Focus on SEO: Off-page versus On-page

SEO

With each Google update the argument for focusing on on-page SEO (the structure and content of your site) versus off-page (getting links and references from other sites) changes. Here we give the essentials of the on-page, off-page SEO debate so you can decide what works best for your ecommerce business.

Five post-Penguin SEO restoration tips

Google Penguin

With a page one ranking on Google potentially representing the difference between a business seeing rapid growth or a slow painful death, the stakes are high and therefore every possible technique, process or trick has been tried to get results.

Focus on SEO: DIY versus agencies

DIY SEO

Is DIY SEO ever the best option for an ecommerce professional? It’s cheap all right, but can you ever replicate the results of the professionals – find out below.

Detecting and dealing with a Google penalty

Google Panda

It seems that any conversation about Google search touches on penalties, pandas and penguins. You may even have experienced a big rise in search traffic to your site as a result of one of these updates. Sadly however, the converse is often true.

Focus on SEO: Introduction to search

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As an ecommerce professional, it’s essential to have some SEO awareness to maximise your returns. With the basics covered, your business will appear in search engine results whenever someone types an enquiry relating to your business and the things it sells – how high you appear in the list depends on a wealth of other factors.

How to use Google Analytics

Google Analytics

Online retailers need analytics to provide the eyes and ears of your shop. Google Analytics is one of the most powerful analytics applications out there and if your site generates fewer than 10 million hits per month, it’s free.

Using keyword research to boost sales

Keyword Research

Keywords are one of the most important tools in the eternal battle to master SEO. They are what search engines are based-on and what helps your customers to find you.

A guide to DIY SEO

SEO

Just mention Search Engine Optimisation and you can guarantee someone will follow up with ‘SEO is a dark art’. True, there are plenty of shady characters peddling SEO skills, and certainly some ‘black hat’ techniques, but SEO really just needs a little time and some knowledge of how search engines work.

Three tips for getting started with Google Webmaster Tools

webmaster tools

Looking at Google Webmaster Tools (GWT) can be like staring into the matrix. It’s a tangle of information and without properly understanding what it all means and where it comes from, it can be a frightening prospect.

Making your search engine drive sales

SEO

Search is an art form that can drive sales to your website through human interactions, not by tricking computers. In this piece, John Tomlinson, chief operating officer at Colbenson explains how to compose a search campaign that will make your customers sing.