Google still trouncing Bing on relevance

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I had another look at Bing this morning. And soon wished I hadn’t Microsoft’s “decision engine”, disappointingly, is still trailing way behind search leader Google in the relevance stakes. The only decision I made based on the results delivered by Bing this morning was to run promptly back to the safe haven that is Google [...]

Small Business Email Marketing

I’ve long been an advocate of effective list management and email marketing for small businesses. When I talk to small business clients I always recommend using a professional email marketing service to manage their newsletter and email campaigns. If you want to stay in touch with your email list effectively you’ll only get so far [...]

Links… how to get them the right way

Image via Wikipedia Link building is probably the hardest part of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO). But high quality incoming links are one of the most important components of your search engine optimisation strategy. Search engines are always looking for better ways to assess the quality and relevance of search results. A significant part of Google’s [...]

Graphic designers and pro copywriters–a perfect match

Image by sarmoung via Flickr Designers have a tough job. Understanding the brief, weaving the client’s needs into an aesthetic yet functional design, one that resonates with the target audience to deliver measurable results is a tricky business. It’s even more tricky when the same client takes your winning design, throws in their home-brew copy… [...]

Five things you should know about writing web content

Image by FindYourSearch via Flickr 1. Know who you’re writing for Here’s a clue… it’s not you, and it’s certainly not the sub-committee of executives/managers who will sign off on the project. When it comes to writing effective web content (or any other form of content for that matter) you should be writing for one [...]