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Would you use Google Apps in your office?

Nick — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:39:55 +0000

Already using Gmail, Google Maps, Google documents? The list goes on but did you know that Google actually have a range of applications you can install for your business to use. Google have for some time allowed companies to use the their online applications across the office in a collaborative environment with your documents, email [...]

Canonical URLs

Nick — Sat, 16 May 2009 23:00:31 +0000

April in review

Nick — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:59:38 +0000

Always promised I would report on how this blog is doing in terms of traffic but I keep forgetting, reminder now set! This blog is here to share my views on digital marketing and describe some of my experiences within the industry. I’ve even put together an elevator pitch for this blog to focus myself [...]

Why you should link to other sites

Nick — Sat, 16 May 2009 17:30:16 +0000

A slight delay in continuing my 31 day blog challenge but here is task 7 – writing a list post. Linking to other site and sharing traffic and eventually any search engine love you site has built up in my opinion is good thing. Firstly sites that you link to are more likely to link [...]

The evolution of mobile websites

Nick — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:54:42 +0000

Whilst looking over the RSS feed of the Econsultancy.com site I noticed they has stuck up a mobile review of online film rental service LoveFilm.com and it got me thinking about how quickly mobile data services including web browsing have progressed on mobile devices compared to the evolution of the Internet on home computers. It’s [...]

Susan Boyle and the power of YouTube

Nick — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:44:41 +0000

I hate Britain’s Got Talent like the next person but it never ceases to amaze me just how much coverage the show gets both online and offline. Susan Boyle has now become an Internet star and rightly so, her performance was amazing. I’ll let the above image do the talking – over 100m views. Just goes [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-05-17

Nick — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:20:00 +0000

11:30 and I’ve been to the dentist, done the weekly shop and about to put a shed up. After that I’ll be chilling watching the F1 # Ashamed to say I’m listening to Michael Buble, quite relaxing music whilst getting some work done though. # Wordpress won’t let me add an image to a post, keeps loading [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-05-17

Nick — Mon, 11 May 2009 01:20:00 +0000

How to optimise Wordpress in 40 ways

Nick — Mon, 04 May 2009 22:19:09 +0000

It seems that more and more people are using Wordpress not only to setup a blog but run a full website since it’s easy to setup and maintain. I’ve used Wordpress for the last 6ish months and I’ve got to say that it gives Joomla and Drupul a run for their money. As ever though [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-05-04

Nick — Mon, 04 May 2009 01:20:00 +0000

My RX8 had it’s four year service today £483 – MKG3000 have great customer service. # @Szetela Looks remarkably like Google Analytics to me :) in reply to Szetela # still being annoyed after someone crashed into my RX8 this morning. I’ll need a new front wing! # Wondering why I’m doing ‘work’ at 10:22pm # writing an XML [...]

Tips and tutorials for bloggers

Nick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 21:22:56 +0000

Had a fantastic week off in the sun last week, mostly chilled but worked on a few web projects. If you’ve been following the blog over the last couple of weeks you will know that I’ve been following the 31 day blogging challenge at problogger.net. Instead of completing each day as it comes through I’m [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-04-27

Nick — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 01:20:00 +0000

Sitting in the garden enjoying the London sunshine with a cold beer # In Brighton relaxing on the beach http://twitpic.com/3vvh6 # remembering how to install and setup Joomla # Discovered Jazzanova – amazing relaxed tunes # Had a good week off so far, 5 BBQ’s in total and off to the beach tomorrow # Best quote from the Apprentice tonight [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-04-20

Nick — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 01:20:00 +0000

Off to another BBQ in the London sun # Just booked tickets to Internet World in London next week. Hope its good… # Wondering when the rain will stop in London. Another BBQ tomorrow on the cards # New post – Contacting your blog readers http://tinyurl.com/cam48l # Listening to the live stream from classicfm.co.uk , it’s actually making me [...]

Contacting your blog readers

Nick — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 21:28:41 +0000

Day 5 of the problogger.net blog improvement challenge asks people to get in contact with users that visit your site, have registered or commented on a post. The overall aim is of course to try and build community, the word I hear thrown around more than anything across the Internet. Creating a working community is [...]

How analyzing a competitor blog can help you grow

Nick — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:18:32 +0000

No matter what content niche you belong to or even if you cover a range of topics you are always going to have competitor sites trying to obtain the same audience. Part 4 of the 31 day improvement challenge over at ProBlogger.net recommends that you identify a competitor and run a detailed analysis on the [...]

How to promote a blog post

Nick — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:49:23 +0000

Yesterday I posted the top 15 digital marketing blogs you must follow. I’ve been following these sites for ages now and have learnt so many valuable things its well worth visiting their site and subscribing to their RSS feed. Day 4 of the ProBlogger.net guide to improving your blog covers how you should go about [...]

My weekly Twitter updates for 2009-04-13

Nick — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 01:20:00 +0000

@amypoole you will succeed x in reply to amypoole # Having a BBQ in the rain http://twitpic.com/3616q # Having a full English in a cafe after a heavy night http://bit.ly/2D5jci # Is off bowling shortly and then down the pub # 10am – already had My haircut and now in specsavers. Maybe off to the park later depending on the weather [...]

