Naver SEO in Bullets

Unlike my other in bullets posts this is actually going to require that you really know how Naver works, the layout and functionality change the ball game a lot here and I’m going to write a small introduction to Naver before getting into the comparative bullets a little further down. After all to understand how to SEO this goliath of the Asian search market you need to understand how the thing works. I guess the easiest way to think of it is Google’s Universal Search on steroids; meets a social network meets well referenced uni paper and a lot of manual moderation thrown in.

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Glossary of Basic SEO Terms

This is purely for very new starts with no experience so this is the basics that new staff doing the manual low level tasks needs to know.

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10 Things I Never Want to Hear From Someone with a “Marketing” Degree Again

This is basically a rant, but if you’ve employed/interviewed grads recently you’ll be hugely depressed about how Uni’s really don’t have a bloody clue about the online sector. And I’m sure we’ll have all heard this somewhere. So; if you’re a marketing grad before going into a digital agency to work there for an interview or any marketing related interview read this list. Please! I do need to mention that not all grads do this just these are things that I have heard over the last 2 months and have really grated on my nerves.

This isn’t solely aimed at grads it’s also for those marketing managers out there that don’t get digital marketing, the ones who haven’t caught up with the new era as it were. You know who you are and yes you drive everyone who consults for you insane.

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Translations: What your SEO Company really means

This is meant as tongue in cheek although in fairness…. It may not be as much of a joke as I wish it was, some agencies are actually like this. And you may feel somewhat like Fry in the pic to the left after talking to your AM.

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Mike Litson in Moscow

I will be speaking at the RACE (Russian Affiliate Conference and Exhibition) in Moscow on the 7-8th of November 2012.

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Grey/Black Hat Idea of the Month: Redirection Buffers

So this article includes certain things that neither I nor my company would endorse and some unproven concepts which I will be testing going forward. I’m going to start doing one of these a month and if anyone else wants to give them a try and contribute then feel free.

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Baidu SEO in Bullets

Again, much like the Yandex post this is a very quick overview for those who already know about SEO and assumes at least an intermediate level of knowledge as there is little explanation to these points if any at all.

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Mike Litson Speaking In Barcelona

Well I’m off to another IGB conference (Barcelona Affiliate Conference) a little later in the year, and once again I shall be speaking, aside from one last currently unconfirmed date in Russia I think this should be last time for me till next year.

I’ll be sharing the panel with Dave Naylor, Ralph Teghtmeier and Peter Young talking once again on the topic of Staying Ahead of the Game in SEO.

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Yandex SEO 2012 – Some points to be aware of before you dive in.

As I’ve recently had to brush up on my Yandex SEO after not having done any in a while (since the good old says when you could spam your way to the top through buying from certain well known link sellers) I thought I’d pop down a list of points that if anyone else has to dive into Yandex will help them get started. Unlike the stuff on here for interns this post does not explain anything in great detail as it assumes a decent knowledge of SEO for you to fill in the blanks.

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