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$15m (�10.1m) to be paid in bonuses to Google execs

Last updated 13/03/2013 07:52

Four of Google’s leading executives are to benefit from a shared bonus payout of $15m in recognition of their performance in the business during 2012. The largest sum of $6m is to go to the Executive Chairman, Eric Schmidt. The remaind...Read More

LinkedIn negotiating to purchase Pulse Newsreader

Last updated 13/03/2013 07:02

According to online reports, the business network LinkedIn is about to complete a deal to buy the newsreader app, Pulse. The figure being mentioned is said to be something between $50 and $100 million. Other potential suitors apparently inc...Read More

Two fifths of browsers don’t know that AdWords are ads…

Last updated 05/03/2013 06:21

When using Google to search for a product or company you will be presented with a variety of types of result; organic results at the bottom of the page, and then ads at the top and the side, and perhaps something labelled “sponsored” so...Read More

How to get past the “like”

Last updated 01/03/2013 07:12

Almost since Facebook was launched, brands have been measuring the success of their social media strategies by how many “likes” they have garnered, and how quickly they managed to attract a substantial number. Current measures unhelpfu...Read More

Shares in Demand Media Inc. rise on news of new business plan

Last updated 27/02/2013 11:25

Shares in the originator of the EHow website, Demand Media Inc., rose by 24% on the news that the business is planning to separate its domain-registration (ENom.com) and its content arms to form two public companies. The company’s plans...Read More

$800 share price barrier breached by Google

Last updated 25/02/2013 10:29

The market’s confidence that Google will push on to even greater profits caused the stock price to finally break through the $800 (£518) barrier. Google’s shares reached a $700 level five years ago but then retreated after the recessi...Read More

ROI still worries social advertisers

Last updated 20/02/2013 04:08

With paid-for social media advertising very much an integrated part of many big (and small) advertiser’s budgets these days, one could be forgiven for thinking that the original issues many had with social ads (primarily around measuring ...Read More

Comparison sites dominate financial services SEO and PPC results

Last updated 18/02/2013 06:06

If you operate in the financial services sector you are probably well aware of the power of the comparison sites. A new study has highlighted just how the comparison sites dominate the search engines – and how this makes it corresponding...Read More

Amex to allow buying by hashtag

Last updated 15/02/2013 04:59

Brands on Twitter have generally constrained themselves to using the service for benign PR type content, or, if they are particularly proactive, interacting with consumers and customer service. The concept of actually buying products across...Read More

Brands slowly improving social responsiveness

Last updated 13/02/2013 04:55

If you have a business Facebook page, then you’ll realise how much work maintaining an efficient presence entails and how reactive you need to be to keep up the relationships. Responding to user comments and queries has to be a priority, ...Read More

New free access research shows how consumers buy

Last updated 12/02/2013 04:11

If you run a small or medium sized online retail business sourcing reliable statistics on how people research and buy your products can be a costly enterprise. Now, however, a website using research from TNS, the IAB and Google will give yo...Read More

AdWords rolls out enhanced targeting

Last updated 08/02/2013 05:48

Ever wished you could target your AdWords campaigns more effectively? Say by time of day, location and type of display device? Well now you can, according to a new blog post from Google, outlining their latest enhancements to their popular ...Read More

Are Apple planning branded appstore URLs?

Last updated 06/02/2013 05:17

Until now, finding a specific app on the Apple Appstore was a case of searching, unless it happened to be one of the top apps on the first pages, or you happened across a direct content link to the app when browsing on your mobile device. N...Read More

Product listing search ads double - budgets grow as results improve

Last updated 04/02/2013 05:26

When Google began, it was revolutionary, but essentially was little more than a variation on the Yellow Pages for the internet. The hard work of figuring out what terms you really wanted and how to find what you were looking for was left to...Read More

Is all your online content original?

