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Confusing Headlines Are No Joke: Why SEO Matters To Journalism

Last week there was an article in the Media Guardian, entitled Search for the perfect headline about the debate over whether publishers should change the way in which they write headlines when writing for the web. Whilst it was a very interesting article, the attitude of some of the figures from the world of traditional […]

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The Future Of Search? It’s 4D Isn’t It?

People in our industry are often asked what they think the next developments will be in the growth of the internet, and in particular, search. Well, using the example of how frustrating a recent car journey was, I think I can probably make a pretty good guess.
Historically search has been two-dimensional; what I mean by […]

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Why SEO Would Have Made The Sony Bunnies Site Even More Flash

As Hollie has already said, we’re big fans of the new Sony Bravia bunnies ad. It’s colourful, fun & demonstrates the qualities of the Sony Bravia in a cute way. At the moment the only place you can see the full version of the ad is on their site, and this is where I have […]

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Changes To Yahoo! Show That SEO Isn’t Just About Keywords

The last week has seen major changes to the way that Yahoo! presents its search results. In many ways these changes are a response to Google’s move to, what it calls, Universal Search. Essentially this means that where there is a wide variety of content types that match a user’s search, they are all displayed […]

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Bebo Is More Popular Than Google In The UK

Wow. This is a bit like spraying “Clapton is God” on the walls of the loo in the Marquee one night, and then going to hear Jimi Hendrix play and having your whole outlook on life turned around the next day…
I read today in NMA that Bebo is the most viewed site, ahead of […]

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New York Times Drops Subscription Fees (Because Of SEO)

The New York Times has anounced that it is to drop TimesSelect, the subscription service it set-up which charged users to view certain parts of its website. Launched in 2005, it is reported that TimesSelect brought in around $10 million in revenues, but that it is expected that this didn’t match the predictions for revenue […]

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Spend Money On SEO Not Bad T-Shirts

There’s normally something quite nice about opening the post in the morning (particularly if it is not one of the regular communications from the utility companies or junk mail).
Things were slightly different this morning however, as I opened up an anonymous looking envelope to find that it was from a debt collection agency who are […]

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100 Tips To Improve Your Life

It seems as though every blog and his/her mother are creating these top ten, 50 best, 1000 greatest articles. They’re old tried and tested ways of engaging your readers or viewers, creating conversation and reaction. I’ve listed a few of the recent ones on this blog, but here’s another one!
100 Tips to Improve Your Life
This […]

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Breaking News - a4uexpo partners with Search Engine Strategies for London event

It was announced today that a4uexpo, being held in London on the 25-26th October, has partnered up with Search Engine Strategies for the event to form the first conference dedicated to both Affiliate & Search Marketing.
This is great news for those of us booked in to attend, Search and Affiliate marketing are so well intertwined […]

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Getting Sphinn on the Sociable Wordpress Plugin

We’re big fans of Danny’s new social search news site and wanted to make sure it was added to the plugin that we use for our social bookmarking, Sociable.
To get it included just follow these steps:

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