The Web Guy, Online Insights for Business
When the largest provider of website analysis goes down what can you do? Many commercial providers will be shouting: “That’s what you get for using a free service!” but all services go wrong, paid for or otherwise and I know who I would rather have fixing the problem. It does raise an issue that many, [...]
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Since Facebook launched it’s Place functionality the location based services channel has been relatively quiet. Nothing significant has hit the market and no major releases announced. Google have now broken cover. Earlier in the month saw the subtle move of location search filters to the left of the page now they announce Google Boost. Until [...]
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Google do things at times that really change the game. Not only can the competition not keep up but they find it hard to know in what direction to go. In a further bid to dominate search, and at the benefit of the end user as well, Google has launched it’s new search functionality “Instant”. [...]
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A while ago I wrote about positioning in the search engines and demonstrated what effect different positions had on traffic to a web site. Just this week I came across an anomaly in my results for one of the sites I run. For two very competitive phrases we had been working hard to gain position [...]
Continue Reading …In my next video guide to the non-technical way of setting up a WordPress blog I introduce you to installing WordPress plugins. The three I have chosen for this demonstration enable you to install Google Analytics, create Google XML site maps and further improve the Search Engine Optimisation of your blog. Any questions please feel [...]
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As you are probably aware product reviews are a vital part of any e-commerce store, providing useful feedback both for your company and other consumers along with validation of your brand. Reviews are now so popular with consumers that a whole industry has grown to provide review services. There are also countless blogs, online videos [...]
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Google’s release of it’s real-time search functionality is being greeted with mixed emotion. Along with opportunity words of caution are being expressed. Rae Hoffman of Outspoken Media highlights the opportunity not only for spam but also for the more unsavoury aspect of the web to rise to a promonent position, in his article “Google enables [...]
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