15 digital marketing blogs you must follow

Nick — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:22:53 +0000

The amount of digital marketing, affiliate and technical blogs I follow seems to grow at an astonishing rate on a daily basis. The below list (according to me) are the top 15 digital marketing blogs you must follow if you are involved in the online marketing sector. I now tend to follow all websites using [...]

My elevator pitch – 31 day blog challenge

Nick — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:44:35 +0000

I’m a big follower of problogger.net, Darren Rowse produces some great content around the themes of developing and growing blogs through all means including editorial, marketing, services etc. He recently announced that he would produce a 31 day tailored guide to improving users blogs if they followed all the steps. Since I feel I’ve lost [...]

Ambergreen SEO conference

Nick — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:48:45 +0000

Where has the time gone since I last posted something here? I should be ashamed really, part of my overall plan this year was to get this site up and running with some decent traffic levels. Well it’s not quite worked out like that due to the stupid amount of things I’ve got going on [...]

Some pictures of my new car

Nick — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 23:21:17 +0000

Not really anything to do with digital marketing but I’m pretty excited about this so worth a post in the ‘other’ category. Finally picked up my Mazda RX8 the other day. Luckily I was off to North Wales for a party so lots of great driving roads to explore. Here are a few pictures I [...]

Tom Cruise buying Google ads?

Nick — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:41:56 +0000

Stumbled across the below Tom Cruise Google advert yesterday and thought I just had to post it. It directs traffic to Tom’s official website tomcruise.com. Really strange if you ask me that maybe one of the most recognised actors in the world is buying in traffic to their website. Is Tom feeling lonely and wanting to [...]

Abbey iPhone application – how long do we need to wait?

Nick — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:13:37 +0000

I’ve spoken about this before on here, when will UK banks start releasing iPhone applications that can be linked up with current, savings and credit card accounts? Nothing annoys me more than not knowing my current financial status. Yes you can login to your bank to access your information on computer but I want to [...]

I can now officially add Cert DigM after my name

Nick — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 00:52:30 +0000

Last year my work put me on the certificate in digital marketing course run by The IDM. After two massive pieces of coursework and 6 hours worth of exams out of the way I finally got the letter telling me I had passed the course. I received a Credit which means I achieved over 60% across [...]

Google Analytics guide for marketers and webmasters

Nick — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 23:39:10 +0000

Seems recently that I’ve covered Google Analytics quite frequently over the last month. Wanted to add one more post though before I shut up for a bit and stop signing its praises. Dave Chaffey is a digital marketing expert in the UK with tons of fantastic guides and information available on his website. I noticed [...]

Google launch Conversion Room

Nick — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 15:02:50 +0000

Google has further developed its editorial blog network by introducing a new channel ‘Conversion Room’. The new channels aim is to ensure that users get the best out of advertising with Google by providing guides and ideas for the best way to improve your online marketing activity. As Google puts it At Google, we’re committed to [...]

January 2009 review and traffic stats

Nick — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:40:36 +0000

I didn’t only setup this blog to post about digital publishing but also to experiment with how quickly I could grow a user following using open source software. The experiences I picked up on the way would then be shared back with those of you that are following this blog. I haven’t done this every [...]

Advanced SEO reporting in Google Analytics

Nick — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 00:11:09 +0000

In my post yesterday using Google Analytics to track search rankings I mentioned how Andra Scholten had managed to create some filters that would help inform you of the search engine results pages that your links are sitting on when clicked. The guys over at Yoast.com have come up a great little guide on [...]

Book of the week – Bill Tancer, Click: What We Do Online and Why it Matters

Nick — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:00:43 +0000

I’m going to be starting a new weekly feature on this site, although everything is moving online there is obviously still a massive market for printed material and I can’t see this dying off anytime soon. So from this point forward I’ll let you know what my book of the week is (hopefully around midweek). [...]

BBC stars follow Stephen Fry onto Twitter

Nick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:56:47 +0000

Ever since Friday’s Jonathan Ross (@wossy) show in which Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) and him discussed the merits of Twitter there has been a massive celebrity migration to the micro blogging platform with nobody wanting to be left behind. The interview obviously gained a fair amount of media attention with the BBC and several other large [...]

How one button earned a company $300m

Nick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 21:00:52 +0000

I was gobsmacked to read this article on User Interface Engineering about a simple button on a $25 billion retailer website earning an extra $300m in e-commerce sales that would have normally disappeared. The results: The number of customers purchasing went up by 45%. The extra purchases resulted in an extra $15 million the first month. [...]

Using Google Analytics to track search rankings

Nick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:00:58 +0000

Good little post from Andra Scholten at Yoast.com detailing how you can use the free Google Analytics program to help you track your online search engine rankings with the use of a filters. With filters its impossible to report the actual position a link was within the search engine results pages but can report which [...]

Social media metrics you should follow

Nick — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:00:41 +0000

Guest post by Hendry Lee over at one of my favorite ‘How to’ blogging sites ProBlogger.net covering the growing importance of which metrics you should follow when it comes to social media among other online services. obviously social media has exploded over the last couple of years but no more and more marketers are starting [...]

