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Just Do It! And do it regularly. Search engine optimisation is not a once off event. Google changes to your ranking algorithm approximately 500 times a year, more than once a day. So you need to commit to allocating time for your search engine optimisation. Don’t expect immediate results. SEO is an ongoing process and it can take months before you start to see a return on your investment. Taking shortcuts will almost certainly get you banned from Google’s index. Build a fantastic website with compelling content. It’s not enough that your site has great content, it also needs to
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Now you can find out exactly what your favourite celebrities are saying on their social media profiles. This is because Google are now linking to the social media profiles of celebrities in the Google “knowledge panel” We ran a few tests and celebrities to make sure we see the results for ourselves. Here you can see Stevie Nicks in the knowledge panel showing links to. Twitter, MySpace and Facebook profiles. Isn’t she very well-connected for somebody who does not own a computer? Here we can see links to Denis Leary’s Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and Google plus page. It appears that
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Yahoo goes on a diet as it cuts more services on its portfolio. In an attempt to slim down, Yahoo has announced even more cuts to its huge range of product offerings. The most notable cuts are of Yahoo voices and the Yahoo contribute network. With voices due to shut down on July 21 and contributor shutting down at the end of August. These two sites focused on creating content using a network of authors for Yahoo contributors and user generated content for Yahoo voices. There is speculation that the closure of these two services is due to fall out
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