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Syndicating A Blog Post

I wanted to syndicate my content and notify my social sites automatically. The studio’s too busy to build me something so I played about with a few free sites to see if I get get some useful syndication between Google Docs and my network, including my blog…. there may be smarter ways of doing it but for the purposes of testing this will need to suffice.

I wanted to publish my articles once which notified all my social networks something like: (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....

I actually hate talking to customers about technical SEO. It’s fairly simple stuff but I always feel as if the technical bits get in the way sometimes.

I wanted to share some thoughts about SEO and how I think about it. A lot of it comes down to trust in my book. (more…)

Q – Which keywords do I use to linkbuild with?
A – Look at your analytics.
Use keywords (and synonyms) that already drive traffic that you are not already no1 for (in anchor text in articles). Write 50 articles with 50 of the anchor text variations below (going to the relevant page that Google already thinks enough of to rank and send traffic to) and syndicate.

Virtually no chance of a penalty, either. Of course, I’m assuming you’ve built a decent site (the site below has 50 pages on it - if you are subscribed you would have got even more info (more…)

Google trusts certain sites – very much so. But, WTF is trust to Google and how can we take advantage of it lol?

First – What is trust? (more…)

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Some time ago I was asked to participate in another group interview of 30 linkbuilders discussing backlink analysis on Search Engine Land. If you read this blog at all, you’ll realise the all importance backlinks still have when it comes to ranking in Google results. (more…)

Unfortunately I was too busy actually doing this stuff at the moment lol to take part in Wordstream’s neat group interview – The Ultimate Guide To Keyword Competition (essentially, determining how competitive a keyword niche is), but it’s neat stuff nevertheless and worth a read and bookmark if you’re drawing plans against a particular keyword vertical. (more…)

I’m aiming to make the Hobo SEO blog more useful, with better posts, which will mean fewer posts being published.

I’m not going to publish an article just because it’s timely, or just to get my traffic stats up. I’m just going to do my own thing, hope it’s useful, and hope it continues to satisfy the @8,000 of you who have subscribed.

Upcoming Posts I am considering:

I’ll be publishing the following in the coming week or two…

1. Can You actually Identify On Page/On Site Ranking Factors?
   
2. How & Where Can I start Link Building To My Ecommerce Site To Improve Positions & Traffic NOW?
   
3. Non Technical Google SEO guide: Google & Trust
4. Anatomy Of A Real Live Number 1 Ranking Site In Google

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I loved the Stone Roses as my pals know (still listen to them all the time), and I came across these amazing Stone Roses for Piano tracks on Itunes.

I’m working with Roddy McKenna, the A&R guy who first discovered the Stone Roses in the late 80s and he told me yesterday:

I think this version is great!!!

I asked Richard Thomas the artist behind the stone roses for piano how this came about…

Richard said: (more…)