Interview with Linkbait Insider, Danny Ashton
As this is a search business column, I thought I would move this month’s post to the furthest end of the search spectrum with a...
About
Ben writes about managing SEO and the ever growing joys of consulting on SEJ and his blog, Just Me and My. He’s an organiser of the not-for-profit search, analytics and social media conference, SAScon, and all whilst working as an SEO Director for Mediaedge:cia, WPP.
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SAScon 2011 is Quickly Approaching – Start Getting Excited!
The inaugural SAScon event was held way back in April last year, and so it’s pretty exciting to know that this not-for-profit event is going...
A Few Thoughts on Entering an Emerging International SEO Market
I have been in the fortunate position just recently of being able to pop in to meet the guys from the MEC Dubai offices and...
10 Things from 2010 that May Shape Your 2011
A compendium of random stats I’ve found interesting from 2010 It’s that time of year again, where people are in full swing of 2011 planning...
Critical Thinking & SEO – Managing Learning and Your Approach to SEO
Tackling the development of a new search and social media course is no mean feat – ask Aleksej Heinze, from Salford University’s Business School! He’s...
UK University Launches SEMPO Backed Search and Social Media Course
Two weeks ago I attended the open evening and formal launch of a unique course in Search and Social Media Marketing. What makes it unique...
Homage to the Business of Link-Building
For a moon or two now, there has been this debate about whether link-builders are, in actual fact, SEO’s or whether they should sit in...
Catching-up with Evolution: Shaping the Next Generation of Digital Marketing
The evolution of search and social, and more broadly the interaction of the public at large with the internet and the available media online, is...
Optimising TV for SEO: Thinkbox Research Highlighting TV’s Impact on Search
After attending a Thinkbox conference in Manchester a few months ago, it spurred on some thoughts around the expansive applications of SEO to other media...
Heading for an SEO Interview? A few Ideas to Help You Along…
Over at Mediaedge:cia (recently rebranded as MEC), we’ve been in the great situation of recruiting a number of SEO’s over the last few months to join the MEC SEO team. This has meant that...
Should Clients Invest in an SEO Prenup?
There have been a number of instances over the last year or two where I or people I know have taken on projects from another...
14 Uber Cool Reasons to Attend SAScon UK (+Discount for SEJ Readers!)
Without a doubt, one of the best things happening in the UK search and social industry for 2010 is the launch of SAScon…even if, as...
Big SEO Needs to Get BIGGER: Multi-Channel Optimisation
SEO’s evolution in a growing web I have written for Search Engine Journal before but have kindly been given my very own monthly column on...
Inheriting a Website That’s Been on a SEO Honeymoon
To follow-up on my last SEO honeymoon post, I wanted to mention a few points that expand it a little and consider this scenario from...
Are You on an SEO Honeymoon?
I don’t know whether you ever get this thought when touring the web, but there are some sites that I think ‘I wish I could...
Can SEO Agencies Effectively Outsource Elements of SEO?
What an odd question. Outsourcing is a tricky area for businesses though, and as SEO is a contractual business for many, agencies and freelancers often...