Last updated 23/01/2013 17:02

The explosion in the demand for great online content for blogs, newsletters and social media is very exciting both for brands and consumers, but it can place great demands on online marketers and website owners in terms of keeping up the pr...Read More

A world without Google?

Last updated 14/01/2013 15:42

For the last few years the search engine Google has been so dominant that the idea of a world without it has seemed alien and unconceivable. However, in a couple of days last week, the possibility that the online giant might be at least stu...Read More

Yelp squeals on paid-for review culprits

Last updated 08/01/2013 14:50

Given the business value and the online SEO and PPC advantages that can arise out of having great online content from consumers raving about how fabulous your product or your company is, it’s unsurprising that many brands are very active ...Read More

Newsweek moves to online only

Last updated 19/12/2012 10:36

As print publishing costs rise, traditional print revenues fall and the readership of online newspapers and magazines increases, it has proved more and more difficult for traditional offline print media to survive. The latest casualty of th...Read More

Think quality not quantity on Facebook

Last updated 17/12/2012 10:34

Whilst it makes a good PR sound bite and looks good internally, it’s long been accepted that, in actuality, having thousands (or even millions) of Facebook fans doesn’t necessarily mean much. Now a new study suggests that only a small f...Read More

Spreading the (content) word

Last updated 14/12/2012 12:38

So you’ve spent valuable time and resources on creating fabulous, relevant, interesting content for your site blog; what now? How do you go about spreading the word about all this amazing content you have? How to make your content stand ...Read More

Facebook shares finally bounce (a bit)

Last updated 12/12/2012 09:59

Since Facebook went public in May this year with shares priced at $38 a pop, it has been a long slide down for the share value, reaching under $20 at its lowest point. However, new quarterly results and other research revealed this week hav...Read More

Businesses invest in content marketing though debate effectiveness

Last updated 10/12/2012 16:06

Much is made in the press of how consumer focused brands are increasingly investing in content marketing such as blogs, but B2B businesses are also jumping on the content bandwagon, often with great success. LinkedIn most popular social me...Read More

Do you pin?

Last updated 03/12/2012 14:40

Pinterest, a social media site where users “pin” images and pictures of items of interest to a virtual, shareable pinboard, has only been around for a year or so, but already boasts over 10 million users. So far much of that interest ha...Read More

Is your website strictly legal?

Last updated 30/11/2012 11:52

If you have a retail website you probably frequently spend time updating the product content, maybe adding a blog, changing prices etc., but do you invest the necessary time in ensuring that you have all the required consumer protection and...Read More

Building a case for regular blogging

Last updated 27/11/2012 15:41

It is easy to get caught up in the latest ‘big thing’ when it comes to online marketing and social media, so it’s encouraging when proof appears that some of the more established techniques can be consistently effective. Blogs drive ...Read More

Obama v Romney: who won the social media battle?

Last updated 16/11/2012 16:52

With the results of the US Election out by the time you read this, it’s an apt point to reflect on the changes in online campaigning and political debate over just the last four years. The 2008 US elections were the first to really utilis...Read More

Google your homework questions – can you trust the answer?

Last updated 16/11/2012 16:51

If you have a school or college age student in your house, you are probably familiar with the homework technique of googling whatever the topic of the week happens to be. Whilst teachers are well aware of the extent of online research that ...Read More

Pulse bets its future on sponsored content

Last updated 16/11/2012 16:39

The news-reading app, Pulse, established around three years ago, now boasts some 20 million readers who use the facility to read headlines from major publishers such as ESPN, GQ and Associated Press. Publishers can offer Pulse either the fu...Read More

Facebook Likes – driven by coupons and friends

Last updated 10/10/2012 14:50

Have you ever Facebook “Liked” a brand’s own webpage? Well, if you haven’t, you would appear to be in the minority; according to a new study by market researchers Lab42, some 87 per cent of US social media users have done so. Based...Read More

Happy 14th birthday Google!

