Google is always fiddling, or ‘refining’ as it calls it, with its algorithm, the one that determined which sites we see at the top of our search results pages.
Usually you need to be a search engine optimisation (SEO) expert or a real geek to spot the changes, or follow Google’s official blog.
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With over 280,000 members, “Earthquake Haiti” is now the largest group on Facebook. Let the sceptics of social networking take note: not only are people using social media to find missing loved ones, but using it as a source of on-the-ground information.
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According to web monitoring company, Compete, traffic to the micro-blogging website Twitter has flat-lined, suggesting its world dominance may not be so assured.
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Today, many are blaming the lack of salt grit for bringing the economy to a standstill, leaving many workers snowed in and unable to work.
But is it really the lack of salt grit that’s to blame?
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Social media predictions for 2010 are popping up every couple of seconds at the moment.
We’ve carried out a comprehensive review and have identified six of the most likely predictions, and outline how you can stay ahead in social media in the coming year.
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It’s easy to see how search engine optimisation (SEO) could affect the ancient art of grabbing readers attention, but will it really lead to the death of the creative headline?
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I was doing my usual catch up on blogs over the weekend and I was amazed at how many social media commentators rarely mentioned any other marketing channel.
We’ve got a good few years of working in social media under our belts – do we still think social media is the be-all and end-all?
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Microsoft and Murdoch could sign a deal that will (yet again) try to take on Google while simultaneously solving Murdoch’s paywall problem once and for all, in one fell swoop.
Well that’s what they think. Here I take a look at some of the possible implications to find out just why we really should care about any potential Microsoft/Murdoch partnership.
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Birmingham PR firms are trying to get to grips with this ‘digital’ thing. Most have worked out how to put their client’s press releases on blog sites and tweet them to their journalist followers.
But that isn’t “joining the conversation” – especially when they turn off the ability to leave comments!
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Defamatory and damaging comments are posted on a website blog anonymously. The impact is immediate. Share prices are affected. Gossip among staff is rife. Market confidence drops – who are you going to call?
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