http://blog.rakemark.com Fri, 04 Nov 2011 14:27:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://blog.rakemark.com/2011/10/facebook-executive-thinks-search-must-go-social/ http://blog.rakemark.com/2011/10/facebook-executive-thinks-search-must-go-social/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:05:04 +0000 Sarah Brassington http://blog.rakemark.com/?p=1402 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; }

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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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’ [...]

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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 [...]

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Control Wild Web Budgets with Five Easy to Follow Tips For most businesses a website is a must, but how do you get your business on the web without it costing an arm and a leg? Here are five tips for affordable web design and controlling wild web design budgets. 1. If you can do [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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Its Friday and I don’t have any Friday fun, so what is a staffordshire web designer to do. Well I have compiled some real quick copy writing tips. If you read my copy writing article from earlier in the week then these five tips will help you to build up your knowledge and add even [...]

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