General Industry Blogs
Fake Authorship – Fictional characters want a piece of that Author Rank too
Authorship and Author Rank are massive at the moment, and they’re only going to get bigger over time. It got me thinking – surely the fictional characters of film and TV want to get in on all this hot and sweaty authorship action?? A morning spent on Google with Firebug later, and you get the below. Points to everyone who gets...
Google Gets Physical
Working in the SEM industry, it's easy to think of Google as a company that only provides online products and services - be it Search, Gmail, Maps, YouTube, Google+ or the Android OS. A company that only makes software - intangible stuff that disappears once the off button has been pressed on your pc/laptop/tablet/smart phone. Of course, Goo...
What’s new about iOS 6?
Apple has done what Apple does best and released a new version of something. The iPhone 5 is being rolled out along with the latest generations of the iPod Touch and iPod Nano, and to work alongside that Apple has released its latest OS update. So what does iOS 6 have that’s brand new and sparkly, and is it worth all the fanfare? You&rsqu...
The downfall of the BlackBerry?
With the iPhone 5 rumoured to be only a few months away, it seems that everyone has jumped on Apple bandwagon and is eagerly awaiting the release of the most anticipated mobile phone handset in recent years. Although, what about other handsets, such as the once exciting and desirable BlackBerry? Struggling BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RI...
Google’s Broken Promise
On Friday 27th July 2012 Google openly admitted to breaking their 2010 promise to delete certain street view data. Its mapping of cars captured passwords, private e-mail addresses and other personal user data which then got transmitted across unsecured wireless networks in more than 30 countries. The letter sent to the Information Commissioner&rsq...
R.I.P iGoogle???
Before I begin this blog I would like for you nice readers out there to take a minute silence for the imminent demise of one of Google’s greatest ever products www.google.com/ig. (Minute silence…….) Small background on iGoogle Google released this product in 2007 which gave users a personalised dashboard filled...
IPv6 launch day has come and gone again - still no closer to being fully implemented
On the 6th June 2012 IPv6 launch day was upon us all. But despite this being the official launch date, very few ISP's actually support the new protocol. For those who don't know (and to be honest you should by now), IPv6 is a new protocol to replace the ever diminishing supply of addresses on the current IPv4 protocol. When the Intern...
IPv6 World Launch
Today, June 6th marks a milestone in the “timeline” of the Internet as ISP’s, network hardware manufacturers and participating websites switch on IPv6 permanently overriding the previous IPv4. This day marks the biggest upgrade of the Internet since its launch in 1983 and as ever more devices and users try to get online there has...
What the hell is natural?
Regarding link building, it’s all kicking off. First Google sent out a wave of ‘unnatural link’ notices to webmasters, and then they rocked out the big guns with Penguin which targets sites with bad/unnatural link profiles. It seems no one is safe. So, instead of whinging about it let’s get to the bottom of this. There&rsquo...
How's Link Building Working Out For You?
Is your SEO suffering? Has your link building strategy not gone according to plan? Well, it is no secret that Google has made more changes over the last few months that have directly affected SEO than it has done in years, and it’s safe to say unnatural linking plays a huge part in this. It all starts with what we refer to as ‘the message of d...
Facebook snaps up Instagram
In one of the most random purchases of 2012 so far the Silicon Valley social media giant has purchased small time photo sharing app Instagram even before the company celebrates 2 years in business! To say this is a brave move on Zuckerberg’s led Facebook is an understatement, considering Instagram’s short time as new kid on the block and the f...
How to Change Facebook to Timeline
This blog may seem a little late in the day for many, but ever since Timeline was rolled out for brand pages I have had an influx of people (including my Mum) asking me “What’s Timeline again?” or “How do I get a Timeline?” In this blog, I hope to cover what are (in my eyes), the 3 main steps towards adding Timeline to your own personal p...
Google Updates Site Speed Reports Within Analytics
Google have recently updated Analytics to include a new Site Speed Report that gives you all the information you need in easy-to-read overview. The new overview includes Average Page Load Time by Browser, Country/Territory and Page. Prior to this there was only one Site Speed report that has been renamed Page Timings. On this page you can view you...
The Social Network Addiction
How many times do you check Facebook a day? How many times do you tweet your friends per day? If this figure is entering double figures then you might be part of a growing and alarming group of people known as social media addicts. Do you think you have escaped this cluster of online addicts? Well, ask yourself what other site do you visit at leas...
A New Page Inspector
There is one tool every programmer, designer and developer can’t live without and now Firefox 10 has a version of the tool built in. Using the built in page inspector means you can look at the pages layout and structure without having to download an add-on. (Just right click and the ‘Inspect Element’ appears in the menu.) When inspecting t...
Facebook Brand Timelines
The news that many people have been waiting for was announced by Facebook this week. From the 30th March 2012, Facebook Timeline will be systematically rolled out for all brand pages. Brand pages as we know them will be no more! So, what’s changing? (Image - Tech Tricks World) One noticeable change when you put the new cover photos to one side i...