The Search Engines, A War Against SEM or Spam?

Date Originally Published: April 12, 2005 Google’s United States Patent Application was released on March 31st 2005 and this 30 page document gives the S.E.M. community a lot more to think about. I think it would of been a lot funnier if they waited until April...

My SEO Journey So Far…

April 2013 marked 13 years that I have been working in Search Marketing Field. So far its been a long and enjoyable journey and the world of SEO is constantly changing which really helps to keep it interesting. It was in 2000 April that I made the Journey to Kelowna,...

Affiliate Websites and the (rel=”nofollow”) Tag

Affiliate websites have always encountered some sort of problems with rankings in the search engines. The main problem they tend to encounter is the mirrored and duplicated content issue. Sites that consist primarily of affiliate links tend to offer very little or no...
Improving Your Bounce Rate & Increasing ROI – How to Keep Visitors Engaged and Convert More

Do you have a Business Plan?

If someone asked you where your business will be in five years, could you answer confidently? Many small business owners, especially those running local website businesses, don’t have a formal business plan. And that’s understandable—when you’re busy getting clients,...

Dealing with Plagiarism in SEO

In the SEO field, one of the common issues that website owners have to deal with is other websites copying their content i.e. plagiarism. All of the content on ManningMarketing.com has been written by myself. The only page that I did not write was the privacy page,...