Sep 03
For almost a year, Keyword Spy have been email spamming both my personal email address and Sphinn (on a weekly basis), regurgitating announcements about its launch and features. The name of “Kelly” appears to be a pseudonym, as any emails to her personal email address go unanswered.
If you’re a KeywordSpy customer or are considering using KeywordSpy.com for competitor analysis, please boycott them for attacking the industry which they’re meant to support. You can find a much better product at Spyfu (http://www.spyfu.com/) anyhow, so there’s no excuse for using these muppets.
A loss of client base is the only way they’ll learn - don’t s**t in your own backyard!
Jun 23
Do you rank for the term [seo]? If not, why not?
I used to hear this question from prospective clients around 3 years ago whilst heading up the SEO department at a London based marketing agency. The question was usually asked by SMEs, in the belief that either Google recommended the agencies in the top 10, or that a #1 ranking for [seo] meant that their website could also get a #1 ranking for a completely different search term with ease. This myth was happily spread by those already ranking for term, many of which were using very dubious link acquisition tactics to keep their sites on the first page at the time (and most have since dropped).
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Jun 20
Ayima is currently looking for a SQL Reporting Developer to strengthen our team. We are looking for a smart, quick thinking and thorough individual who wants to develop their knowledge in this challenging industry.
The job holder will be responsible for the following primary requirements:
- To develop business information using all data available in our current business databases
- To help develop new facilities to gather business information
- Analyse, present and comment on the results of the data extraction
- To develop reports to a high standard, to enable the business to make financial, strategic and commercial decisions based on the results
- Assist in the maintenance and development of the server farm.
- It is essential that the candidates can demonstrate core competencies in writing advanced SQL queries.
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