Hobo SEO Blog

We’re pleased to announce Hoboweb has today been nominated through Business Gateway for the prestigious Best Emerging Business 2007 at the Inverclyde Chamber Of Commerce Bees Knees Awards. (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....

Looking for companies to submit proposals for your web job? (more…)

The 1 hour seo tutorial is just a quick article about how you can quickly promote your site yourself to instantly generate visitors to your site and how to turn this content eventually into good positions in Google, Yahoo and MSN.

Writing search engine friendly content is creative but not black magic. Let’s assume you have a site that at least Google can spider, and your using WordPress (my choice) for your blog. If Google can spider it, MSN and Yahoo can too. (more…)

At Hobo, we have finally released our fantastic new service: WordPress & Joomla CMS Integration & Deployment to advertising agency and graphic design companies looking for a tailored “white label” or “white box” search engine optimised website design solution / cms for clients that’s simple to use (so they can edit the site themselves) and very reliable. (more…)

The only website you’ll ever need! (more…)

How to pick an SEO Agency

What’s the best way for you to select the right search engine optimisation company? Ideally, you should investigate as much as possible. As with anything in life, there is risk involved. (more…)

Your title tag provides the caption, your meta keywords tag normally provides the scope of the information on the page (and is invisible to humans), and your meta description tag completes the call to action – together, they form the ultra-important ‘hook’ of your advertising in the SERPS – searc engine results pages. The Page Title and the Meta Description are the MAIN meta tags you really need at this time because most search engines at least look at them. (more…)

If you’re about to commission a new website (or update your old website design), then here is one thing you should demand from your “expert” website designer: A CSS based layout web design! Why? Cost effective web design & maintenance benefits, search engine optimisation benefits, accessibility benefits, usability benefits – the list goes on… Read on if you want to save money!

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Why We Build Accessible Websites for Clients

An accessible, W3C standards based website design can be a right pain in the proverbial to develop and maintain, let me tell you. A lot of uncredited work goes in to ensure the interoperability of a client site. It’s a pain for our developers because accessibility takes time and experience to master. It can be a pain for clients, as more often than not (for smaller website design agencies, at least) it increases the amount of time required to design, develop and launch a new website, and unless the client is committed to maintaining the accessibility of the site, most clients who go on to manage the site eventually screw up their sites a bit, adding images without ALT text, for example.

But we still do it…why? Well, why it’s because of the benefits! (more…)

How Fast Should A Web Page Load?

Are you losing customers because of a slow loading website design? Is your website frustrating your customers – meaning missed leads and sales? A slow-loading site can mean web shoppers are likely to abandon a website if it takes longer than four seconds to load, a survey suggests. (more…)