It never ceases to amaze me – the sheer audacity of businesses thinking they can get away with it. Is it because there are so many websites out there that they think they won’t get caught?! What I’m referring to is plagiarism. Whether it’s an entire website or specific areas of copy, it happens to […]

Of all the new features in Photoshop 4, I am most excited about the new Content-Aware Scaling feature. When laying out a website design I tend to spend way too much time sourcing images that will suit the design, and more importantly, the design layout. This is a task that all designers have to contend […]

Webmasters around the globe have been jumping with joy after a recent addition to Google webmaster tools: http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/. Google have recently released a new feature which integrates into the existing Diagnostics > Web crawl menu in Webmaster Tools. Before now, Google would inform you of 404 errors which broken links would return, which would leave […]

In breaking news today from Google AdWords advertisers will be able to bid on gambling related terms as of the end of this week. As quoted in the Google’s Advertising Policies: “Google AdWords allows online gambling advertisements to target Great Britain (England, Scotland, or Wales) as long as the advertiser is registered with the Gambling […]

Google have announced that they will be making web search results available as RSS feeds in the future. Reportedly, it will be introduced as an extension of the Google Alerts service, which currently only allows notification by email. RSS results will allow users the option to follow search results with a feed, giving more flexibility […]

It’s all very exciting. Your website designer has finished work on your new site, you’ve gone through your final checks and the site has gone live. You realize that all those hours of hard work were worth the effort because your shiny new website is now online, ready for your colleagues, visitors and clients to […]

As Google is now 10 years old they have released a special birthday gift for all their fans. We’ve had great fun looking back at the search engine results pages using this tool. It really shows how much search engine optimization and paid search has changed the shape of how we click on results. Enjoy!

For those of you who aren’t familiar with how search engines rank websites, one of the driving factors behind getting good natural listings are the links from other websites pointing to your domain. If you are thinking of starting a link building campaign here are a few pearls of wisdom… Should I consider paying for […]

Google unveiled Chrome, the company’s first desktop web browser on Tuesday, following the news that a printed comic book revealing details about the previously unconfirmed browser had landed in the hands of a blogger – who duly uploaded the material onto the internet. Delaying the release of the link to download the software (it later […]

Google have rolled out a ‘new’ feature which will be familiar to anyone who has taken a peek at Google Labs over the last couple of years. Google Suggest enhances the standard Google search bar with further search queries generated by the data centre. From Google Labs: “Google Suggest is a feature that analyses what you’re […]