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Monday, 29 September 2008

Custom Meta Desciptions in Google SERPs?

Techcrunch and WebmasterWorld have recently reported that Google are trying out custom meta descriptions in Google result pages Google Bucket Tests User-Defined Blurb Length In Search Results Via a "Bucket Test" (where random members of the public see the new...

Friday, 26 September 2008

15 of the best Google logos

Over the years Google has created many Google logos for varying occasions. So without further ado, I present to you my 15 of the best Google Logo's! 1. Earth day 22nd April 2008 2. Edvard Munch's Birthday, December 12th 2006...

Tuesday, 23 September 2008

Google Webmaster Blog....Static vs Dynamic URLs..Duh?

If you're a reasonably advanced SEO don't read this unless you want to get really annoyed, it makes some rather bold statements that overlook a lot of the reasons around why the current state of the art around good URL...

Monday, 22 September 2008

First day of autumn 2008

Today is the first day of Autumn 2008 which Google has reflected in their new logo. A lot of SEO's have used Googles logo change as an opportunity to rank for the terms at the core of the subject because...

Friday, 19 September 2008

#1 Mobile Search Engine Optimisation

Yeehaw!!! Simon from Just the Flight and I collect the top award in the search engine optimisation category of the Mobile Search Awards.

Thursday, 18 September 2008

Team Essex and Guava at the Le Mans Series

As a result of GUAVA's sponsorship of Team Essex in the Le Mans endurance racing series, a few of us were lucky enough to be invited down to Silverstone last weekend for the final race of the season. Team Essex...

Monday, 15 September 2008

PPC Airways - XL Airways Reaction Time

In what other advertising medium (on or offline) can you see this type of immediate response? Less than a day after the announcement of budget tour operator XL entering administration, responsive and reactive PPC advertisers ‘cashed in’ on the tragedy,...

Friday, 12 September 2008

Google Archive Search. New revenue model for publishers archives?

The days of visiting a library to load up the archives on the Microfiche Reader are nearly over and the device used for storing archives can finally be consigned there itself. Google has just launched News Archive Search, a service...

Thursday, 11 September 2008

Blogs and Blogging - Past, Present and Future

There are millions of blogs sprawling across the deepest reaches of the Internet today. So much so that a new blog is created every 7.4 seconds but how have blogs changed over the years, what is their history and where...

Friday, 05 September 2008

A blog as social media strategy is like describing a skateboard as a transport policy.

When someone says "I've got a social media strategy" the first thing I usually do is look at them inquisitively and ask them what they mean? To which they then usually look surprised, wave their arms around gesticulating something -...
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