When it comes to the use of Smartphones, iPads and other mobile devices one thing is certain: they’re here to stay. Mobile internet usage is clearly growing, but how do you know when – or how – to start optimising your website to take advantage of this rapidly growing trend? The answer is: Start now [...]
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2013 Predictions (Unlucky for Some)
Tis the season to be jolly and I have been spreading the Bublé Christmas cheer around the office for the last couple of weeks (even if Jon has had to put his headphones in a couple of times). While it may be festive and fun at the moment, the new year will soon be upon [...]
Google AdWords 2013: Coming Soon
Google’s Box of Tricks: What’s New In AdWords? Last Friday I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to attend Google’s Box of Tricks presentation in London. The event was put on for a selection of the UK’s finest agencies and we, the masterminds at Noisy Little Monkey, were invited. I leapt at the opportunity [...]
Who Do You Trust?
If you are a follower of Matt Cutts or Amit Singhal, you will know that Google’s ultimate aim for its search algorithms is to mimic human behavior. Despite all the mythology about what Google wants, there are some very common sense principles at the heart of its search processes: key among these are trust and [...]
Good Practice Writing for the Web
Google’s guidelines get interpreted in all sorts of strange and creative ways. If you are writing web copy and are not a search expert it can all get a bit confusing. Based on a conversation with one of our favourite clients, here’s our true and false myth busting guide to writing for the web. [...]
MOT Your Website
Google’s latest updates indicate to us that fast loading, error free sites, packed with useful information for users remains the key to ranking well. Here we share the tests we use to keep our clients’ sites in tip top condition. This post is an update of Sophie’s post about our [...]
Retargeting with Google Adwords
Loads of people are talking about retargeting at the moment, but do you actually understand what retargeting is and how it works? Until recently I knew about retargeting and had read a fair bit about how it works but I hadn’t actually taken time to fully understand the potential (positive) impact it could have on [...]
Stop Link Buying. Stop It Now.
Ever been tempted to buy links? Don’t. It’s now clearer than ever that this quick fix to Google ranking is not only a waste of money, but may even damage your ranking longer term. This post summarises what’s been happening to link buying recently and explains why you should care about ‘social authority’. In the [...]
Twack Twaffic Fwom Twitter in Analwytics
UPDATE June 18th 2012 – The URL Builder described here has been replaced with Professor Traffic, the add on for Google’s Chrome Browser. Check it out here. Actually, it’s not just for Twitter but I can’t resist alliteration. My simple Excel Spreadsheet will help you to track traffic from Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn too. There’s [...]
Why you should resize images for your web pages
When you put an image on a website, it has two sizes. One is the visible size on screen (it’s height and width in pixels) and the other is the size of the memory (file size) it takes up on the hard drive of the computer that hosts your website. Aesthetically, you need to get [...]
