Tag Archives: google
Professors Eye

Keep OUR eye on your website

September 8, 2011 Written by News , Reporting

It can be hard to track how your website is performing – lack of time, not sure where to look and also due to Google’s amazing ability to show you exactly what you want to see when you search.  With localised search and personalisation on your Google results, you can never quite be sure if [...]

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ICO Regulations and Google AdWords

September 5, 2011 Written by News , PPC , regulation

We had a great question this week from a client asking about the impact on AdWords of the recent regulation by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) on the use of cookies for data collection (also known as e-privacy regulations).  His question was specifically about re-targeting using the Google Display network. If you aren’t familiar with [...]

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I have a secret. I see a lot of Danny Sullivan.

September 2, 2011 Written by SEO , Social Media

I follow him. Unfortunately it’s not feasible for me to strap on rollerblades and meander along behind him as he glides along the beach. As a 40-something English bloke this sort of irresponsible act would cause major abrasions to me and/or unsuspecting members of the general public. And, as Danny is mainly in sunny California [...]

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Quick and easy website checks we love in Google Webmaster Tools

August 15, 2011 Written by SEO

As part of our “continuous improvement” reporting on clients’ sites, we do some simple error checks using Google Webmaster Tools (GWMT). I think it’s a good idea to share those with you because among many of the reasons that websites rank highly is their lack of errors.  So, here are some of the simple things [...]

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How is Google+ changing search results?

August 9, 2011 Written by News , SEO

I’m not sure how this will play in the long run, or how it affects the site for more generic search terms, but here’s some interesting screen grabs for the query: noisy little monkey I’ve searched when I’m signed in and when I’m signed out. I think in addition to Google+, my shares on Twitter [...]

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Facebook to Google+ will ‘normal’ users switch?

July 13, 2011 Written by Social Media

With some clever people estimating that Google’s new social platform has already surpassed 10m users (and predicting it to hit 20m by this weekend), I wondered if all this ‘early adopter’ action would lead as quickly to take up from ‘normal’ people. By ‘normal’ I mean people who aren’t heavily involved in digital marketing so [...]

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Forum posts show as reviews on Google Places

May 10, 2011 Written by News , SEO

I should write more about this as it’s the first time I’ve noticed it… I don’t know if it’s across all sectors, if it’s been around for ages or what… please comment below if you have seen this before or have a post I should share with more details. Click the image for a full [...]

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Creative back link development for SMEs

March 29, 2011 Written by SEO , Top 5

At the Advanced Link Building conference last week one of the things that struck me was exactly how expensive link development can be.   Admittedly, the speakers were SEO specialists working in extremely competitive sectors like gambling and entertainment, but their link building case studies showed that organisations can spend hundreds of thousands on SEO experts, [...]

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Social media for business? Talk @ Action Coach, Bristol – March 2011

March 4, 2011 Written by Social Media , Talks

I had a really good morning with the ladies and gentlemen of Rob Carter’s Action Coach crew yesterday. It was good to share some thoughts and ideas on how SMEs might use social media to benefit their business. and what a luxury to spend some time thinking about how Noisy Little Monkey can improve our [...]

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Top Fives: optimised copy needs to be lovable

February 27, 2011 Written by SEO , Usability

We’ve been working on optimising a website for an office fit out company who do absolutely stunning office interior design.  The clean, modern feel of the website reflects their clean, modern design ethic; the friendly copy reflects their approachability.  All great integrated marketing, the trouble is no one can find their site in search engines.  [...]

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