Internet connection being throttled?

Nick — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:30:26 +0000

Great new tool from Google and some partners who have released a set of online tools to check if your ISP is blocking certain ports that P2P networks use or your whole connection is being throttled. The tools which can be found on the project website Measurement Lab allow you to run a series of tests [...]

Social networks overtake porn sites

Nick — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:59:49 +0000

I think Hitwise is great tool that can provide valuable information within the online space. I tend to follow the Hitwise blog which always posts informative and current research based on current Internet usage. Came across a story by Robin Goad in regards to social media site traffic finally overtaking porn in terms of market [...]

I want a Drobo!

Nick — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 00:16:30 +0000

Data backup has been fairly high on my list of things to constantly consider ever since I lost all my univeristy pictures 3 years ago. Came across a device called Drobo and DroboShare today, the first ever automatic robot backup solution. It’s a pretty spec’d up piece of kit allowing you to store four 1TB [...]

Future of handheld gaming – iPhone?

Nick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:58:54 +0000

As I may have mentioned on here sometime ago, I use the iPhone as my main communication device. Not only does it do data, emails, documents, images, applications etc fantastically well but it also handles games on a much higher level than any other mobile device on the market. In the past I’ve owned a PSP, [...]

Snowing in Fulham

Nick — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:36:17 +0000

So this isn’t something that really belongs here on this blog but I thought that since its quite a special moment I would share a quick picture. Looks like the whole of London will get a nice coating of Snow today, just went outside and took the below picture. Pretty cool, especially for Fulham since [...]

Google walks you through Website Optimizer

Nick — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 06:30:41 +0000

If your running AdWords campaigns at the moment and are also using Google analytics then you must investigate Google’s new tool ‘Website Optimizer’ which allows you to test multiple landing pages against your campaigns and feedback conversion rates in a nicely integrated tool. Google really have hit the nail on the head here, their webmaster [...]

What a DNS error can you do your site

Nick — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:00:27 +0000

So those of you that may have attempted to visit this site yesterday would have been shown the home home page of the Abernethy Bowling Club. (image below). Turns out that my site host was moving a few things around on their back end system which resulted in a DNS error meaning this website was [...]

Search engine optimised images

Nick — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:04:50 +0000

Search engine optimised images are one of the most common factors that are forgotten when it comes to building a website or publishing a new blog post. Its commonly known that Google and other search engines not only look at text on your website but also look at images in the process of deciding where [...]

Veet hair cream – great example of timed advertising

Nick — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:17:21 +0000

I think I’ll let the picture do the talking here. Pure genius. Tweet This Post

What do Google staff really think – comments exposed

Nick — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 00:50:57 +0000

Jeremy Schoemaker over at ShoeMoney.com has managed to get his hands on some really interesting content from a private Google group that operates for people that have left Google. As Jeremy says: The thread shows a brutal honesty about what it’s like to work at Google, at least from the point of view of employees who [...]

Gmail update lets you send and archive email

Nick — Mon, 19 Jan 2009 22:57:43 +0000

I’ve used Gmail for something like two years now and completly moved to it as an email platform about 6 months ago. I was completely fed up with Outlook and mail so it just made sense to go to a cloud computing platform. Over the last 3ish months Google have been releasing a series of [...]

Seach engine optimisation Firefox plugin

Nick — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 13:55:57 +0000

This must just be the best SEO plugin ever released from the guys over at SEObook.com. The newly released Firefox plugin wraps together many of the best search engine optimisation tools out there including Rank Checker, lots of keyword research tools, and a feed reader which lists the best and latest news from the murky [...]

Four months on and Google Page Rank update

Nick — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:50:14 +0000

The point of this blog is to share my online publishing experiences and of course help with guides, tips and news. I wanted to give you an update on my Google Page Rank which has an impact on your positioning within natural search results. This blog has been running now for nearly five months and [...]

Google also feeling the pinch

Nick — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 00:35:22 +0000

Looking around the UK media market its pretty clear that we are in for a tough time over the next 18 months whilst the economy picks itself up from the battering its taken over the last 6 months. It however seems that even giants like Google are performing cost cutting exercise in order to maintain [...]

UK government will retain all email data for one year

Nick — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 00:11:26 +0000

Just been reading that in a couple of months all ISPs in the UK will by law have to keep all information relating to every e-mail sent and received for a one year period. Seems that most ISPs do this already, would have been nice if my ISP made this clear in the T&C’s when [...]

Mice drinking milk?

Nick — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:20:27 +0000

One of my friends captured this fantastic picture whilst in India last year. Just thought it would be nice to share since its such a cool image. Tweet This Post

Matt Cutts form Google presents ‘Preventing Virtual Blight’

Nick — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:09:57 +0000

Matt Cutts from Google explains that his his goal for his company to be more transparent and communicate more in 2009. He has uploaded a video of a presentation he conducted at the recent Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco about spam and called it ‘Preventing Virtual Blight’. Well worth watching… You can view Matt’s presentation here [...]