Last updated 10/10/2012 14:49

If you were Google and your raison d’etre was to, essentially, send users elsewhere, how do you keep your homepage fresh and interesting? In Google’s case, it’s by consistently surprising users with different logos, to celebrate a var...Read More

What can save the ailing book industry?

Last updated 10/10/2012 14:47

Content marketing could be the answer With the advent of new Kindle models and the uptake of digital e-reader products rocketing, it has never been a more difficult time to be a publisher or retailer of paperback and hardback books. Is thi...Read More

Mobile to influence £15 billion of store sales in 2012

Last updated 20/09/2012 15:35

According to a new survey by Deloitte Digital, nearly half of the smartphone users in the UK have used their phone to research product information before or during a shopping trip; this is likely to include a significant amount of price com...Read More

UK to get 4G by end of the year

Last updated 20/09/2012 15:21

Whilst most of us have a smartphone with internet access these days, the connection to the web when out and about can be patchy at best, as we have all experienced. However, that is all set to change soon, with the UK's first fourth generat...Read More

New internet search study shows both growth and challenges

Last updated 20/09/2012 15:14

The online search market is one of the most established and most robust online marketing channels, with studies regularly showing double-digit growth year after year; this did drop over 2008 to 2010. Now a new study suggests that the robust...Read More

Big brands look to consumers for online content

Last updated 20/09/2012 15:09

Since the internet developed into being a mass market, the concept of “crowdsourcing” – using the mass of online connected consumers to come up with product or marketing ideas – has been a popular one, though it is often misapplied...Read More

Social media to influence “£3bn in sales”

Last updated 30/08/2012 14:23

Despite marketers and content managers knowing that optimising content and collateral for social networks and being active in social media are important, it’s sometimes hard to put concrete rationales for this investment in place. Person...Read More

PPC makes up 6% of all clicks, says survey

Last updated 30/08/2012 14:23

The endless battle between SEO and PPC rages on - which attracts more valuable consumers, which is more cost-effective, how do they work together? Meanwhile a new survey suggests that SEO is generating by far the lion’s share of consumer ...Read More

Huffington Post goes live on video

Last updated 23/08/2012 12:33

While most traditional print newspapers are struggling with the concept of moving from print content to online news, one news site has taken an even bolder move across channels – from online to video. Channel goes live 12 hours a day Th...Read More

Advertisers looking forward to Paralympics

Last updated 09/08/2012 14:52

Even though Great Britain’s best Olympics in decades is still in full swing, advertisers supporting the Paralympics are planning ahead on how to capitalise on the nation’s unprecedented response to this summer of sporting fervour. Adv...Read More

Nike tests Adidas with 'London' spot

Last updated 30/07/2012 11:39

As the official launch of the 2012 Olympics approached, sponsors such as Adidas and Coca Cola ramped up their online and offline marketing efforts. However, their efforts are not without issues; new data from ICM on behalf of Third City sug...Read More

Mail Online reaches profitability

Last updated 27/07/2012 10:03

Bucking the trend of loss making online newspaper sites, the Daily Mail and General Trust has announced that it’s operation Mail Online has now reached profitability on a “run rate” basis. Daily Mail site largest online newspaper si...Read More

Twitter Olympics sentiment to light up London Eye

Last updated 25/07/2012 10:14

The giant Ferris wheel the London Eye dominates the Capital’s skyline, and is now set to play a major part in the Olympics, despite no actual events taking place in its vicinity. It has been announced that Twitter users will be able to di...Read More

The Guardian announces online revenues “offset” print revenue decline

Last updated 19/07/2012 12:24

Following stats released earlier this month indicating that most papers had suffered a decline in circulation in June despite it being a news-filled month there is now some better news. The Guardian has released some financial results that ...Read More

The Guardian announces online revenues “offset” print revenue decline

Last updated 19/07/2012 10:27

Newspaper circulations continue on a downward spiral

Last updated 16/07/2012 16:25

Printed newspapers have struggled to maintain sales and circulation (and thus, of course, ad sales, which makes up the bulk of their revenues) for some years - in fact ever since the internet became a mass-market media and users began rampi...Read More

iPad = cool, Galaxy Tab = uncool?

