Do you doubt the effectiveness of blogs in today’s Facebook and Twitter-orientated world? Blogs aren’t new, they aren’t trendy and they don’t grab attention like headlines that pit Facebook against Google or that give tips on how to maximise your presence on Pinterest. What blogs are, is effective. According to Scott Wyden Kivowitz (Social Media [...]
Archive for November 2012
Monday Morning Roundup: Latest Search Headlines (Nov 26 2012)
Posted 26 November 2012 by ShepTagged As: bing, Google, search engine | Categories: News | Leave a Comment
Making headlines in the past week: The Launch of Bing Webmaster guidelines and Webinars. The guidelines cover a wide range of topics and, above all, they are designed to help find your content and get you indexed in Bing’s search engine. Here are some of the topics covered in the guidelines: · Content – Bing encourages [...]
Blogging Live in 3 … 2 … 1
Posted 23 November 2012 by SandyTagged As: live blog, live blogging, microblogging | Categories: Online PR | Leave a Comment
Do you take advantage of all the benefits that live blogging has to offer? If not, maybe it’s time you figured out how to get on the bandwagon. According to a recent report by City University London’s Journalism School, live blogs get 300% more views that plain old news articles that cover the same event [...]
Tuesday Morning Roundup: Latest Social Headlines (Nov 20th 2012)
Posted 20 November 2012 by AynsleyTagged As: | Categories: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
There is a rumour circulating the cyber world that Marissa Mayer, Yahoo!’s chief executive, has been in discussions with Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, about the possibility of them working together. This would not be a first, as they have previously collaborated on a number of smaller projects, like Yahoo! news showing [...]
Monday Morning Roundup: Latest Search Headlines (Nov 19 2012)
Posted 19 November 2012 by ShepTagged As: China, Google, Search Egine | Categories: News | Leave a Comment
Making headlines in the past week: The Chinese Block Google Search, Gmail, Google+, Maps and more Google services. China’s Communist Party, which is always sensitive about news, blocked the site during its 18th Party Congress. According to Search Engine Land, the block was only temporary, lasting about 12 hours. In other news, Google has reported that government [...]
Monday Morning Roundup: Latest Search Headlines (Nov 12 2012)
Posted 12 November 2012 by ShepTagged As: Google, panda update, search engine | Categories: News, SEO | Leave a Comment
On the 5th of November, 2012, Google confirmed the 21st Panda Update. According to Google, the update will affect 0.4 per cent of queries and 1.1 per cent for English searches in United States. In other news, Google has changed its SERP layout to make it simpler and cleaner and to create a consistent search experience across [...]