4 Steps to a Successful Start in Social Media

The difference between the web of a few years ago and the web today is Social Media.

Social Media is basically communication online. That doesn’t sound too complicated, huh? But for many beginners it can be. There are many different forms of Social Media… many different ways of communicating online.

Getting involved in Social Media can be intimidating. So much so that you might not know where to even begin. There is Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Plurk, Mixx, Digg. There are blogs, forums, wikis, photo sharing, vlogging (video blogging), and others. They are all different, so which do you devote your time to?

In this post I’m going to get back to the very beginning….I’m going to explain the very basics of how to get Started with Social Media. (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 ;)

Here’s some quick ways to test how accessible your website is for people with ‘disabilities’.

We’re currently re-evaluating all the sites with our name on it including this one – perhaps you might want to test your site?

Valid HTML & Valid CSS is the first step to ensuring an accessible website. (more…)

After a busy pre-season the new season is eventually upon us for us SEO!

This time round, obviously through the recent sponsership deals and TV money, the league has expanded to 12 Teams. Once again the teams were drawn fairly out of a hat and here is a run down of who’s who

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WK 4 Final Results – Marty is the Champ

Into the final week of the HoboWeb XBox Friday league and it comes to a fantastic end (not the end of course – we now run a continous league).

After last weeks standings, France (Allan) was still in with a 2nd place finish. But he crashed out this week with a 0-0 draw against Holland (Rodger). Leaving him in 3rd overall. Germany (Jim), however, saved the day. With a 1-0 win the over Michael’s Spanish team, holding him back from any more points.

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WK 3 Results

I know you have all been anxiously waiting for the update on how our internal pro evo league on the X-Box 360 was going so here it is… today will decide things Here’s how things stand….

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Looks like the Google API (which allows you to query the search engine up to 1000 times in a day to determine where you rank for specific keywords) is, well, screwing the results at the Digital Point Tool and Web Position Gold. (more…)

Some of the more useful pages on the Hobo site….

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SEO Tips For Cuil

Just looking at some of the results on the new search engine Cuil and it’s clear how to optimise for this search engine already (in the local space)! (more…)

TIP 24I’ve mentioned this before. Onsite, one of the most important things you can do, is link to important pages often. I used a ‘links-are-lasers‘ analogy last year which I still use today. (more…)