Google’s new extended sitelinks: What do they mean for your business

on August 29th, 2011

I’ve nopticed these new, extended sitelinks about a week or two ago, but it seems they are now here to stay. They are 12 links deep, with a snapshot of each page under teh corresponding link, and take up about 90% of the results page. What search terms do they show up for? What do [...]

Search Engine Optimised Websites: what does it mean for the Small Business Owner.

on January 31st, 2011

There’s an excellent SEO article over at Search Engine Watch (SEW), that attempts to distinguish between Search Engine Optimised (SEO) websites and Search Engine Friendly (SEF) websites. This discussion can get pretty technical, but I want to tackle the other end of it, i.e. what clients should expect from an SEO website and how search [...]

Running a design website or blog? Why you need alt tags NOW

on May 9th, 2010

So Google rolled out their new, Bing-inspired interface. Some people like it, some not quite as much. Regardless of how you feel about it, it does bring to light some important points of consideration with respect to the ranking your site. One of the most interesting thing I cam across was the new option “Sites [...]

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AttentionWizard – Attention Prediction Tool for Landing Pages

on March 11th, 2010

If you’re a designer, things are never as easy as “making things pretty”. More often that not, a graphic designer has to design something that will sell. A lot of times the design experience will help with optimising a design for conversion; however there are times when experience and flair will only take you that far.

Google Analytics: Advanced Segments – Beta Feature

on November 4th, 2008

Just noticed this late today – it wasn’t there in the morning. A new tab above my Google Analytics Dashboard – Advanced Segments, new Beta feature. Well, well, well; isn’t this interesting! So what does it look like?

Chrome for the iPhone Petition

on September 4th, 2008

I’ve been a little frustrated with Google’s lack of foresight when they decided not to have a Mac version for Chrome; I mean honestly, isn’t it ironic that they make their big competitive move against Microsoft exclusively on a Microsoft operating system?! Anyway, I digress; because what I really want to know now is when [...]

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Google Chrome Browser countdown: the wait is over

on September 2nd, 2008

The offspring of Google Gears and presumably many Red Bull fueled nights is here: http://www.google.com/chrome/ Matt Cutts is twittering and blogging about it; blogoscoped.com has a page of Google Chrome screenshots; Google has put up an official confirmation, but the link is for the moment returning a 404. The Google Chrome comics book can be [...]

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