Browsing Archive: July, 2009

Should I swap website links with other sites?

Posted by Tom Sykes on Tuesday, July 28, 2009, In : SEO 

"Should I respond to that emailed request from some website owner to put a link to his site on mine, in exchange for a link back?" The answer is "almost certainly not". But that doesn't mean that "reciprocal" links are a bad thing. Let us explain.

There are two reasons to get links: the traffic they generate directly, and the incremental boost they give you in the search engine rankings. Now, the amount of boost each one gives you in the search engines is related to the "quality" of t...


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The 5 B's of Bad Link Building: Borrowing, Begging, Bartering, Bribing and Buying

Posted by Tom Sykes on Wednesday, July 22, 2009, In : SEO 
I recently found this post on the internet and it is really valid and true advice. Its well worth a read. It was posted by Pete Caputa on this site.


A while ago, I wrote an article about link building. It is one of the most read articles on our blog.

It explains how to do link building the right way and provides a path for newbies to get started and progress to master link builders, the right way. The way that Google wants you to build links--by attracting and earning them. 

Even though this...
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Test your website and advertising with Feng Gui

Posted by Tom Sykes on Friday, July 17, 2009, In : GENERAL 

A bit of fun for a Friday morning, but with some serious undercurrent. Take a screenshot of your website* or test your company's advertising artwork and upload it to www.feng-gui.com. The site will, apparently, use artificial intelligence to simulate human vision during the first five seconds of viewing your page. Whether it's accurate or not, it does give you an idea of what people probably do, and it's almost certain that they don't just look down the page in the linear order you expec...


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Coleshill House - Goldeneye Creative Design new spy site

Posted by Tom Sykes on Thursday, July 2, 2009, In : GENERAL 
We have recently designed www.coleshillhouse.com

Coleshill House was used during WW2 to train more than 3,500
of the general public and Home Guard in sabotage and guerrilla warfare techniques.

The Auxiliary Units formed by Colin Gubbins were to have been Britain's last ditch line of defence, operating in a network of cells from hidden underground bases.

Check out the website to read personal accounts of the covert training. You can also watch our website teaser here http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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