A recent post on Web Pro News highlights the little extra oomph that Google gives to ‘brands’ when it comes to search results. It would be foolish to think that search engines wouldn’t recognise brands and the brand owners when it comes to a search. The post refers back to a lengthy post on SEO Book. Both […]
Yahoo Leads The Way But Hardly Anyone Knows
We certainly live in a strange world. Yahoo often leads the way when it comes to search innovation and most people certainly approve each of those innovations. The problem is, with Yahoo having such a small share of the search traffic, hardly anyone gets to see these new innovations – at least until Google decides […]
Domain Names – How Far Do You Go To Protect Your Brand
You can register your domain name in many different areas of the world. With top level domains popping up everywhere these days you may be wondering how far you need to go to protect your brand. In the first place it really depends on your scope of business. If you are a purely local business […]
Stuck For Something To Say On Your Blog?
For many business people, having a blog attached to their web site can be a pain in the butt. There are times when you sit down to write your regular piece and all you can do is draw a blank. For the business person however, the danger is in walking away and saying ‘I’ll do […]
Link Building Using The Past To Promote The Future
Link building is both an external and internal part of SEO. If you have a website or blog (or both) that has been around for awhile then there will pages of content that have built some authority within the search engines. Those pages can be used to give your new pages that little extra shove […]
Internet Marketing – Why Do So Few Use So Little Of What Is So Much?
This is little doubt that for the foreseeable future, internet marketing is going to be a major player for the small players. The big names can afford to sponsor events like the FA Cup. For small players, a thirty second spot would equal five years worth of marketing budget. Internet marketing has one big bonus […]
Cheap Web Design
Getting a cheap website design for your business may not be the easiest task. You can never be sure that you will get a quality website for the cheap prices that are available to you. Getting a quality website design for as little as £149 may seem impossible but this website company is offering quality […]
The Best Ways to Gauge Your Website’s User Experience
You hear a lot about “UX,” or “user experience,” along with terms like “conversion” and “search engine optimization.” If online marketing isn’t your specialization and you entrust this all to others – whether in-house or third-party – all of these terms can be difficult to wrap your head around, and you have so much else […]
Making Your Site Stand Out in the Digital Age
Sure, some of these sites are much better put-together than others, but the fact of the matter is that simply having a website doesn’t mean your company has a powerful online presence. The downside to every enterprise being active on the web is that companies now have to go the extra mile to win people […]
A Peasant Meal
Here is the trick to great living, buy contemporary designer jewellery and entertain with hearty home made and simple meals that use basic ingredients but involve lots of time and care. Week night entertaining is perfect for serving up peasant meals: soup or stew with a chunk of home made bread. All doughs will benefit from […]