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The SEO effect of 1&1 A Year On
It has been a year since I had my issues with 1&1 Internet and decided to express my dissatisfaction at their service publicly and what I have learned from this saga is that “joe public” also like to get involved when they feel that they have been treated in an unfair manner or experienced poor customer service. Here’s the impact the response to my post had on SEO and social media, resulting in great rankings in the SERPs.
Online Marketing and SEO in 2012
I have been posting on 3ac.co.uk now for three years and I am disappointed with myself that I have been silent for the last couple of months and to be honest I am annoyed about it. I don’t like having genuine gaps in my archive of posts, but let’s not dwell on the past as it is time to look forward into 2012.
I am going to touch on online marketing and SEO in this post and what I feel will be big in 2012…
ME.UK Domain Names. Putting To Bed The Stigma
There has never been more stigma around a domain name extension (apart from .mobi, perhaps) than with .me.uk domain names. In my experience, UK domainers simply don’t attach any value to this extension. Certainly the black sheep of the .co.uk, .org.uk and .me.uk family. However like I did with .mobi earlier this year – selling one in January this year for £3,500 – featured on DNJournal.com. I intend to prove the majority of haters wrong.
So let’s get something straight before we kick this off. Domain name extension doesn’t matter when it comes to SEO. A good UK keyword domain will rank just as well as any other. Co.uk, Org.uk and Me.uk are all equals in the SERPs.
It is funny how there is a certain snobbery within the UK domainer scene that co.uk is THE domain name extension. Certainly for resale value I agree, but when it comes to developing domain names to rank in the search engines, for what ever purpose, let’s get real it doesn’t matter. So let’s put it to the test and get a .me.uk domain name ranking with the minimum effort possible and put the stigma to bed once and for all.
Google Profiles In Search Results
I’ve only just noticed this for the first time tonight, so please correct me if I am wrong, but when you are signed into a Google account and search for someone’s name, Google is now returning their Google Profiles page in the search results. › Continue reading
SERPs Kickstart Package For New Domains
I have been doing some link building research recently for various clients and also for 3ac.co.uk and as you will all know having a brand new domain means you have to work extra hard to get your rankings off the starting block. One of the girls in the office asked why a competitors site was doing better than a new site we were working on when we have built virtually the same amount of links, and to purposes ours are better quality. The content was more SEO friendly and basically she felt that we should be ranking higher…so why weren’t we? The difference was that the competitors domain was 3 years old and our was 3 months. Of course! Brand new domains require time to get “trusted” by Google! But what can be done to build this trust sooner rather than later and in the most efficient way possible? › Continue reading
About Me
Hi, I'm Gary Taylor. I have bought and sold domain names since 2002. In January 2008 I won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Midlands Business Awards. I have been featured on sites like Mortgage Strategy, speak at events like Think Visibility and SAScon and develop sites like Rottweilers.co.uk and South Africa. I am a Director of One Result and head up all aspects of SEO, Project Management and Internal Operations. I live in Birmingham with my dog Alfie and love to play the guitar. You can follow me on Twitter or connect with me on Linked In.
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