Almost 250 million searches for products and businesses are performed per day on Google alone Ensuring you have a great Online Marketing Strategy in place means you have a virtual salesman 24/7 for 365 days of the year! Natural search result listings are 85% of all clicks, as opposed to only 15% for Pay Per

In the UK, we can only imagine the devastation which occurred in Japan, and the concerning high number of deaths and more people missing. One of the scariest factors many don’t consider when an event like this occurs is how the avenues of communication shut down.Telephone lines are reported to be down for most of

Google’s recent algorithm update is aimed at improving the quality of search results. It has had both positive and negative feedback however and seems to be that the results are in fact better now, but still not perfect. Despite the improvement in overall search quality in general, there have been many sites to suffer the consequences of the update

Local Online Search Statistics for Small Business 90% of online commercial searches result in offline bricks and mortar purchases (comScore) 82% of local searchers follow up offline via an in-store visit, phone call or purchase (TMP/comScore) 74% of Internet users perform local searches (Kelsey Group) 61% of local searches result in purchases (TMP/comScore) 54% of Internet users would rather use the

Within the mobile world we now live in, it has become even more important for businesses looking to attract local customers to turn their minds to ‘Local Search’. Have you noticed the Yellow Pages getting thinner recently – its all to do with the shift in the way in which people now discover local products and services.

Since facebook launched Facebook Deals in the USA last November we have been waiting for the UK release and today they have revealed its coming! Launch partners include Starbucks, they are offering a  free filter coffee to those who check in today, Debenhams, Argos, Alton Towers, O2 and Mazda. “We all love a bargain so whether you’re

“In the last few days we developed an algorithmic solution which detects the merchant from the Times article along with hundreds of other merchants that, in our opinion, provide an extremely poor user experience. The algorithm we incorporated into our search rankings represents an initial solution to this issue, and Google users are now getting

Facebook have introduced more clever ways to connect on your mobile devices. Facebook Deals Find Deals on iPhone Using Places on the iPhone already lets you share where you are and find nearby friends. Now with the iPhone 3.3 application, you can also find nearby deals from your favorite businesses–from restaurants down the block to

The search engine fight is no longer just between only Google and Bing! New challenger Blekko is here, opening to limited beta testing today. It offers a compelling way to “slash the web” and put a particular spin on your search results. Blekko isn’t a Google-killer and isn’t trying to be but Blekko’s “slashtags” are a unique

Social media giant, Facebook are said to be introducing a new messaging system which could compete with other well-known messaging systems such as Google’s Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail. Facebook is known to have more than 500 million users worldwide and are due to host a special event in San Francisco on Monday at 1000 (1800