2010

07

Jan

Top 5 New Year resolutions for website owners

By Geoff Scaplehorn

We’ve already written our top 5 resolutions for 2010 for intranet owners – but what about those of you out there on the Great Wide Web? Keep reading for our top 5 New Year resolutions for website owners…

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2009

24

Aug

You say tomato, I say tomato

By Vicky Edgerton

Often a common error by UK companies when creating keywords for a non-English site is to either leave keywords in English (a big no-no) or to try and use a tool to translate them.

The latter doesn’t work, as anyone who has tried using a translation dictionary may have found: words which may be correct are not necessarily the words a native speaker would use.

Read on..

2009

28

Jul

When pay-per-click search marketing can get you into trouble

By Dan Hawtrey

Nutricia, the company that owns the Cow & Gate and Aptamil baby formula brands recently got rapped by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority for magazine ads which claimed their milks could “support” the immune system. The ASA said that this sort of claim could only be substantiated with robust evidence. Baby formula brands are subjected to all sorts of regulations regarding the promotion of their milks. But how does this extend to pay-per-click search advertising? Read on..

2009

28

Mar

Don’t Pay-Per-Click: An 80-20 approach to SEO for recessionary times

By Geoff Scaplehorn

With marketing budgets being crunched, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is starting to look even more appealing. The 80-20 rule (otherwise known as the Pareto principle) states that in general 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. In SEO terms, this means that a few low-cost changes to your site can result in a dramatic increase of traffic. However, when you consider that Google has over 200 factors that determine ranking on search results, it’s important to focus your SEO efforts on the areas that are really going to make a difference. Read on..

2008

25

Apr

Understanding AdWords: 4 steps to Google greatness

By Kate Murray

Google is the king of the search engine castle, with 68% of all online searches being made through its sites. Displayed alongside those millions of search results are ads, uniquely tied in to the results with a complex and highly secret algorithm.

Advertising on Google can put your brand out in front of thousands of potential customers, and not just on the search results pages. With the Google content network, relevant ads are also displayed on sites all over the web. Read on..