I’ve been saying it for ages – Google doesn’t care what’s in your ‘Keyword’ meta tag. I know this because I see and have promoted sites that have absolutely nothing in the keyword section of the header and yet they still get to number one. So if it doesn’t help, why are people still promoting this as a viable SEO technique?

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On Tuesday I did a quick 20 minute (actually, 40 minutes, it delayed the food!) talk on the benefits to business of Twitter and social media in general. It was a great success and hopefully people went away and actually put some of the ideas I mentioned into action. Well, spurred on by the success, we’re doing another one in conjunction with Black Country Chambers. This time it’s a practical…

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I don’t like criticising other websites because, let’s face it, it’s a subjective thing as to whether a site is any good or not, but when something so obscene as this happens, it just makes me want to spit. You see, after three years and 2.8 million quid, I expect a little bit more than some templated piece of rubbish that Birmingham Council have just spewed onto the web.

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