Express Group caught with their trousers down
April 23rd, 2010
A nice bit of controversy to end the week today…
We are not letting the cat out of the bag on this as it has been covered elsewhere (e.g. the excellent Econsultancy blog), but we received an email from the Express Group yesterday alerting us to the opportunity to buy links at £1,000 a pop by … Read full article>
Parklet demonstrates how to link bait
February 26th, 2009
Link building is one of the more difficult aspect of search engine marketing.
Whilst on-page optimisation is within your immediate control (assuming that you have control of your website), it can be much harder to influence what other people say about your site and even to get other sites to link to you.
As we often … Read full article>
Big brands fall foul of Google penalties
March 6th, 2008
A couple of major UK brands in the insurance sector have recently been penalised by Google for boosting their rankings by buying paid reviews and paid links.
Last week, car insurance aggregator Gocompare.com was dropped from the number one slot for the term ‘car insurance’, and sent to the relative obscurity of page six of Google.
Its … Read full article>
Best deal on Xbox 360
November 9th, 2007
There has been a lot of coverage about Tesco’s pricing blunder for an Xbox 360 bundle deal. Offering the product at a tenth of the normal value, this promotion has understandably caused an avalanche of interest and purchases from bargain hunters.
It would appear that UK retailers are protected by the ‘Postal Rule’ which effectively means … Read full article>
Link Building Guide
June 8th, 2007
What is the secret to successful link building?
The truth is that there isn’t any secret, as with all aspects of search engine marketing.
Whilst the easiest way to build links naturally will always be to create a website offering engaging content / functionality, there are many other ways to build links such as directory submissions, press … Read full article>
Big Cats in the UK
June 20th, 2006
Browser Media has been selected by Endemol UK / Five to promote the newly launched www.five.tv/bigcatsearch website.
The website will be a crucial tool in promoting the initiative to find big cats in the UK. For almost a century, there have been numerous reports of big cats in Britain but there is very little documented evidence to support … Read full article>
