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Thu 17 May, 2012
What is the Google Knowledge Graph?
This week Google announced that it has made a significant change to its search engine, in an attempt to make their search algorithm 'more human'. The result is the Google Knowledge Graph, which is said to be going to be made available to US users at first, before it's rolled ...
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Thu 17 May, 2012
Why I Hate Instagram
A small warning for those who intend on reading further. This is highly opinionated and full of half-formed arguments. It's ...
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Mon 14 May, 2012
Google's Important Month of Change
It may be the middle of May, but a lot of people who work in SEO and other aspects of ...
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Wed 09 May, 2012
Why you should NEVER translate your keyphrases
So you have spent a good week or so researching keyphrases for the English site of a big international company. ...
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Wed 02 May, 2012
Should We Welcome the Internet of Things?
Imagine an average morning in your household, but with a few perks. Instead of the piercing ring of your alarm ...
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Tue 01 May, 2012
AdWords: Product Update Round-up
Google have gone a bit David Bowie of late and made a whole series of 'ch-ch-ch-changes' to the AdWords product ...
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Mon 30 Apr, 2012
Google's Code Venice: The Local Search Update
Back in February this year, Google announced it was launching another algorithm update, with some 40 changes. Amongst these were ...
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Wed 25 Apr, 2012
Pagination Using rel=”next” and rel=”prev” Attributes
Way back in September 2011, Google introduced rel=”next” and rel=”prev” attribute functionality, providing a much needed solution to the problem ...
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Wed 25 Apr, 2012
Google Launch Google Drive
There have been rumours flying about for a long time about Google launching an online storage solution. Yesterday Google officially ...
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Tue 24 Apr, 2012
The Internet, Social Media and the Law
Since my last blog so much has happened in the world of social media. Facebook bought the popular photo sharing ...
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Fri 20 Apr, 2012
The Battle for the internet? Who are the real combatants?
The Guardian are conducting a series on the “Battle for the Internet”and it's a fascinating collection of articles that provide ...
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Tue 10 Apr, 2012
A YouTube channel for cats? What has the world come to?
Are you a pet owner? Or do you wish you were? My rental agreement forbids me from having a feline ...
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Mon 09 Apr, 2012
The Problem with Social Media Campaigns
I usually write about social media on this blog, and if you;re a regular reader you'll know that I think ...
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Thu 05 Apr, 2012
Should Google take ethicality into consideration?
There’s no doubt that when it comes to SEO, Amazon is one of the companies on the ball. Search for ...
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Thu 05 Apr, 2012
Google's Hreflang Mark-Up Made Easy
On 5th December last year Google launched a new tag used to mark-up translated content. Since its introduction however, there ...
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Mon 02 Apr, 2012
Google Places Issue or Late April Fools Joke
I hope you all had a nice April Fools' Day; it was yesterday in case you didn't realise that Google ...
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Wed 28 Mar, 2012
Shooting The Messenger - Should Google Censor Search Results?
A report published yesterday by a cross-party committee of British MPs and peers has concluded that Google should actively monitor ...
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Wed 28 Mar, 2012
e-Skills and their Influence on Young People and the Job Market
On this, the third day of e-Skills Week 2012 I’m going to take a look at why we should be ...
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Tue 27 Mar, 2012
The Myth of the Social Media Popularity Contest
Social media means different things to different people, and while some might join a social network to keep in touch ...
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Fri 23 Mar, 2012
Should Employers Ask Applicants for their Facebook Passwords?
In a month that has seen Twitter celebrate its 6th birthday, and the current Mayor of London, Boris Johnson receive ...
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Fri 23 Mar, 2012
The Big Google Change: 'Semantic Search' Technology
It was announced this week that Google is about to undergo one of its biggest changes since its inception in ...
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Fri 16 Mar, 2012
Google Webmaster Tools Update Crawl Errors
At the beginning of the week Google rolled out some pretty sweeping changes to the GWT Crawl Errors.
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Thu 15 Mar, 2012
The Importance Of Portraying Brand Values Online
Brand value-based discussions have been all the rage in the office over the last few weeks (slight exaggeration). At least ...
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Wed 14 Mar, 2012
British Pie Week at QueryClick
Last week was British Pie Week (allegedly) and love them or hate them (get out), you have to admit, pies ...
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Tue 13 Mar, 2012
European Social Media Platforms for Multinational SEO
We're all aware of the benefits social media offers multinational companies to attract new international clients, increase brand awareness in ...
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Mon 12 Mar, 2012
Are Parents Considering Their Child's Online Presence?
Take a second and think back to when you were in primary school. Before classroom computers were abundant and before ...