Last updated 16/07/2012 10:01

If you own an Apple iPad, do you consider it cool? How about other tablets on the market, perhaps the Samsung Galaxy Tab – would you or anyone that you know consider that to be cool? Judge determines against Apple Well, according to a H...Read More

Is Amazon about to enter the smartphone market?

Last updated 11/07/2012 10:08

Established as an online bookseller in 1994, Amazon has long been known for its ambitious expansion policies. When it expanded into technology hardware with the Kindle in 2007, it seemed an almost obvious next step, given Amazon’s clear v...Read More

YouView TV officially arrives

Last updated 09/07/2012 10:04

Despite sounding like a YouTube knockoff, the recently launched YouView has nothing to do with consumer driven content; it’s a service that aims to offer both catch-up TV as well as new on demand content via the internet on your televisio...Read More

Is the dominance of Apple’s iPad slipping?

Last updated 05/07/2012 10:34

Do you own a tablet computer? If so, then you are far from alone. According to new stats from the UK pollsters YouGov, some eight per cent of the UK population now owns an iPad. That equates to some three million people. iPad rules the ro...Read More

Disruption hits the Net because of Leap Second

Last updated 04/07/2012 12:12

Did your website experience problems this weekend, or did you have issues browsing big-name sites such as Reddit or Foursquare? If so, then you were a victim of the combination of severe bad weather and – wait for it – a Leap Second. ...Read More

Companies “failing to integrate” mobile marketing

Last updated 02/07/2012 11:02

With mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets now ubiquitous, it makes sense that marketing campaigns would integrate these devices as a matter of course. However, according to new research, this isn’t happening most of the time. O...Read More

BBC’s commercial wings to be clipped?

Last updated 29/06/2012 10:46

The question of what content the BBC is allowed to exploit for its commercial gain has always been a tricky subject. Given the BBC’s licence fee public funding base, the very existence of the commercial arm always has some commentators fr...Read More

Libraries struggle with the e-book revolution

Last updated 27/06/2012 15:16

With British libraries under constant threat from cost reductions, some have suggested that widening their wares into e-books and other electronic types of content is a solution. However, US research released from both the American Librarie...Read More

British broadband speeds far slower than advertised

Last updated 16/05/2012 11:37

It has been revealed that the average broadband speed in Britain is 42 per cent slower than providers actually state in their advertising. For content writers and video production specialists this means that website media is not as easily o...Read More

Etsy expects international expansion

Last updated 15/05/2012 14:10

Etsy, the firm that provides an online marketplace for handmade items, has revealed that it has raised $40m to aid its international expansion. Whilst the internet has allowed a vast number of web-based companies to undercut high street pri...Read More

Lumia gains new apps

Last updated 15/05/2012 14:00

It is well known that the smartphone market has created an entirely new way for a generation of people to access online content. Whilst Apple’s iPhone has stayed ahead of the competition, recent positive reports about Nokia’s Lumia have...Read More

4G to be highlighted in latest campaign

Last updated 14/05/2012 16:59

As any smartphone user knows, a 3G connection is crucial for good mobile surfing if no Wi-Fi hotspot is available. Now, the Everything Everywhere (EE) mobile network has started a campaign pushing for the UK to start offering 4G data servic...Read More

High-quality articles key to search engine optimisation

Last updated 26/04/2012 16:08

The importance of quality article writing was highlighted in findings made recently by Richard McCreadie, a Computer Scientist at the University of Glasgow. Mr McCreadie was asked by New Scientist to look into the issue of how search engin...Read More

Asus Transformer Prime US release date on schedule

Last updated 26/04/2012 16:06

A new tablet that is seen as potentially being able to challenge Apple's iPad 2 might be released in the US in time for Christmas, according to reports. It had been widely expected that release of Asus' Transformer Prime tablet would be de...Read More

