Now I'm not going to name names, but lately I've observed that many Australian targeted websites are still using black hat SEO techniques to achieve higher search engine rankings. Sure there is always the usual amount of spam/splog based websites, but what is most disturbing is that sites which appear to be completely "white hat" are actually using black hat techniques. First and foremost, these sites are not really using black hat techniques when it comes to … read on »

Some interesting results regarding the web-searching habits of Asian web surfers (which includes Australia) has been released by comScore.  While us Australians are clearly dwarfed in numbers of total searches by our much more populous neighbours, we ranking somewhat highly for number of searches performed per month by visitor. There seems to be a correlation between overall economic development and the number of searches performed by an end user, with Korea, Japan and Singapore taking … read on »