The social media revolution at the centre of revolution

The start of 2011 has been an eventful to say the least. At the centre of this activity has been the Middle East, in particular Tunisia and Egypt. The highly respected BBC correspondent John Simpson compared the events in Egypt to the fall of the Berlin wall. Watching a revolution unfold on television is a [...]

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Google and Microsoft enter Translation Wars

Right now there is a titanic battle occurring, but not over land, politics, religion or money. In the 21st century two of the world’s largest and most influential companies are going toe to toe. It has often been said in the past ‘to the victor goes the spoils’. The winner of this battle will win [...]

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Google To Display Tweets in Search Results

Google has signed a deal with Twitter and will begin displaying tweets in Google search results. The announcement is generating mixes reactions among SEO professionals and site owners. Google made the very brief announcement in their official blog about the Twitter Deal as part of their goal to “create the most comprehensive, relevant and fast [...]

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Web Marketing – E-Mail Strategies

Don’t neglect e-mail as an important way to bring people to your website. Just don’t spam, that is, don’t send bulk unsolicited e-mails without permission to people with whom you have no relationship. Many countries have anti-spam laws. Install a “Signature” in your E-Mail Program to help potential customers get in touch with you. Most [...]

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Basic SEO Strategies

Perhaps the most important — and inexpensive — strategy is to rank high for your preferred keywords on the main search engines in “organic” or “natural” searches (as opposed to paid ads). Search engines send robot “spiders” to index the content of your webpage, so let’s begin with steps to prepare your web pages for [...]

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Making your website work for you

Times have changed. The information age is fully upon us.  Customers now have the ability to instantly compare prices, services, and products, and shop 24 hours a day, 7 days a week 365 days a year. Not to mention the ability carry around a high-speed wireless connection to the entire world in their pocket or purse! [...]

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SEO – Social Media

A new form of website promotion comes from the mushrooming field of social media, in which people are encouraged to interact and respond to each other’s blog postings and comments. You should be aware of four types of social media: (1) blogs, (2) social networking sites, (3) social bookmarking sites, and (4) forums. Don’t be [...]

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SEO – Research is key.

When it comes to SEO (search engine optimisation), we can all feel overwhelmed with the amount of information out there on how to go aout it correctly.  Whichever way suits you when building your web pages, getting your research right should be at the forefront of your quest to stay, and remain, on top of [...]

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