inbox from scumbag spammers today and tomorrow / Sunday. (more…)