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Fri 09 Mar, 2012
Common SEO Myths and Misconceptions
SEO has a bad reputation, lets face it. Shady linkbuilding, key-phrase stuffed doorway pages and secret handshakes are all part ...
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Thu 08 Mar, 2012
Google Privacy Policy – Invasion of Privacy or Mild Inconvenience
Google's new privacy policy has not gone down well thus far, and the offer of Jamie Oliver cookbooks is not ...
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Fri 02 Mar, 2012
Google Panda Update Effects - Seconds Out, Round Two
More than a year ago, Google released its Panda update,which was specifically aimed at targeting low quality and spammy backlinks ...
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Fri 02 Mar, 2012
New office decor - QueryClick gets a lick of paint
Now that the solvent hallucinations have subsided and the pungent paint fumes are beginning to dissipate, it's about time we ...
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Tue 28 Feb, 2012
Three Google Analytics Features To Make Life Easier
Being a free tool, Google Analytics is the most widely used web analytics packages around, but perhaps it is this ...
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Fri 24 Feb, 2012
European Digital Single Market – What You Should Know
In the run-up to next week’s A Digital Single Market by 2015, the European High Level Conference held in Denmark, ...
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Tue 21 Feb, 2012
Astroturfing and SEO - Creating the Right Impression
In 1993, the National Smokers Alliance (NSA) was set-up by PR company Burson-Marsteller operating on behalf of tobacco company Philip ...
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Thu 16 Feb, 2012
Google Translate – does it really work?
While online translators are great to use as dictionaries or for giving users the gist of the meaning of a ...
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Wed 15 Feb, 2012
The Consumer - The Forgotten Player in Business
At the heart of  SEO lies the consumer, due in no small part to Google's focus on relevance. It's that ...
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Tue 14 Feb, 2012
CV and Résumé Design Help. How To Design Your CV Or Résumé Properly And Not Suck
Every so often, I stumble upon a CV/Resume based blog post while trawling my design-blog RSS feeds. The post will ...
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Mon 13 Feb, 2012
No Awards For @BBCBreaking BAFTA Coverage
It's the time of the year that those iconic red carpets are rolled out in the name of honouring the ...
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Fri 10 Feb, 2012
Search Engine Spam Hunting
Following on from my previous guide to search engine spam, I'll outline a couple of tools for identifying common search ...
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Thu 09 Feb, 2012
Google’s Searching Privacy Policies
Google has announced changes to its privacy policies in order to enhance the user experience and further search intuitiveness – ...
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Wed 08 Feb, 2012
Connecting Generations – Protecting Yourself and Your Kids Online
Did you know that the 7th February was, in fact, Safer Internet Day, an annual event organised by the European ...
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Tue 07 Feb, 2012
StumbleUpon: iframes, Direct Links And More...
StumbleUpon is a well known social discovery engine, that has amassed 20 million stumblers over an 11 year period. For ...
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Tue 07 Feb, 2012
Social Media: Our Right or Our Responsibility?
It would be an understatement to say that social media and other social networking sites are becoming increasingly popular, because ...
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Fri 03 Feb, 2012
Google - Educating the Next Generation
With the launch of Google’s new service dedicated to providing a valuable education portal for both students and teachers, one ...
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Thu 02 Feb, 2012
The Media have gone digital - shouldn't high street retailers do the same?
It's safe to say that, economically, things are maybe a bit troublesome. With austerity measures pushing the country into a ...
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Wed 01 Feb, 2012
Facebook is the new MySpace - The demise of Facebook has begun
It doesn't seem so long ago that we were lauding the arrival of MySpace and hailing it as the mighty ...
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Tue 31 Jan, 2012
EU “Right to be forgotten” - A step in the right direction?
We've all heard the stories about embarrassing images on Facebook being found by potential employers or, even worse, people being ...
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Tue 31 Jan, 2012
AdWords Offer Extensions - SERP tinkering continues
As long as AdWords has been around, Google has tinkered and evolved the product, making subtle changes such as background ...
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Mon 30 Jan, 2012
Don’t Be Evil - The Tool that’s Changing Search Results for the Better
Don’t be Evil is a bookmarklet developed by engineers from Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace. Their aim is twofold: To demonstrate ...
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Tue 24 Jan, 2012
Why Blogs Need SEO
Blogging is a hobby that I share with millions of people worldwide. In fact, like many of those people, I ...
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Fri 20 Jan, 2012
A Guide to Search Engine Spam - Part One
Spam, the majority of us receive at least a few spam e-mails a day. If you don't you are in ...
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