Author Archives: Tad Chef

30 SEO Resolutions for 2012

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Tad Chef

* Like most people, SEO practitioners reflect on the past year and attempt to improve their skills in the new year. If you haven’t made up your mind what exactly …

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36 Social Media Sharing Resources for Business People

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tad Chef

* Sharing is the key activity when it comes to proper social media participation and beyond. When you don’t share anything on the web today, you can’t compete with those …

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Agent Rank: Google’s Internal Klout Score

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Tad Chef

Recently I’ve written about Klout score optimisation. Since then I and others who outed themselves as actively using Klout have been attacked by self proclaimed SEO stars and other people …

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30 Web Trends for 2012: How SEO, Search, Social Media, Blogging, Web Design & Analytics Will Change

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Tad Chef

* It’s this time of year again! In the previous years my web trends lists were very successful, both as predictions and by traffic or number of shares. People working …

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Why is (not provided) My Most Popular Keyword in Google Analytics and How Can I Fix it?

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Tad Chef

While the search industry has been all abuzz with the bad news of Google SSL search, most average people might not even understand what happened. They may wonder “why is …

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Analytics: How to Get Clients to Track the Correct Metrics

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Tad Chef

In an ideal world everybody uses analytics tools in a way that ensures that conversions leads sales ROI get tracked and both client and SEO can see where the most …

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30 SEO Myths That Are True or False Depending on Who You Ask

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Tad Chef

​In recent months, a few non-SEO related and one search marketing publication gained significant attention with the good old technique of “SEO myths” posts. A while ago I argued that …

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30 Ways to Act Like Google to Beat the Monopolist at SEO and Beyond

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Tad Chef

* ​Google is now not the only monopolist on many search markets including the UK, but the mega-corporation is overtaking new markets, crushing the competition with more or less ruthless …

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How to Use the New Delicious for Link Sharing

Posted on October 3, 2011 by Tad Chef

Bookmarks are now links. The artist formerly known as social bookmarking site Delicious.com has been relaunched by the new owners Avos, run by the former founders of YouTube. The new …

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30 Google SERP Changes That Impact Your SEO Strategy

Posted on September 27, 2011 by Tad Chef

* Just a few years ago SEO was really simple. You had to be in the top 10 or rather in the top 3 for relevant keywords. Then the traffic …

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