Web Design & SEO Blog

The days when optimising websites for Google was a matter of making some text adjustments, adding  meta data and building backlinks are long gone. These traditional methods are not redundant however. They still have a role to play, but the internet’s constant evolution means that ever more factors need to be taken into account for companies that want to be found on the web. [Read On]

Google’s Search Plus Your World (SPYW) update has become the focus of feverish debate among internet professionals. The update, which was introduced on January 10th, adds results from a user’s Google Plus network to its search returns. [Read On]

Retailers at the top end of the market are turning to affiliates and other methods of mobile marketing to help them win back consumers. New data from LinkShare, a performance marketing company, reveal that sales via its affiliate network have increased by nearly 40% year on year on 2011 compared with the market average of 18%. [Read On]

Vimeo, the video hosting and sharing site, has announced a new slew of apps for smartphones and tablets. The free apps are for Android, Amazon Kindle Fire and Windows phone and can be downloaded from the Android Market, Amazon App Store for Android, and Windows Phone Marketplace. [Read On]

Google has acquired more than 222 patents from IBM, including many pertaining to advertising and marketing. This is the second wave of patents bought by the search engine giant from IBM; it had previously bought around 2000 patents in July and September of last year. [Read On]