Text too small, menu not clear enough...what is your pet hate with websites? We’ve all got something that we really dislike and it would seem Google are no different. In (another) Google algorithm update released today we see that Google are targeting websites that have too many adverts in the instantly visible area of the page, otherwise known as ‘above the fold’. This change has been given the

We all know when it comes to the world of Google and getting to the top of search listings, Google is very strict on its policy to promote good quality relevant websites rather than results that have been the result of a black hat campaigns. Google provides suggestions for your website to avoid your content being flagged as spam or penalised for over marketing by being removed from Google search. While t

This Christmas, UK retailers need to make sure their websites and apps are up to speed, or risk missing out on their share of the potential £6.85 billion online spend, according to a new study commissioned by Rackspace®. The research shows that almost four in ten (38 per cent) online shoppers abandon websites or apps that take more than 10 seconds to load, and close to half of them (45 per cent) then turn

Its important to keep an eye on what is happening in the social side of the net and there are now some great tools that are free or free to try, check out the following: HootSuite HootSuite is a social media communications dashboard often used for online brand management. It publishes to websites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn among others. http://hootsuite.com Seesmic Seesmic is a suite of fr

There is now a considerable growing buzz in the internet industry as m-commerce or mobile commerce comes of age – with over 11 million people now using a smartphone in the UK (August 2011). You also have another portion of users browsing the internet on tablets such as the Apple iPad, although these platforms arguably have a different future as many websites appear as well as they do on other hardware