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Featured · Strategy

Is SEO just a game to see who has the deepest pockets?

Big brands have devoured the most lucrative keywords in most markets. That doesn't mean a smaller business is out of luck. It means working smarter rather than trying to win a spending contest.

Jack Genesin·14 min read
Link building

Backlink acquisition methods for SEO

Every method has a cost, a risk profile and a ceiling. An honest look at how links are actually acquired, and which approaches create a problem you'll pay to fix later.

12 min read
Digital PR

A guide to digital PR: digital PR versus traditional PR

They share a craft and almost nothing else in how they're measured. Understanding the difference stops you paying for coverage that never touches your growth.

13 min read
Technical

Spam URLs appearing from bot /vendors? queries (Shopify store hacked?)

If your indexed page count has suddenly jumped and you're on Shopify, your site probably isn't hacked. How to confirm it, and six ways to fix it.

10 min read
Strategy

Mastering search intent: what it is and how to serve it

Search intent is the motivation behind a query. Understanding it is what separates content that ranks and converts from content that's technically fine and commercially useless.

16 min read
Content

How to write content optimised for SEO (unexpected answer)

You shouldn't write content optimised for SEO. You should write it for the person searching. Here's the process that follows from taking that seriously.

11 min read
Content

The ultimate blog content training manual: how to write blog content for SEO

A complete walkthrough of building topical authority through blog content: entities, keyword clustering, content roadmaps, E-E-A-T, content design and algorithm updates.

32 min read
Strategy

Is SEO just a game to see who has the deepest pockets?

Big brands have devoured the most lucrative keywords in most markets. That doesn't mean a smaller business is out of luck.

14 min read

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