Recently Matt Cutts posted a video on the Google Webmaster YouTube channel stating that in the vast majority of circumstances site owners should not add nofollow attributes on internal links.
There is some disagreement in the SEO community on this issue with a poll on Search Engine Roundtable showing a fairly even split of opinion, (48% saying they do use nofollows internally and 52% saying they don’t).
So with that in mind I thought it best to chime in to the debate and state my position
There’s little point in looking back unless you can learn something so I wanted to use today’s birthday retrospective to pull out some useful, relevant and fresh understanding for brands engaging in SEO.
I was only a one-year-old, in Tamar terms, when the Big Bang happened (I joined the team in 1998). That’s when Google exploded [...]
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past 12 months, you will be aware of the phenomenon that is Twitter.
You may also be aware that Google and Bing have been casting jealous glances at Twitter’s Real Time Search engine, as one of the major flaws in both Google and Bing is the inability [...]
I recently read a number of really insightful blogs detailing the case that social search maybe a realistic threat to the future of SEO, but as insightful as they were I can’t help but oppose a number of the key points that act as the foundation for the argument.
t’s undeniable that people are starting to [...]
The day was kicked up by a head to head presentation-off between Will Critchlow and Rand Fishkin on the subject of keywords. Both took very different approaches to tackling the subject of keyword research; Rand opting for the macro approach and looking at SEO market share as a whole and in driving traffic to the [...]
I was at ad tech on 23rd September and attended quite a few talks during the day. I found one talk particlulary interesting which was about why brands should invest in onsite content and how we can measure the effect of content. From a purely brand prespective (beyond SEO), content could benefit the site [...]
Hop on board with Vince
There have been lots of views on the Vince update, a lot of them guesswork. And sometimes with a lack of specific information and evidence that’s all you have to go on. But one thing which has been missed is that right from the get go (5 months ago!) Google said [...]
Pubcon London 09
What better on a sunny summer afternoon than to descend into a darkened beer cellar and drink err, beer?
Well, that’s what I did as I headed off to an olde drinking haunt the Cittie of Yorke which I have an interesting history with spanning back 20 years. I seem to remember a lot [...]
So just why is SEO like Pilates?
I have been in the SEO space for 12 years and doing Pilates for 8. And as I was in the Pilates studio this morning it occured to me (classic ‘pain’ displacement going on here) that there were several similarities between SEO and Pilates. So here are my top [...]
Perception is very important when it comes to buying any product – If it looks great it must be great. Even If you have the best product in the world, if the package is ugly people are less likely to buy it. Same goes for website. If your website is good looking, flashy, eye-catching it [...]
