link building

‘Content is king’ as the old maxim goes and whilst there’s still an infinite amount of truth in that statement, the intriguing sub-plot that developed over the past decade or so could perhaps be framed as ‘visibility is a close second’.

Many a beautifully scripted site bearing gifts of great content has got lost in the vast, cacophonous sea of information that is the internet.

From early paid link schemes, through unnatural links to the frowned-upon ‘carpet-bombing’ practises of Link Farms, there’s been an ongoing search for new and improved ways to optimise website rankings.

The algorithms used in search engines have long been the subject of much keen analysis (and equally keen tinkering with a view to manipulating) but the latest phase in online behemoth, Google’s development intends to restore some much-needed transparency and trust to the SEO process with Google+ Authorship Markup.

In a collaboration with international online marketing agency, Distilled, Facebook have released their first video providing users with advice for optimising their Facebook Pages for search engines.

The video, "SEO for Facebook Pages" covers the basics on how businesses can optimise their Facebook Page for better ranking and more ownership of the search engine results page for keywords. Viewers are taken through step-by-step guides for a number of processes in building optimised Facebook Pages, followed by how to get links and likes.