It seems everyone’s an expert when it comes to search engine optimisation. While expert knowledge and practical experience count for a lot – there’s loads of powerful tools available that, when used appropriately, can help propel your site to the top of Google’s search engine results page. Here’s some of our favourites… Google Analytics – [...]
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Blocking sites from Google’s search results
Even the most expert of computer users will occasionally stumble across a useful feature or service that they wondered how they ever managed without. A case in point being the ability to block results from particular websites from appearing in Google’s search engine results page. Let’s say that your day to day life involves you seeking out [...]
12 websites ranking… 12 (work) days before Christmas
With 12 (work) days left before Christmas we could think of no better (read: editorially lazy) thing to do than string together 12 posts culminating in a pear (tree) on December 23rd… Search engines are a key way for people to find what you’re doing online. Google won out over directory sites like old-school Yahoo! [...]
Britney falls from search engine grace – Yahoo’s top search terms revealed
It’s that time of the year again – time to extrapolate the social zeitgeist from the terms you’ve been flinging in your search engine’s direction. First spurious conclusion from this year’s Yahoo! most searched for? We love tech more than people! Apple’s iPhone tops the list – only the second device to nab the top [...]
Facebook EdgeRank’s steely grip on your News Feed
While most companies with a digital presence should be optimising for search engines, have you thought about how your updates rate in Facebook? Time to think about social media optimisation! Why do some of your friends status updates on Facebook appear at the top of your News Feed and others hardly get a look in? [...]
Google’s search engine changes hit 35% of searches
Google’s refreshed its search engine algorithm and ‘freshness’ is said to be the order of the day but how big is the impact? While Google’s previous tweak to the search engine algorithm (Google Panda) affected just over 10% of searches, this latest update could impact on around 35% so you’d think the potential ripples could [...]
Removing your content from Google – responding to Government requests
Google’s ubiquity means it can be hard to remove your digital assets from its net-search tentacles – unless you’re calling on behalf of Whitehall. Who makes the call about what appears in your search engine results? Google hold a lot of sway, for sure, in tweaking their algorithm to probe ever more deeply and more [...]
Google hides search referral data
Looking through Google Analytics data is critical for any webmaster looking to optimise their website but recent changes mean not everything’s getting recorded. Anyone who has used Analytics will appreciate the huge range of information recorded by the tool ready for you to exploit. Whether you’re looking to find the number of pages on your [...]
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New Sky EPG – 2012 beta test software updated
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New Sky EPG 2012 – Should you let your customers loose on your betas?
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Google+ new-look set to wow a growing audience
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Learning from Alphagov, Betagov and gov.uk
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New Sky EPG 2012 – Should you let your customers loose on your betas?
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3 web design tips – 12 (work) days before Christmas
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Location, location, location – Facebook acquires Gowalla
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A night on the tiles as Metro comes to Xbox 360
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4 top tech trends for 2012 – 12 (work) days before Christmas
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