Wikipedia and other sites take a stand against SOPA

Last updated 26/04/2012 16:00

Anyone who has visited Wikipedia over the past 24 hours will have noticed that their usually comprehensive encyclopaedia has been limited to a couple of pages. The site is the largest taking a stand on a day of action against the SOPA and ...Read More

Hitting the right balance with your blog

Last updated 26/04/2012 16:00

Striking the right balance between serving search engine algorithms and any humans reading your content is a key aspect of writing a blog. Creating carefully optimised content with the correct number of key words, meta tags and headings to...Read More

Content writers are urged to generate original content to fight the panda

Last updated 26/04/2012 15:57

The oft debated Google search ranking algorithm Panda has changed the game for many websites and content writers. The algorithm rewards sites that update their content regularly, along with sites with interesting and useful information, wh...Read More

Volkswagen Under Fire Following Social Media Error

Last updated 20/04/2012 18:24

Volkswagen have attracted criticism after breaking one of the unwritten rules of social media engagement. The German car manufacturer posted a call to action on their Facebook page, asking users to post suggestions and New Year’s resolut...Read More

Olympic Social Media Guidelines meet Mixed Reaction

Last updated 20/04/2012 18:24

As media attention intensifies towards the London Olympics, the news that volunteers have been given a comprehensive set of guidelines regarding the use of social media sites has been met with mixed reactions. The 70,000 volunteers, known ...Read More

Google and Facebook Enter War of Words

Last updated 20/04/2012 18:23

Following last week’s launch of Google’s “search, plus your world” initiative, Facebook have entered into a war of words with the search engine giant. Search, plus your world aims to integrate information taken from its new social ...Read More

Social Media Dubbed a “Great Advertising Method”

Last updated 20/04/2012 18:23

The Chief Technology Officer of a major US company has been singing the praises of using social media as part of a marketing strategy. Jon Callas of Entrust believes that the use of social networking sites is “inevitable” amongst busin...Read More

Finding an Authentic Voice on Social Media

Last updated 20/04/2012 18:17

When using social media on behalf of a company it is important to sound like the human voice of your business, whilst posting with the detachment required. If you’re in direct control of the messages for your company, it is vital to reme...Read More

Barclays Says Mobile Purchases Will Reach £19.3 Billion by 2021

Last updated 18/04/2012 11:52

As more and more people in the UK are using smartphones, and with anticipated technology advances, Barclays Corporate predicts that by 2021 consumers in Britain will have used their mobile phones to spend £19.6 billion on purchases. Accor...Read More

Social Media Dubbed a Great Advertising Method

Last updated 29/03/2012 16:20

15% of Consumers Aged 16 to 24 Turn to Social Media First for Customer Service

Last updated 08/03/2012 09:50

A recently published study from business support specialists Sitel has outlined the importance that young consumers put on the use of social media. British consumers are being lead by those under 25 to take to social networks such as Twitt...Read More

Google+ Punches Well Above its Weight

Last updated 08/03/2012 09:45

Although Google’s recently launched social media site Google+ has become somewhat of a punchline for internet commenters, it has catapulted itself to the forefront of importance for businesses looking to tweak their search engine rankings...Read More

4G Network Could be Delayed in UK Until 2015

Last updated 20/12/2011 16:02

Consumers who want to be able to view their content at high-speed when they are away from a broadband connection, might be disappointed to hear indications that the 4G network will not be available before 2015. The news comes from Ofcom, t...Read More

Increased Use of Digital Content Raises Smartphone Brand Loyalty

Last updated 05/12/2011 16:40

Research has found that the more services and applications smartphone owners use, the less likely they are to switch to another brand. In fact, of those who own both an iPhone and iPad, one in five say it would be more difficult to change ...Read More

