James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk SEO|Link Development|Social Media Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:51:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en 2612671http://www.feedburner.com Google loves Mcdonalds http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/451727188/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-loves-mcdonalds/#comments Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:51:36 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=235 Try searching Google for “fast food“. Ive been doing some research on global brands and how there using SEO(more on this soon).

One thing i have noticed is how Google favors the big global brands. Why would Mcdonalds need to spend a penny on SEO when google is doing it for them? The term fast food might not exactly be ground breaking but it still brings in 135,000 searches a month according to adwords.

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For the term “fast food” or “fast foods” Mcdonalds doesn’t actually rank well, but with Google on your side you can save thousands on PPC and brand awareness, i wonder what KFC or Burger King think about this?

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Google loves Mcdonalds

]]> http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-loves-mcdonalds/feed/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-loves-mcdonalds/ Google flu trends http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/449964345/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-flu-trends/#comments Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:06:20 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=233 Want to know if theres a dose of flu on the way? Ask Google!

Saw this today on Google.org, it shows the trends of searches for flu and flu related keyterms to estimate flu activity in your area quicker than most other more traditional methods.

Are Google really taking over the world? I think the theory behind this could be used in alot of other areas as we have seen with the recent American elections.

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Google flu trends

]]> http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-flu-trends/feed/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-flu-trends/ Wordtrackers new keyword question tool http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/445992053/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/wordtrackers-new-keyword-question-tool/#comments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 23:26:13 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=228 Wordtracker have released a nifty new tool which shows users the questions that searches are asking on thier partner search engines

For example, SEO? brings up, What does SEO stand for? and What is SEO? Search here

The tool adds an extra dimension to keyword research and hopefully Wordtracker will improve on the tool as it stands. Alot of searches ask questions in searches which is why Ask was formed to try and capture these users.

On a current news note
Google

Ive had quite a bit of fun with this aswell as using it to do some really interesting keyword research, it will be interesting to see how this develops and see if site owners start using these questions in thier titles and meta tags.

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Wordtrackers new keyword question tool

]]> http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/wordtrackers-new-keyword-question-tool/feed/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/wordtrackers-new-keyword-question-tool/ Vipey.com is moving http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/441334720/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/vipeycom-is-moving/#comments Mon, 03 Nov 2008 20:14:13 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=224 Just to let you all know that Vipey.com is moving to a new domain www.jamespoole.org.uk which im sure uve guessed is my name, if anyone spots anything wrong with anything please do let me know.

Im hoping the move will mean i can target UK readers and bloggers a little more so looking forward to seeing how that goes.

Not sure what will happen with Vipey, anyone interested in the domain feel free to contact me with an offer, for the DigitalPoint readers out there the domain has a PR2.

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]]> http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/vipeycom-is-moving/feed/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/vipeycom-is-moving/ Google adwords hacked http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/441191656/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-adwords-hacked/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:29:13 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=220 Try doing this search http://www.google.com/search?q=earth4energy although hopefully google will resolve the issue ASAP, Google adwords accounts or credit cards seem to be getting hacked and then using .cn domain to setup a temporary landing page to forward through a clickbank hop link.

Here’s the image i took at 22.30gmt

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Ive heard about this a few times but never actually seen it live so to speak, hopefully Google will sort this out but will this mean for verification for webmasters.

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Google adwords hacked

]]> http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-adwords-hacked/feed/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/google-adwords-hacked/ Watchdog flat rental scam http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Jamespoole/~3/441191657/ http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/watchdog-flat-rental-scam/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:46:49 +0000 James Poole http://www.jamespoole.org.uk/?p=213 Following on from my post about gumtree spam i have just learnt about the scam that’s currently being used on classified sites like Gumtree and possibly Craigslist.

The scammer asks you to send money via western union to a friend to prove they have the funds then you send the scammer your receipt.
They then use this to commit idendity theft and take your money.

More information about it on the bbc watchdog site

On a search note ive noticed that Nissan have put some PPC ads on there in relation to the Nissan D22 pickup story about exploding engines
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Watchdog flat rental scam

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