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Merry Christmas, When to turn off Adwords – December
I sincerely hope this business year has been great for you and I look forward to working with you over the next year.If I am ranking well in Google/SEO should I turn off my Adwords?I get this question a lot. I quite often turn Adwords off myself but, I recently read...
Hummingbird update and why you need to constantly update your site – November
Major Google Update This month I am going to take you through the latest Google update.HummingbirdHummingbird is Google's code word for this latest update. It's their first major update in quite sometime. This update is more like a complete re-working of how Google...
Unorthodox tips for small business – October
Unorthodox tips for small business I recently read this great article - here is my abbreviated version.1. Sell happiness Step selling your product and sell joy, happiness or fun. People are more likely to buy off people they like. 2. Be a specialist Become an expert...
Plain mobile or responsive – August
We all need mobiles sites but do we need a responsive site? - August The stats are in, Australia has the worlds biggest up take of smart phones. With this in mind most sites need some kind of mobile presence. But the question is do we need a plain mobile site or a...
Prices on your website: A good idea – July
Prices on your website: A good idea? - July This month I'm attempting something new. Something that worries me. Something dangerous.No, I'm not taking naked sky diving lessons. I am, indeed, putting my costs up on my site.Showing your costs isn't a choice to make...
HTML5 killing usability – June
Bad web design techniques that HTML5 is bringing back - June 1. Load screen:Its been a long time since we saw these all over flash websites. I dont think one single person in the world likes these things. Best practice would be to remove or shrink the large files so...
Why you need to be on Google+ for SEO – May
Why you need to be using Google+ - May Recently jeffalytics conducted a fairly scientific study into +1's on a new sites ranking. The results are amazing. They created 4 totally new sites, one had no Google+, another had a new Google+ created and linked up, the third...
Youtube closes – April
Youtube is closing its doors - April Google is shutting down Youtube - well not really, its just their April fools joke for this year.http://www.google.com/intl/en/landing/nose/ (Here’s another good one: Google Nose, which Google bills as “the new scentsation in...
South Australia’s new logo – March
South Australia's new logo - March “Our doorway welcomes opportunity. Everyone plays a part in greeting opportunities at every level. Including the people that simple live here and enjoy a world-class lifestyle,” website Brand South Australia stated.The new logo cost...
Google bans Interflora – Febuary
Google Penalizing Interflora & UK Newspapers Googles on the war path. Cutts wrote: Please be wary if someone approaches you and wants to pay you for links or “advertorial” pages on your site that pass PageRank. Selling links (or entire advertorial pages with...
Google updates – January
Google updates - January Google released a major update for backlinks. No longer can you just make links for keywords. This looks to spammy to Google. They require a more rounded approach. For every 100 links built, you should build the following: 18 links with anchor...
Re-branding and 2013 – December
That's right we re-branded! I recently had some time to look at my site and realised that I haven't made any major changes in over 2 years.I asked myself the standard branding questions: Is Tyranny memorable? Yes Is Tyranny easy to pronounce? Most of the time Is...