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    Anyone used Guest Posting services?

    Serplogic Review We have used Serplogic in the past. Our Serplogic review would be mainly positive and though more expensive than the average you get what you pay for when it comes to SEO I guess.
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    Single location but large area covered-how do I get Google customers?

    Optimise your site for local seo using best practices such as an optimised Google business page, quality citations, geo tagged images, links and map embeds to rank well locally. The aforementioned advice regarding testimonials and site content that mentions geographic areas will also help.
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    Links in comments

    Hi, My thoughts on this are: The link may work as a referral If indexed it can help create more natural anchor text for your site No follow may have some benefit though it's debatable
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    HTTPS vs HTTP

    I've heard that before too from Brian Dean. But I'm not sure how true it is. I guess it's a case of risk and reward - do you think the risk of this happening is worth the trust your customers would have in your site if you get a https cert.
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    HTTPS vs HTTP

    As stated above HTTPS provides security. Currently it's a very marginal factor towards ranking. Simply put if there were two hypothetical sites, where every other ranking factor was the same looking at being ranked for a position, where one was HTTP and one HTTPS - it's likely the latter would...
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    Free SERP rank checker

    SERPLab is good and cheap if you wish to upgrade
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    Hi All

    Hello, my name is Cormac and I run My Online Marketer and SEO company. Looking forward to connecting with people, offering advice and learning from others. Best Cormac
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    Semantic Keywords in SEO

    Google can recognise synonyms - so for instance it would count these as similar 'auto insurance' , 'car insurance' 'automobile insurance'. Ideally, you should not have a keyword ratio of over 1% for a particular keyword, including some semantic keywords naturally allows you to include related...
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    should I pay for online directories?

    There is little benefit from paying for a directory like this. However, free ones can be a good place to add NAP details to help local SEO efforts.
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    which tool is best for keyword Research

    Long tail pro is good, though obviously paid. Another good paid tool is Authority Metrics. SEMRush and AHrefs new features can also be excellent if you're looking to see the terms competition in your industry is searching for.