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Matt Saunders
Username: matt5409
Location: Leeds, United Kingdom
Matt Saunders owns Hero Digital, an online marketing company based in central Leeds. Matt takes an holistic interest in the web, with his roots in design and front-end development, he has expanded his interests in recent year to encompass web usability, SEO and internet marketing.
Read my Digital Fusion blog here.
Last 5 posts by Matt Saunders
Anchor text has lost its influenceA very short blog entry about the potential future of SEO (cos there's not much to say!) based on an article I read... ( View full article )
Genetically Modified SEOThere are two
well-known ways in which websites exist within Google; the sponsored ads (right
column) and the organic listings (left column), but with link buying being such a popular SEO
method, are the organic listings truly
organic?... ( View full article )
Leeds Networking EventsI attend quite a few events in and around Leeds - some purely for business and others for fun. Here is a list of the ones I attend regularly.... ( View full article )
Get More Traffic - The Three Month PlanEverybody who runs a
website, be it for business or just for
fun; has one thing in common - they all want as much quality traffic as they
can get. In this article we have put together a three-month plan that will see
your traffic steadily improve.... ( View full article )
Job portal ideasHow can we improve freelance job portals? What options are best for both client and provider? We're looking for your ideas!... ( View full article )
Last 10 comments by Matt Saunders
On article: Job portal ideasHidden bids should be completely enforced anyway - I cannot see any benefit to either party of seeing other bids (except to undercut, which as we've established is not the way to win work!)
I agree there should be no... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?Please note that Tim's discussion can now be found here: dfmag.me/s/10x95... ( View full comment )
On article: A question for SEO people - unique articles Vs. duplicated articlesHi John, thanks for your reply!
I completely agree that testing is hard, but I think my method is going to be something like:
Promote two different articles on Digital Fusion:
- Write 5 unique articles and submit to 5... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?Another good point finely put - as mentioned in the article PPH *used* to charge clients a fee for posting a project and I believe it to be a mistake removing that, as it was essentially a filter (not a... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?that's a very good point actually. i know somebody who outsourced the build of his e-commerce store to an indian provider and it came back completely table based with markup that would make you shudder (and this was only 2... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?started? :P
/discussion... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?Your key point in there - "they'd get less business if they did".
By creating a party where everyone is invited they can boast larger numbers which turns into money through advertising, sponsorship, whatever.
And once again I will take... ( View full comment )
On article: Are freelance job portals ruining industries?Thanks for your reply Matt, but the article was about my views (which are shared with many others) on the premise of job portal websites and how I believe they could deliver a much better service to both parties. It's... ( View full comment )
On article: Is Academia Behind The Times?I agree. I got my first job in web design before I'd even completed my degree. I ended up with a 2:1 but I can say with certainty that nobody in the company would have cared if I'd have completely... ( View full comment )
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