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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...
Hunting and Farming – November
Do you know the 80/20 rule? 80% of your business comes from your top 20% of your customers? Well I didn't!For me I think it's more like 40/40. I don't have an active farming plan, so to speak, where I push side services.Most business it seems to be the other way...
How to Maximise Referrals – October
Maximise Referrals Recently the MYOB business quarter report come out. In a survey of a thousand Aussie businesses it was found that only 35% had a website!The business owners with a website report a more successful year.Only 51% of finance and insurance businesses...
HTML 5 when can we use it – September
HTML 5 when can we use it - September I have had a few people ask about the new and exciting html5. Whilst it has some great features like animations and transitions its still a long way off from working in all the browsers - W3 say 2014.Meanwhile some of the html5...
How to rank in Google Maps – August
How to rank in Google Maps - August Local business listings have their own specific ranking factors which have changed a lot over the past years. Here are some tips to help expand your map reach. 1. Don't load your title with keywords, while a lot of business get away...
Maps new scoring system and browser sizes – July
Maps new scoring system and browser sizes - July Google has introduced a new scoring system for the maps.Its all part of the new push for more social ranking factors, the new maps is called +Local.Google actually conducted a massive test including real people to...