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5 Star Review Plugin

A week or so ago I sent a tweet out asking for recommendations for a 5 star review plugin and in true Twitter fashion I got a recommendation straight away for the GD Star rating WordPress plugin by @MathewCoUk. Thanks Mathew.

I wanted something that was search engine friendly and would show up when my site was next re-indexed. Over the next few days I had a few people ask me to let them know if and when the review stars showed up in the SERPs so I have been checking back and I am pleased to say that they have. › Continue reading

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Sunday, February 26th, 2012 Online Marketing & SEO 2 Comments

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.

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Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 Beware of 1&1 Internet No Comments

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…

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Monday, January 2nd, 2012 Online Marketing & SEO No Comments

ME.UK Domain Names. Putting To Bed The Stigma

the stench of me. uk domainsThere 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.

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Tuesday, August 16th, 2011 ME.UK Domain Names Series 4 Comments

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

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Wednesday, March 9th, 2011 Nuggets Of Gold No Comments

About Me

Gary Taylor


Hi, I'm Gary Taylor. I have been developing domain names since 2002. In 2008 I won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award at the Midlands Business Awards. I am an industry blogger and have recently spoken at conferences like ThinkVisibility.com and SAScon.co.uk. 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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