By Sam Langdon on April 19, 2010
Google Webmaster tools is useful for checking that your site is being indexed properly, looking at back-links and identifying 404′s, but the top ranking search stats have never been particularly useful. A recent upgrade has seen a graph and table of ranking and click through stats added, which is actually very handy. It shows how [...]
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By Sam Langdon on April 3, 2010
Today the iPad went on sale to the general public in the US. In the video I’ve included below from Mashable, a number of slightly deranged people (including ‘queuing enthusiast’ Greg Packer, competing for the claim for first in line with German blogger Richard Gutjahr) who have been waiting in line for several days are [...]
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By Sam Langdon on February 6, 2010
Another week of unmissable technology and SEO news from the top sources, to save you having to trawl through yourself. Highlights include Firefox going mobile, comments being removed from Engadget, how to be included in Google News and astronauts on Twitter. Firefox Goes Mobile and IE6 Goes Kaput As the number of users surfing the [...]
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By Sam Langdon on January 27, 2010
via mashable.com So Apple’s Tablet is out and it’s called ‘iPad’. Mashable’s Ben Parr is currently covering the announcement from Steve Jobs and so far it looks to be pretty much exactly as the rumours predicted: like a big iPhone. Features include: – Pivoting display (like the iPhone) – Virtual keyboard – Web enabled – [...]
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By Sam Langdon on January 16, 2010
via googleblog.blogspot.com Google have recently created an online people finder gadget in partnership with the US department of state as part of their Haiti earthquake response website. They’ve also enhanced Google Earth imagery in the affected area to help relief organisations. My initial thought was how great it is that technological advances and the internet [...]
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By Sam Langdon on January 10, 2010
Whether you’re responsible for the SEO of a large corporate website or optimising a blog in your bedroom, you will need to plan the relative amount of time that you or your team are going to spend implementing your search engine optimisation strategy. This article is intended to help focus your thoughts on planning how [...]
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By Sam Langdon on November 25, 2009
via googleblog.blogspot.com Google have recently blogged about their new search ad formats on their official blog. This comes as more ‘competition’ to the organic listings and serves as a reminder about the need to include multimedia in your website to engage users and increase your chances of getting a call to action in Google’s results. [...]
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