Flickr: the Most Social Window on the World?

Posted by Matt Gardner on May 18th, 2012

Engagement, Social Bookmarking, Social Media

I’m going travelling at the end of this month, and during this crazy trip I’ll have the chance to take in beautiful sights in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and Italy. The latter two are countries I’ve never visited, while the other pair are ones that I’ve experienced – but not with a good camera. Luckily, I know exactly where I’m going to take advantage of my kit – and all because of one social network in particular. Read the rest of this entry »

AdWords ad extensions – Part 1

Posted by Ryan Jones on May 17th, 2012

Google Adwords, PPC, PPC Campaigns, PPC Optimisation

Google have massively increased the number of available PPC ad extensions recently – from just one when we first wrote about the topic in 2010, to four when we last wrote a year ago, to ten (and counting) today – so many in fact that they can’t all fit into one blog post. I thought I’d share some information and insights with you about the latest ad extensions available through AdWords, without further ado… Read the rest of this entry »

Link Quality Signals. Do You Know Enough?

Posted by Malcolm Slade on May 16th, 2012

Link Building, SEO

There is a lot of talk in the industry at the moment regarding Google deprecating and re-evaluating some of its link quality signals. This all stems from Google’s latest update overview posts on Google Webmaster Central, which I’m sure if you have read you will agree provides very little enlightenment as to what exactly has changed. Read the rest of this entry »

Twitter, tell me what to buy

Posted by Heather Millar on May 16th, 2012

Brands, Engagement, Online Consumers, Social Media, Twitter

The currency of social media is influence. Beneath the facilities of convenient communications and portals to entertainment, social media has become the significantly powerful networking tool of today due to its ability to influence consumer decisions. Read the rest of this entry »

$ocial Networks

Posted by Emir Paratusic on May 15th, 2012

Engagement, Facebook, Social Media

Social networking sites have become an integrated part of internet use for a huge proportion of the population over recent years. Not only can you share photos and information with your friends whilst in front of your computer, you can now use your phone to take pictures, and then in an instant upload them to social networking sites. Why has this been such a huge success? And what has made Facebook so dominant over rival sites? Read the rest of this entry »