A top Facebook Executive, Ethan Beard, has said that web search must go social and that Google and other search engines are failing to provide the results that users want, according an interview given to The Telegraph. Ethan Beard argues that search needs to go social to create an improved product discovery mechanism. He claims [...]
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Google Analytics Premium
We have all (or most of us at least) heard of and/or use Google’s Free Analytics Tool. The implementation of a tiny section of provided code allows Google to track our websites and produce facts and figures that are often invaluable to our business marketing and strategies. Recently Google have released an Annually Charged ‘Premium’ [...]
Facebook to Remove Discussion’s now totally tongue tied!!
Facebook have announced (in a panel in your personal Facebook profile) that the option to use the Reviews and Discussion app within the Facebook system is to be removed at the end of the Month (31/10/2011) According to a statement on the official Facebook help section, the best way to encourage interaction with you friends [...]
Website Signposts: Three Simple Real World Examples
In a previous post I talked about the importance of using web signposts in web design and this article continues on with three quick examples of websites that Rake Mark has signposts utilised them for their clients. Website Signposts: A Quick Review In the real world, a signpost is a road sign that’s used to [...]
Website Design: The Importance of Signposts
In the real world, a signpost is used to point you in the right direction. It’s a big obvious sign that usually has a destination and an arrow. On your website you can use something similar to direct segmented groups of visitors quickly and efficiently to the section of your web site that appeals to [...]
Web Design Tips: Adding Engaging Content
In my last web design tips article I talked about ensuring that your adding fresh new content to your website. The case for adding content on a regular basis is compelling. Without wanting to repeat myself, regularly adding content helps with your creditability, increases dwell time on your site and also Google loves it. So [...]
Web Design Tips: Keep Your Website Content Fresh
Regularly Updated Website Content. Google loves it, your visitors want it and you need to provide it. So welcome to the next in our web design tips series, the importance of adding new content to your website. I wrote a paragraph in an article about website mistakes that discussed why you need updated content. I [...]
Get your domain name back in 8 Steps
This Article follows on up one of our previous articles about Domain Name Registration and why you should register your own domain name. Sadly, again this month we have had a new client come to us, requesting we create a website for them but we have struggled to get the domain names transferred and the [...]
