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The SEO Benefits of Blogging for your Business

by Hugh O'Carroll on March 25, 2010

in Bing, Blogging, Google, SEO, Search, Social Media, Twitter, WordPress

Tech tipsComputer Tricks

wordpress-seoRegularly  updating a blog on your website  has massive impact on your search rankings and should be a key part of any Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) strategy for your website.  Not only does it keep your content fresh, which the search engines reward, it also enables you create keyword rich content for the site. Once your keyword rich content is created, make it easy for your site’s visitors to share your posts on their social media networks (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn etc.). Try adding ‘Share’ buttons to your posts. Digital Orchard’s WordPress Blog uses the ‘AddToAny‘ plugin. You can see it in action at the bottom of this very post. Go ahead, try it out.

Don’t re-invent the wheel at great cost to your business. Take advantage of Wordpress. Digital Orchard will be only too delighted to get you started. Call us now for a no obligations consultation on 052 6123359 or email us at info@digitalorchard.ie.

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  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Technorati Favorites
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Nielsen: Bing Up, Google Down in February 2010

by Hugh O'Carroll on March 17, 2010

in Bing, Google, SEO

Tech tipsComputer Tricks

Although barely a year old, Microsoft’s Bing search engine has started to gain significant search market share in the U.S.  Most likely because it is the default search engine for Internet Explorer and Motorola Android phones of course.

Bing: Microsoft's Search Engine

Bing: Microsoft's Search Engine

According to media metrics firm Nielsen, during February 2010 Bing was the number three search engine with a 12.5 % share of the U.S. search market, up from 10.9% in January 2010. At the same time Google dropped over a point from a 66.3% market share in January to 65.2%. Proportionately, that represents a 14.7% increase for Bing. Overall, in raw numbers Nielsen found that U.S. searches dropped by over 1 billion in February, dropping from 10.27 billion searches in January to 9.18 billion in February. Could this be in part due to the rise of facebook?

  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • Technorati Favorites
  • Share/Bookmark

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Twitter seeks to embed itself in every webpage

by Hugh O'Carroll March 16, 2010 Bing

Twitter has unveiled a new set of tools for embedding the social media tool in third-party websites.
Dubbed “@anywhere” these JavaScript-based frameworks were announced yesterday with a company blog post and a keynote from Twitter CEO Evan Williams. With @anywhere, developers will be easily able to add Twitter links and data to their sites using “a [...]

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Does it matter to Google where I host my website?

by Hugh O'Carroll March 12, 2010 Bing

In a word, yes, the physical location of the web server your website is hosted on can determine how well your website will show up in search engine results.
Google wants to serve its users with results which are relevant and likely to be the answer to the questions they are asking. This relevancy often depends [...]

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SEO Tip: The importance of using an ‘Anchor Text’ Keyword when hyperlinking

by Hugh O'Carroll March 4, 2010 Bing

You probably already know that having a link to your site or blog from other sites can generate additional traffic. However, when you ask another website owner or it’s techie to add a link to your site, ask them to use a keyword that is important to your business in the ‘Anchor Text’ of that [...]

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