Archive for April, 2009

the new improved google profiles – good or bad?

Posted on April 30th, 2009 in SEO, social media optimisation, social networking. Comments Off.del.icio.us:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  digg:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  spurl:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  wists:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  simpy:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  newsvine:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  blinklist:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  furl:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  reddit:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  fark:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  blogmarks:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  Y!:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?  smarking:the new improved google profiles – good or bad?

Google Profiles generated a lot of noise in the past week, the Google Profiles have been around since the end of 2007 and last week Google updated the service so users can add all sorts of information about themselves, like: Their picture Their first and/or last name Your nickname Where you grew up Where you [...]

will digg really update the diggbar?

Posted on April 29th, 2009 in social media optimisation. Comments Off.del.icio.us:will digg really update the diggbar?  digg:will digg really update the diggbar?  spurl:will digg really update the diggbar?  wists:will digg really update the diggbar?  simpy:will digg really update the diggbar?  newsvine:will digg really update the diggbar?  blinklist:will digg really update the diggbar?  furl:will digg really update the diggbar?  reddit:will digg really update the diggbar?  fark:will digg really update the diggbar?  blogmarks:will digg really update the diggbar?  Y!:will digg really update the diggbar?  smarking:will digg really update the diggbar?

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the new DiggBar and Digg’s shorten URL service and how unpopular it became within the Digg community, not so much for the shorten URL service, that seems to be working just fine and Twhirl is now using the same service. Digg promised to release an update to [...]

Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget

Posted on April 29th, 2009 in online-marketing, search engine news, SEO, social media optimisation. Comments Off.del.icio.us:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  digg:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  spurl:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  wists:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  simpy:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  newsvine:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  blinklist:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  furl:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  reddit:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  fark:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  blogmarks:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  Y!:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget  smarking:Volvo Increases SEO and Social Media Marketing Budget

The car brand has decided to focus their marketing budget on natural search and social media marketing to reinforce its ‘Life is better lived together’ brand positioning. Last year Volvo spent £19.75m on advertising, excluding paid search and internet accounted for just 3% of this, or £695,500. Volvo UK’s head of marketing communications, Anita Fox [...]

Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff

Posted on April 22nd, 2009 in search engine news. Comments Off.del.icio.us:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  digg:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  spurl:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  wists:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  simpy:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  newsvine:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  blinklist:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  furl:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  reddit:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  fark:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  blogmarks:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  Y!:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff  smarking:Jeeves returns to Ask after a 3 year layoff

Jeeves – The mascot of the Ask.com search engine has been brought out of retirement to help re-launch Ask in the UK. The New Jeeves is now in a new 3d form. The results from a ‘YouGov’ poll for Ask revealed UK users found Jeeves had 83% brand awareness, even after retiring three years ago [...]

social networking buzz on digg twitter and more

Posted on April 17th, 2009 in Blogs, SEO, social media optimisation, social networking, TH UK. Comments Off.del.icio.us:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  digg:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  spurl:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  wists:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  simpy:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  newsvine:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  blinklist:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  furl:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  reddit:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  fark:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  blogmarks:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  Y!:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more  smarking:social networking buzz on digg twitter and more

Over the last couple of weeks a lot of buzz has been coming from the top social networking communities, from framed content to who will be the first to reach 1 million followers on Twitter. Here is a quick a round up of what’s been going on. Leading the pack we have Digg.com who launched [...]