http://www.silkstream.net Silkstream - web design, development and digital marketing agency. en-gb http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/04/google-relevancy-dont-forget-small-business.html The SERPS (Search Engine Results Pages) are constantly changing. Any search that you make today on an internet search engine like Google, will give you very different results to those that you may have been presented with a year ago. Wed, 17 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/04/moving-on-from-google-reader.html For the many users of Google's blog reading app, Google Reader, you will have most likely heard about the company's recent decision to cease supporting the widely recommended reader on July 1st 2013... Tue, 9 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/04/get-twitter-followers.html Since business profiles and pages were introduced to Twitter, Facebook and Google Plus we've all been on a constant race to increase the amount of subscribers to our social channels. The higher the number of followers, then the more power and authority you must have over your audience, right? Tue, 2 Apr 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/03/website-go-mobile-2013.html If you operate an ecommerce website then you will not have failed to notice that the mobile web is growing at an alarming rate. Therefore, it's becoming more important than ever to have a mobile version of your website available, so that mobile web browsers can display your website at its fully functioning best. Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/02/image-search-internet.html Back in the 1980's, when the internet was in its infancy, the only way to receive an image was was as a coded and compressed file. Computers over twenty years ago only had text-based browsers, graphical browsers didn't become available to the general public until 1992. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/02/harlem-shake-what-makes-videos-go-viral.html As children, we all want to become famous. Standing in front of the mirror with a hairbrush belting out the latest pop song, it always seemed like one of the toughest things to accomplish. But now, thanks to services like YouTube, video is becoming one of quickest and easiest ways to gain a celebrity status. Any one of us could become a star by next weekend. Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/02/whats-wrong-with-my-website.html In this ever-evolving digital era you can't afford to let your website be weak in design or content. But success goes much deeper than general appearances. If your business competition has a wicked online presence and you don't, then you will lose. Tue, 5 Feb 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/01/the-problems-with-facebook-graph-search.html On Tueday the 15th of Jan 2013 Facebook announced its latest innovation that is slowly rolling itself out in the US and yet to make its way overseas to the UK named �Facebook Graph Search�. Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/01/best-practice-pagination-ecommerce-website.html When designing and building an ecommerce website, there are many factors for you to consider aside from the general aesthetics. Tue, 22 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT http://www.silkstream.net/blog/2013/01/3-ways-improve-website-CTR.html The landing page of your website is a core component in driving visitors towards your end goal. Whether it be the checkout of an ecommerce website or the subscribe button of an RSS feed, every website has a call to action that needs fulfilling. Mon, 14 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT