Archive for July, 2008

Content Development - What Happens When It’s Out Of Date

Content development is one of the most important issues when it comes to both a website or blog. We often heard that content is king; content needs to be unique; content should be written for users, not search engines; I could go on. I think you get the message, content is important. What happens when […]

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

PPC Out Of Control? Check These Points

PPC may be one of the best ways for small companies to advertising online. The danger for the inexperienced is that a PPC campaign can get out of control quickly and blow your budget within days. Some of these points may help.
Keywords: Reduce, reuse, recycle - that’s supposed to be how we reduce waste - […]

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

Blogging - Why Aren’t You?

Do you have a website? Are you also blogging? No! You should be! Blogs are staking their claim to being the best asset any website can have.
Blogging your business can help to deliver sizable chunks of traffic, traffic that is educated and far easier to convert than that achieved by organic search results alone.
When […]

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Focusing On Scotland In PPC Campaigns

If your business is based in Scotland and your looking to commence a pay-per-click (PPC) campaign then you need to be sure you grab the right visitors. The wrong visitors are simply going to cost you in unconvertible clicks.
When establishing a PPC campaign you can set the geographical region where those ads will appear. […]

Monday, July 28th, 2008

Branding And Marketing Through Social Media

Branding is one aspect of marketing that many individuals have trouble in understanding. Most people feel that branding is something that is relevant to the major corporations, not for the little guys. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Developing brand recognition is not going to happen overnight. Overtime, using various aspects of social media, you […]

Sunday, July 27th, 2008

Is Your Small Business Missing Out On Web 2.0?

The time has never been better for small businesses to take on the power of the internet and the benefits that web 2.0 technology and internet marketing can bring to their businesses.
The costs associated with an online presence are comparable to offline marketing, however the reach available online could now exceed that of most […]

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Search Engines And Re-inclusion

Every now and then a web site owner comes to us with news that their sites are no longer being found in the search results. There can be several reasons for this, one of which is the removal of all pages from the index due to some transgression of the search engines terms.
The first step […]

Friday, July 25th, 2008

Will Google Get Into Bet With Digg?

Rumours abound again that Google is in the final stages of buying Digg. Why not! They seem to have bought just about every other going concern when it comes to social and traffic flow through.
Google are a little like a railway tycoon. They buy the trains, buy the stations then send the trains through […]

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

Who Is Your Web Design Really For?

One of the frustrating aspects of web design is dealing with a web site owner. That statement probably sounds strange since web site owners are the people who hire web designers to create their sites.
The problem is, many of these owners aren’t prepared to hand a brief to a designer and leave it to them. […]

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Don’t Rely On Just The One Analytics Package

If you have been around on the internet for any period of time running web pages or blogs, you will be aware that many statistics packages differ in the data they provide. Google Analytics is a typical package, however it rarely displays accurate data.
Google Analytics are not the only package that is inaccurate in the […]

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008