Google+ Business Page Posts Feature on SERPS
Firstly, forgive me if I’m a little behind here with this news; myself and Danny have had a whirlwind few months which have seen us both relocating to Harrogate, to work in the marketing department of Yorkshire SEO agency 9xb – hence the lack of post over the last few months. However, I just wanted to share this which I spotted browsing the web in my lunch break. It seems Google are [...]
Google+ Pages for Businesses – Everything You Need to Know and More
We’re back! It’s been a while since the last post so to kick things off again here is a feature-length article on the new Google+ pages for businesses, grab a cuppa’ and get stuck in! There has been a lot of anger and frustration amongst Google+ users who wanted to create a presence for their business or brand, thousands of people attempted to use a standard account to create a [...]
New Facebook Changes and Upcoming Features
It was inevitable that Facebook were going to make some big changes in order to fend off the ever-growing and popular social network Google+. The first of the big changes hit this week and sent thousands of Facebook users into a ranting frenzy, users rants have been flooding Twitter and Facebook over the past few days. Top posts and news ticker The change was made to the news feed, also [...]
Huge new Feature From Amazon – Click and Collect
Most of us who have ordered from Amazon in the past will know just how quick and easy it is to place an order online, especially since they introduced the one click order option. Well i’m sure there will be many pleased customers looking forward to Amazon’s new ‘click and collect’ feature, which is sure to get them ahead of the game, when they start installing collection lockers in major [...]
New Look Blogger – Google’s Blog Publishing Tool gets a Facelift
This week Google announced a long overdue makeover for their weblog publishing tool ‘Blogger’. It’s been quite a while since we Google made any changes to the Blogger’s design and layout, but there’s a lot more to these changes than its look and feel. The platforms entire editing and management system has been redesigned, making the whole experience both faster and more efficient. Google have reengineered Blogger using feedback from [...]
Link Building – 5 Things to Avoid
Link building is one of the most important parts of any online marketing campaign, get it right and you will likely reap the rewards, get it wrong and it could cost you or your employers wasted time and money. In some cases, where un-ethical link building is used, it could, and has been known to, cost a company their valuable reputation and even send their business on a downward spiral. [...]
Google Launches +1 Button Chrome Extension
Google has, very quietly, launched a +1 button Chrome extension this week meaning you can now “+1 a website anywhere you go on the web”. Personally I would have expected a bit of a fanfare to announce this new extension as, to me, it’s quite a big deal. No longer do you have to rely on developers integrating the +1 button on their websites. Instead Chrome users who have installed [...]
Google+ Introduces ‘Ignore’ Function
Last week Google+ introduced a new ‘ignore’ function to streams. Ignore offers users an option which is a little more subtle than the existing ‘Block’ function and simply means you will see less of what a person is sharing rather than stopping them from interacting with you full-stop. So now, if someone is starting to get on your nerves by posting incessant rants, constant updates about their ‘amazing’ life or [...]
Facebook Privacy Controls Tightened Once Again
Facebook have been well known in the past for their laid-back attitude towards users privacy, but it appears they are tightening things up once again with some new privacy related features. How many times have you crawled out of bed on a Sunday lunch time to find embarrassing pictures from the night before, which take away every last bit of your dignity, plastered all over Facebook? Up until now Facebook [...]
Conversion Rate Optimisation – 4 Ways to Increase Your Website Conversion Rate
Conversion rate optimisation (CRO) can consist of different actions and strategies, such as tweaking graphics, for the purpose of increasing the number of click throughs by your visitors, thus increasing newsletter / subscription signups and sales etc. While optimising the conversion rate on your website is a great place to start to increase revenue, you can also tweak off-site actions such as your Adwords adds, meta titles and banner adds. There [...]
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