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Latest blog posts from Hobo SEO UK

X-Box league
Here we have the overview of this Fridays matches played on  the X Box Friday Football League. However, it has to be said, it was a pretty slow  week. Although it did still throw up one or two surprises.Yet, before we begin, here is a quick reminder of who was playing as what team. Holland:... Read more...
Published a week ago

Google Pagerank Update - Sept 27 2008
Confirmed - Page Rank Update September 27 2008 Matt Cutts, Google employee, let slip in comments on his blog that there may be a toolbar pagerank update this weekend, for those that are monitoring their Toolbar Page Rank. A high Google Pagerank is not the only nor the dominant factor in ranking... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago

Google Promotes Uncool URLs?
Google recently gave more assistance to webmasters, if you can call it that, concerning url rewriting, or changing dynamic variable filled URL to more search engine friendly, more human readable static looking URLS (OK, URI). They actually could be interpreted as recommending not to rewrite a... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Webmaster Search Engine Guidelines
If you have a website or blog, it should meet certain standards and adhere to certain rules to be included in search engines like Google and blog engines and free directories like Technorati. You do not pay to get into search engines, and you don’t necessarily submit your site to them. Google... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

X Box League - The Wrath Of Shaun
Welcome to this weeks run down of the greatest gladiatorial contest since Kirk Douglas’ Spartacus got a bit fed up! Its the one and only (Thank The Lord!) X Box Friday Football League. As you may, or may not, know, we are now embarking on a brand new league, following Shaun’s (Argentina)... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Google Search Engine Optimization Obsession
Face It - Worrying about some seo techniques some talk about is not worth your time, no matter how much of a science some try to make of it. You can spend a lot of time worrying about the latest SEO fad to grip the community, or you can take my advice here as an honest observation, and save... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Google Trusts Online Business Authority
So Google calls it online business authority? Basically, you have a ‘popular’ site a lot of other sites link to. Perhaps a site which has a lot of links from other online business authorities too. A OBA usually has a decent amount of traffic too. This is what Google calls it anyways. Amazon... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago

Which Is Best? Bloglines or Google Reader For RSS
Which is best? Bloglines or Google Reader? Do you have a preference? I personally use Google reader, although I am subscribed to only a very few blogs at the moment. From my Feedburner stats I see most people access the RSS feeds for this site using the free RSS reader from Google. I’ve got... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

How Easy Is It To Actually Bait for Links?
Guest Post by Ann Smarty Link baiting is an effective technique that should still be thoroughly explored: The effectiveness of the link bait depends on too many (sometimes uncontrolled) factors: social media connections (even not-so-great pieces can hit the front page and gather links if you... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago

No Chrome For Mac Download “Embarrassing” - Google Founder
Sergey Brin Google co-founder with Larry Page, uses his Apple Mac using VMware to run Google Chrome and says in this interview it’s embarrassing (4.25) that there is no Google Chrome for Mac download available yet. The Google Chrome For Mac release date is a matter of months away, and hes... Read more...
Published a month ago

SEO on a Dime - 7 Tips for Improving Search Rankings for Under £100
Jeff Quipp on Tips for Improving Search Rankings It can be difficult sometimes as a business owner, separating the wheat from the chaff, and knowing what is a real opportunity and what is not. SEO is often posed as one of these predicaments for many business owners. So, how is a small business... Read more...
Published a month ago

Google Chrome For Mac Browser Download
Well, it appears there isn’t a Google Chrome download for the Apple Mac OS X yet. Boo! They are apparently embarrassed about lack of a Mac Download. If you have one of those crap Windows PC then you can get a free web browser from Google; Google Chrome (BETA) for Windows Google Chrome is a... Read more...
Published a month ago