Archive for the 'SEO' Category

ABLAC Selects Amplify for SEO Initiative

The Australian Business Limited Apprenticeships Centre (ABLAC), a wholly owned subsidiary of the NSW Business Chamber (NSWBC) has selected Amplify to implement a SEO strategy across the business.
Amplify will work closely with ABLAC and third party partners to increase awareness of ABLAC’s Australian Apprenticeships services with employers and potential apprentices and trainees through SEO and [...]

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Google Introduces Cross-domain Canonical Tag

In a move that provides more control to webmasters to handle duplicate content, Google has introduced cross-domain canonical tag support.
The new cross-domain rel=”canonical” link element provides some hope for businesses that are not able to setup server-side redirects such as a permanent 301 redirect. Unfortunately though, the tag is still treated as a suggestion, so there’s [...]

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Amplify Appointed Search Marketing Strategist for AOT Holidays & Crazy Sales

Independent search marketing agency, Amplify has been appointed to handle the search marketing strategy of Australia’s largest wholesaler of domestic travel product, Australia Outback Travel (AOT) Holidays.
With a stable of consumer facing brands such as NeeditNow.com.au, Need to Escape, Sunlover Holidays, NSW Holidays and Travel Mate, Amplify will manage the search activities campaigns across all [...]

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SEO Discovery Checklist – Page Discovery

In part 1 of our post on Vanessa Fox’s Discovery Checklist, we looked at the Initial Accessibility Assessment. This time around we dig deeper and look at the on page related issues that may prevent your pages from being crawled and the tools you can use to determine what’s wrong.

At least one internal link [...]

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SEO Discovery Checklist – Initial Accessibility Assessment

What do you do if the number of pages indexed in the search engines drops by half? Is there a problem? Is it the typical, gyrating flux of the search engine’s algorithm or has the 900 pound gorilla just dumped a number of poor quality or duplicate pages from their index? These are important questions [...]

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New Officeworks Website Creates Havoc for Search Engines

A few weeks back, we used Officeworks’ as an example of what not to do when it came to launching a new website. Their clear lack of a migration plan led to a poor user experience (visitors who found an old listing in Google were shown a really poor 404 page) and unfortunately lost investment [...]

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De-mystifying Website Structure and Siloed Content.

Ever notice how any websites try to link all of their pages haphazardly to each other? This spray gun approach to website structure (aka: a website’s information architecture) makes it extremely difficult for the search engines to tell what a website is about. Of course, this typically results in lower search engine rankings… and lower [...]

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Tips to Improve Google Rankings for Small Business

Small businesses face an uphill battle online. Creating a website optimised for search engines that could eventually rank on Google for significant keywords can be daunting. Here are some tips to help SMEs get their site optimised.
1. Free SEO Tools Are Your Friend
Build a Site on the Cheap with Wordpress
For small businesses that don’t already [...]

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Lack of Migration Means Lost Investment for Officeworks

Over the past few weeks we’ve been following the launch of the new Officeworks web site. I’ve personally been critical of the business in the past due to poor website usability issues and have shared my thoughts with others at conferences such as adtech and Search Engine Bootcamp. While I don’t like to point fingers [...]

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5 Tips for Local Search Engine Marketing (SEO)

How can small business like restaurants, Carpet Cleaners or Boutique Clothing Retailers get more out of their website and appearing on google.com and on Google Maps?
Here are a few ideas to help you make the most out of this relatively free opportunity to increase exposure and awareness of your business online.
1. Google’s Local Business Centre [...]

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