WTF SEO Blog

The WTF SEO Blog is where I get to post about various aspects of SEO; these posts are divided into both categories and tags to make them easier to find. The categories are just a way to show certain posts above others while the tags attack certain terms in a roundabout way.

Web Designer in Ringwood Telling Me I’m Wrong

I have a friend who has a website built by someone who offers Web Design in Ringwood. I pointed out to said friend that the links to the home page were incorrectly coded. So, as most of us would, he contacted the web designer guy in Ringwood and pointed out what I had said. Alas, […]

Using Boilerplate’s & Attacking Client Based Terms such as Architect Midhurst

SEO’s should know better, yet many undertake frowned upon Local SEO techniques in order to gain clients. Two such techniques are using boilerplate’s and attacking terms that clients may use; such as Architect Midhurst. Boilerplate’s to Attack Towns & Cities via SEO I am really surprised that this is still happening. What a boilerplate is, […]

SEO is a Racket!

Do You Need Protection? I get a lot of people asking me for help; most are extremely cautious due to the work of other SEO companies. They see SEO as a glorified protection racket. Sadly I have to agree with them. Like gangland thugs; these SEO’s demand a monthly fee, initially to promote their clients […]

Royal Caribbean’s Cruise1st Could be Sunk

Could Royal Caribbean’s branded websites be sunk in Google? Is Cruise1st trying to game Google in the way they are linking their domains? OK; got your attention! I spend my day looking at websites in order to try and understand what makes them rank. Sometimes I come across something that looks suspicious. By that I […]

I Frame Cruise Nation

Are Cruise Nation Guilty of Gaming Google by Using IFrames in Order to Sell Cheap Cruises? OK; this may well be off target however Cruise Nation has risen up the rankings in Google for numerous cruise related terms; so I took a look at their link profile and am not sure if what they are […]

The Power of Blogging; every SEO should have one!

It is amazing how powerful a blog can be. Not only for SEO; yes it can help you gain rankings if used correctly; it can also get your point across and cause change. The WTF SEO Blog has been going for a few months now; albeit left for long periods of time while I was […]

WTF SEO has Expired

WTF SEO is Closing Very Soon The reason is the domain name has expired and is currently not set for renewal. So in a little under 3 months it will be gone! I have decided I will be giving up the SEO consultancy game for good as fed up with client relationships etc. Don’t get […]

UK’s No 1 SEO Experts

False claims from SEO Experts Before I start I will just say don’t be fooled by claims from SEO Experts about being the best! I say this because I was looking through some search terms the other day and came across a company pertaining to be the UK’s No 1 SEO Experts. I was intrigued […]

Are Feefo Links, Paid for Links?

I don’t like doing this; writing about a local company; however Feefo is in my mind, offering a paid for link-building service to their numerous clients including Iglu Cruises. Before I start; this is not an attack on Iglu; it just so happens I saw them on Feefo when I was doing my research. As […]

An SEO Expert Who Knows Little about SEO

I Admit it; I Know Very Little About SEO Yet to some I am considered an SEO Expert! Could this just be an example of one of my little catchphrases where I tell people that if someone knows X about a subject and you know X+1; then you are the expert. I no longer take […]

WTF SEO a Part Time SEO Consultancy

A Part Time SEO Consultancy that mainly focuses on Travel SEO and Local SEO for Small Businesses WTF SEO is now a Part Time SEO Consultancy that mainly focuses on Travel SEO and Local SEO for Small Businesses. The reason being that WTF SEO has a rather large contract that will take up most of […]

Why You Should Not Try and Game Google

I have created a new blog which will cover all sorts of topics; however I did add a post that would have been better suited on here. It is entitled The “SEO Portsmouth” Search Results are a Load of Bollocks with a sub heading of; is Someone trying to game Google for SEO Portsmouth? Why […]

Travel SEO Threatened by Ninja Rival

A response to a the person who read a blog post; criticised it; made wrong assumptions about myself and my SEO work; went Ninja and hid behind a false email address and phone number. If you read between the lines you will see that on at least two occasions they have threatened me using words […]

Robots Block the Selling of Cheap Cruises

No; Mars has not attacked! One element of SEO work, be it in Travel SEO or elsewhere, that is often overlooked is the Robots Txt File which should be found as an extension to any home page. For instance at domain.com/robots.txt. This file is very important as it tells Google et al what to index; […]

Will Iglu Cruise Melt?

Iglu Cruise recently took over from cruise dot co dot uk as the number one cruise travel agent website in the UK within Google search pages for terms like Cheap Cruises; but will they stay there? I feel I need to add that as a Travel SEO, I have done some work in the past […]