Interesting post by Martin Belam on advertisers telling people to search for the phrase "Where can I find the UKs cheapest cars" (link is to his blog).
Topics: Malcolm Coles, seo

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However, the Mirror wants to beware how its links look. Let's take a look at a few pages - stories which share these characteristics: * All contain exactly three links to a MoneyExtra page. * All three links use different anchor text. * The.
Topics: google, Internet, Mirror, seo

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There are several ways you can use Google to find out what terms people are searching for, and how popular those search terms are.I've used them to check search terms related to The X Factor (ITV's talent show) - and I reckon Google Insights is...
Topics: google, Internet, reviews, seo

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Google's logo over the weekend showed one of its Os being abducted by aliens, triggering an SEO scrap among UK newspapers, which the Telegraph won.
Topics: google, Guardian, Internet, Mail, Newspapers, seo, Telegraph

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Google seems to have redesigned the header section of its results page, removing the links to other types of search (web, images, news, blogs etc) and removing the ability to sign in.
Topics: google, Internet, redesign, usability

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