Ben founded Matter Solutions in 2000 and has led its SEO and web builds ever since: technical SEO since 2010, a web developer since 1998, and Google Ads qualified since 2008.
Why Not Just Do What Google Says?
Sometimes it seems like the way to go,doesn’t it? When you put all the work in building a whole heap…
Why Content Marketing Is The Future Of SEO
What Is Content Marketing, Really? Content marketing, or what we and some others refer to as “inbound marketing,” is the…
Steve’s Web Design Trends and Predictions for 2013
Web Design Trends and Predictions for 2013 It’s that time of the year again. Christmas and the New Year are imminent, and…

How Google has changed job interviews….
Plato said… “The discovery of the alphabet will create forgetfulness in the learners souls, because they will not use their…

Inbound Marketing Presentation for Brisbane Web Design
Ben is about to start his talk on Inbound Marketing for Web Developers. To get the slides, click here. Inbound…

Our Outreach Process: The DREAM Model
We have been conducting outreach at Matter Solutions for quite some time. Outreach is probably one of the most white-hat…

Exact Match Domains Hit by New Google Update
Last week Google’s Head of Spam Matt Cutts tweeted a small algorithm change aimed at adversely affecting low-quality “exact-match” domains…

Introduction To Attribution Modelling
Since the addition of Multi-Channel Funnels to the Google Analytics, API companies have been able to create insightful dashboards which…

How to learn about SEO
Being a ‘newbie’ to Search Marketing many people have asked me how I learned about SEO and digital marketing. The…

Content Centric Design Part 1 – Avoid Website Development Delays
Will this Website Ever ‘Go Live’ If your experience of building websites is anything like mine, on many occasions you’ve found yourself in…

WordPress SEO Checklist
A friend of mine, @ccburns on Twitter, is going travelling around Asia. He leaves very soon and will be doing…