Marc Purtell

Knowing what your competitors are doing and how they perform is key to developing a strategy to surpass them in organic search. By doing a bit of digging, one can uncover a great deal of learning from competitors who have already tested different elements of their SEO campaigns. In previous posts in this series, I …

With talks of the new Google Penguin update and how social media can help stabilize and improve a site’s performance online, site owners are increasingly focusing on social media marketing campaigns.  The question is – how do you really know how effective your campaigns are, and how can you determine ROI? Of course, the ultimate …

Earlier this year in April, our good friend Pratik talked about the, then upcoming penguin update. It’s official, Google just released version 2 of Penguin. The first update literally shook the internet. Webmasters had to re-invent themselves and embrace content marketing. Google is wise and is fully committed to their mission of making the search …

From page one to penalised in a blink of an eye! It’s every SEO professional’s worst fear as they realise that their months of hard work have been flagged by Matt Cutts & Co as not conforming to Google’s Search Quality Guidelines. The result?  A dreaded notification in Webmaster Tools and in most cases damaged …

The unveiling of Facebook ‘Home’ felt like one of those key moments that really polarize opinion. It’s the current Marmite of the tech world; some people rushed to cover their screens in juicy Facebook goodness, others saw it as evidence that the Mayans were a year out. I guess I fall somewhere in between, which makes me the exception that proves …