This a week Google announced major changes to their search results with the launch of ‘Search, plus Your World‘. When I read the blog post I instantly knew this will have a big impact on search engine marketing, particularly organic… Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again, so have you made any new year’s resolutions yet? If not, what about learning how to code JavaScript? If you’ve never coded before, JavaScript is a great place to start and having at least… Continue Reading
Fans of trivia quizzes and Steve Wright-style factoids will enjoy playing A Google a Day. Each day Google runs a trivia puzzle challenge. The aim is to improve your Googling skills. For example, the question for Sunday December 4th was: “Today… Continue Reading
Anyone interested in search engine marketing is always looking for information “straight from the horse’s mouth” – the ‘horse’, of course, being Google. It’s easy to get regular updates from numerous product teams at Google thanks to their extensive list… Continue Reading
I’ve been taking a look at Majestic SEO’s new Site Explorer tool. First impressions are good, and it seems like a worthy rival to Open Site Explorer from SEOMoz. The summary page is nicely laid out giving a quick overview… Continue Reading
In a recent blog post, Twitter has announced a new home page, which aims to make the value of Twitter more obvious to new users visiting the site for the first time. The new home page features more dynamic content,… Continue Reading
The importance of Twitter as a medium for breaking news is confirmed tonight following the sad reports of the death of Michael Jackson. As I write this, AP has just confirmed that Jackson has died due to cardiac arrest. But I… Continue Reading
Yahoo! is going head-to-head with Google by releasing a free web analytics package. Yahoo! Web Analytics has just gone into private beta, so it will probably be early next year until it’s open for everyone to sign-up. However, the initial… Continue Reading
The full Technorati State of the Blogosphere 2008 report has now been published. The report was released over five days and these are the highlights for days 3-5, from a business blogger’s point of view. I covered the first two… Continue Reading
Well, that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but it was exciting to see that my book, WordPress for Business Bloggers, appeared at #15 in the bestsellers list for the Computers & Internet > Business & Culture category on Amazon.ca: Thanks to… Continue Reading