The Wordtracker Academy
Articles, case studies, tips and tricks to help you grow your
online business
through effective
keyword research
and
search engine optimization.
Gain a clear advantage over your competitors by becoming an expert at search engine optimization and keyword research. We've commissioned some of the world's best online marketing and SEO professionals to be your guides.
Latest articles
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50 Kick-Ass Keyword Strategies from Aaron Wall and Wordtracker 29 August 2008
PRESS RELEASE: For immediate use
London UK – August 29, 2008 - Keyword research tool Wordtracker has invited one of the smartest SEOs on the planet, Aaron Wall to create a powerful new e-book, “50 Kick-Ass Keyword Strategies” focused on simple, smart and speedy ways to use keywords to attract more customers online.
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Interview With Peter Kent, Author of Search Engine Optimization For Dummies by Rachelle Money, 7 August 2008
Peter Kent is a renowned SEO expert responsible for a number of books and articles, as well as CEO of a successful consultancy firm. He talks of his frustrations at an industry he believes is now mostly scam, and of how small businesses can achieve great results without having to rely on expensive or time- consuming content.
Interview With Peter Kent, Author of Search Engine Optimization For Dummies
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Specialised Information Publishers Association (SIPA) Annual Conference by Rachelle Money, 7 August 2008
Search Engine Optimization is beginning to creep into all sorts of industries, and the publishing sector is no different. At a major conference in London last month, publishers met SEO specialists and Social Media Marketing to learn more about creative opportunities online.
Read: Specialised Information Publishers Association (SIPA) Annual Conference
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Web Content Recipe: Carving Up Mark Nunney by Rachelle Money, 7 August 2008
Regular readers will know that in the past few newsletters we have published three different articles on our SEO expert Mark Nunney. Believe it or not, all of these articles came from one interview. In this chapter of our Web Content Recipe book, I want to show you how you can get as much content for your site from one interview.
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Round-Up of Newsletter 11 by Rachelle Money, 7 August 2008
Case Studies
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Case Study: John Pye and Sons Auctioneers and Valuers by Rachelle Money, 7 August 2008
In our last newsletter we introduced you to In Good Company Workplaces in New York, a company who gained fantastic media attention by sheer perseverance and good fortune. This time, we want to show you how one company got great press attention after they spotted an opportunity to piggyback the hottest story of the year – the credit crunch.
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Case Study: In Good Company by Rachelle Money, 22 July 2008
SEO is about the off page factors as well as the on page factors - small businesses usually neglect the former. Getting external sites to write about you, especially top news sites, can do wonders for your inbound links and as a result improve your search engine rankings. Here’s how one company got top rate media coverage.
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Case Study: White Hat Media by Rachelle Money, 11 June 2008
Search Engine Optimization is never black or white, or is it? We talk to White Hat Media's Romain Romagnan about black hat and white hat SEO, and on how to avoid rogue traders.
Featured Articles
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Pushing Your Keyword Research Beyond The Norm by John Alexander, 22 July 2007
If your web pages are not focused on the right keyword phrases then you may find that other pages are much easier to find in the search results than yours.
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Stop The Slaughter Of Innocent Copy! by Karon Thackston, 7 February 2007
It's one of the worst things to ever happen in the search engine copywriting field: the discovery of keyword density. Without any regard to flow or customer experience, website owners around the world began shoving keyphrases into their copy like wild men.
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Three Good Reasons To Target Long-Tail Keywords! by Stephen Mahaney, 22 December 2006
Seasoned professionals in the arena of online marketing know it's clever to use keywords that target potential customers who are "late" in the buying cycle. So, how do you find out what these keywords are? ...and why are they so important?
The Importance of Keywords
Keyword searches are at the start of each of your potential customers' online journeys to find what they want to buy. Will your website be found? Wordtracker's keyword research tool helps you find which of those keyword searches your target markets are making.
Here on the Wordtracker Academy you can learn how to become an expert at keyword research and analysis. You can also learn how to use those keywords on your website and get to the top of search engines' results pages.
Then we'll take you beyond keyword search. With the help of some of the world's best online marketing minds, you can learn not just how to use the keyword tool those same professionals choose but also how to conduct keyword analysis, plan a keyword search strategy and implement it. Enjoy.