We’ve all had one of those business cards given to us at an industry or networking event. Handed over with a flourish that belies the Microsoft Paint-inspired disaster which now rests in your palm. Glancing down, you discover that the swaggering figure who handed it over believes themselves to be an “SEO Ninja”. Not that […]
Being a former stand-up comedian (Don’t just take my word for it – “Head, shoulders, knees and toes above the rest…mighty stage presence and impressively high punchline ratio” Brian Donaldson, Scotsman), inevitably my use of search stats was eventually going to turn towards the state of comedy in the UK. With the Edinburgh Fringe looming, […]
Preferring to identify myself as a ‘creative’ and swan around digital marketing offices drinking herbal tea and looking tortured, I’ve sometimes been guilty of glazing over when it comes to search volume research. Recently though, I’ve had a change of heart. Consider me a convert to data-driven content. Edinburgh vs. Glasgow Having a background in […]
Life comes with an unfortunate contradiction built into it. We all want to fit in… and we all want to stand out. It’s one of those eternal conflicts, like the one football fans face when they scream at a referee to “be consistent” yet also to exercise discretion, ‘interpret’ the rules and “show some common […]
Today’s traveller uses more touch points than ever before they rush off and make the final decision on what company or companies they use to book their online travel. In marketing terms this means the more ground your brand can cover, the better. Your audience may looking for a holiday idea, a location, a hotel, […]
Search marketing professionals get to see the real search terms that people use to reach your website on a daily basis; the days of stumbling about in the dark, trying to work out what search terms were used on Google are pretty much over. Google’s webmaster tools now shows us far more information than ever […]
This Week In Organic is a new online Google hangout show, produced by David Bain (he works as Head of Growth at Analytics SEO). The show looks at the latest trends and discussion points in the past week in the world of organic search. Last week’s guests were our own founding director at Ambergreen, Grant […]
Have you noticed the fingertip speed and agility of a teenager texting or swiping through apps? The dexterity is mesmerising, like watching a spider spin a web. This is but one example (fashioning wheels and building fires are others) of how instinctively we use technology, and in this digital information age, there is so much […]
Generic Top Level Domains (gTLDs) are an alternative to standard domain name extensions. Existing domains such as .com, .net and country specific domains such as .co.uk and .fr are now supplemented by word-based domains such as .recipes, .london, .scot and .maps. A Brand TLD is an innovative type of top level domain name (TLD) that […]
As the latest UK Digital Ad Spend figures are published for 2014 (courtesy of the IAB / PWC), it comes as no surprise to see that the mobile advertising space continued to grow at an alarming rate – faster than any other channel. The UK spent £1.625 billion on mobile advertising in 2014, demonstrating an increase […]