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Joey Barton’s Self Promoted Tweets

05.13.2012  |  5 Comments ››

Is Joey Barton Paying for Twitter Followers? Joey Barton is a premiership footballer & is a well-known/controversial celebrity (if you're reading this, you've probably heard of ...

The Amazon Percentage Trick

05.07.2012  |  No Comments ››

The Amazon Percentage Trick Can you spot the numeric trick Amazon is using in the image below? It tricked Techdirt  into saying "books increased between about ...

12 Large Companies Who Don’t Own Their Main Domain

03.30.2012  |  No Comments ››

12 Companies Who Forgot to Buy Their Dotcom Domains I've helped a few companies buy 'their' domain names from other owners over the last few years. ...

The Impact of Small Changes

03.20.2012  |  No Comments ››

The Impact of Small Improvements In situations where there is a chain of events, very small improvements within the chain can yield big end results. Most ...

Google Now Hiding UK Search Data

03.06.2012  |  15 Comments ››

Google Now Hiding UK & Other International Keyword Data Last year, Google made a change that meant lots of keyword data was suddenly stolen away from ...

Top 100 UK Journalists on Twitter

01.25.2012  |  No Comments ››

Top 100 UK Journalists on Twitter - by Social Influence   Andy Barr & the team over at 10 Yetis released the 2nd version of their "top 100 ...

UK SEO Pricing Infographic

01.06.2012  |  3 Comments ››

UK SEO Pricing   Here's an infographic based on the results of a survey of 81 UK agencies & consultancies who provide SEO services. The background on it ...

(Not Provided) – A Google Analytics Tweak

11.24.2011  |  No Comments ››

A Small Google Analytics Tweak to Assist SEO Analysis Now that Google are hiding lots of interesting search data behind an anonymous '(not provided)' line, I've ...

Photos of Google’s First Retail Store

10.04.2011  |  3 Comments ››

14 Photos of Google's First Retail Outlet Here's a post containing 14 photos of Google's first ever retail outlet, 'The Chromezone'. (actually, 13 photos, plus one ...

Ling Valentine on Website Success

09.29.2011  |  13 Comments ››

Ling Valentine on UX, SEO, and Running a Successful Website Ling Valentine runs the mighty LingsCars.com , a site that's been on Dragon's Den, won various business ...