Keyword stuffing is terrible for your SEO. Here’s what to do instead

Once-upon-a-time, keyword stuffing was a relatively successful SEO strategy. However, today stuffing a keyword into your content too many times can actually knock the stuffing out of your search rankings, or even cause your content to be removed from search listings entirely. Kim Kosaka explains.

Addressing site quality – why building great content isn’t enough

Over the last couple of years, there’s been a real focus on improving the search experience through quality-focused algorithm updates. Google’s making it harder for sites with a high ratio of low quality indexable pages to perform well organically. If your site has thin, low quality, low relevance pages, performance will inevitably suffer – now […]

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Four ways to spice up your social media strategy

Following the latest Facebook algorithm update on 11th January, when Mark Zuckerberg refreshed the News Feed algorithm to de-prioritise content shared by media and businesses in favour of that of friends and family, it is more crucial than ever for a successful social strategy to include genuinely engaging, relevant and high-quality content. This update means […]

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Insights into a newsroom: learnings for content marketing

Print media may be on the decline, but there’s a lot that content marketers can learn from this profession. While content that targets a Google algorithm is a good strategy to have, you should also create content that builds and engages with people. Julia Ogden shares some tips from her background as a print journalist.

Content Marketing for the Socially Responsible

It’s much too easy to lose sleep at night thinking about plastic pollution, global warming, Donald Trump, and countless other threats to our way of life. It all becomes especially worrying when you become a parent. You really start thinking about the future. But thanks to the industry we work in, I see opportunity for […]

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Content’s big three Es: emotive, educational and engaging

Look through the browsing history of every content marketing professional’s computer and I guarantee you’ll find the search term “What makes a content campaign successful?” This is something we’re constantly discussing in the office. Is there even a formula behind the success? Sometimes it doesn’t even make sense. Sure, that cat looks a bit cranky, […]

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Participating in the conversation: 10 ways to generate traffic WITHOUT Google

Much like the world of search and the perpetually updated algorithms of Google, the landscape of non-Google marketing sees techniques, platforms and priorities change over time. What hasn’t changed is the importance of understanding how to generate traffic without Google. Google is big, but it is not good to concentrate all your efforts into just one referrer.