Launch of Nokia's New Windows Phone Anticipated

Last updated 03/11/2011 15:20

Nokia is expected to launch its first phone this week based on Microsoft's operating system, Windows Phone. The new phone will need to be able to compete with products such as the Apple iPhone 4S and the Android-based Samsung Galaxy phones...Read More

The Effectiveness of Social Media Cannot be Judged on its Own

Last updated 17/10/2011 16:53

The rapid growth in social media marketing has led to many companies undergoing in-depth analysis of its effectiveness and the value it has given to the business. It is very difficult to assess the value social media alone brings to busine...Read More

AOL Seeking Wider Content Distribution

Last updated 26/09/2011 16:49

AOL is in the process of investing more than $500 million to expand its company. Its latest move is to seek third party ad-serving and content distribution deals to maximise its investment. The company wants to distribute content taken fr...Read More

RBS and NatWest Launch BlackBerry Banking Application

Last updated 12/09/2011 16:38

NatWest and RBS have already caught on to the popularity of smartphone applications with their banking apps for iPhone and iPads and they have now launched a similar app for BlackBerry users. It is now possible for customers who own a Blac...Read More

A New, Mobile Way to Consume Magazine Content

Last updated 25/08/2011 16:22

Glamour magazine, a publication owned by Conde? Nast, is introducing a social way for their readers to consume content via their mobile phones. Using mobile codes, the popular woman?s magazine will add interactive logos that, when scanned ...Read More

Google +1 Headed to UK and Others

Last updated 14/07/2011 16:52

Google +1 is Google?s new social feature that allows users to let others know their favourite content.� Currently available in the US, the company is set to expand its availability in the coming weeks. The first +1 buttons began mak...Read More

WordPress Continues to Grow as Favoured Content Platform

Last updated 22/08/2011 15:38

According to recent figures published at wordpress.org, the popular open source publishing platform has seen substantial growth over the past year ? now serving as the power behind 14.7% of the world?s top one million websites. This is in c...Read More

Adobe Launches Muse Web Design Software for Beta Testing

Last updated 19/08/2011 12:29

Adobe has just released the new beta form of their newest of web design software, which has been simplified to cater to users unfamiliar with HTML. Code named ?Muse?, the software is currently free to users wanting to participate in beta t...Read More

Google Buys Motorola Mobility.

Last updated 17/08/2011 16:48

Google has announced that they have just purchased Motorola Mobility, an announcement that has the potential to complete change the landscape in the mobile arena. With the addition of Motorola, Google is not only gaining access to over 17,0...Read More

Harry Potter eBooks Coming in Open Google Format

Last updated 21/07/2011 15:43

With the final instalment of the Harry Potter series of movies now in theatres, author JK Rowling has announced that she will finally be allowing the seven book series to be translated and sold as eBooks through an exclusive online site. T...Read More

Facebook to Release an iPad Application

Last updated 17/06/2011 13:25

As social media continues to become the preferred way for content gathering and sharing, mobile applications have become an important part of social media strategy. To that end, Facebook has announced the release of an iPad application. A...Read More

Google to Add Voice and Picture Search

Last updated 16/06/2011 12:44

Over the next few days, Google will be upgrading their search to respond to more than just typed queries; bringing their smartphone technology to your desktop. In a news conference held on Tuesday in San Francisco, Google announced the adv...Read More

Google Announces Panda 2.2 Update

Last updated 10/06/2011 10:55

Google has announced that it will be making changes to its recent Panda algorithm. According to reports, the 2.2 version will address the problem, which has sites that are republishing information ranking higher than the original source si...Read More

Twitter Launches Follow Button

Last updated 02/06/2011 13:14

Twitter has introduced a new button that will allow users to follow the Twitter accounts related to the content they read from any website. Twitter users often like to follow the people and sites they discover whilst perusing the interne...Read More

LinkedIn Ends Day at $8.9 Billion, Sells Stock on Public Market

Last updated 20/05/2011 10:58

After an initial price of $45, popular social media site LinkedIn closed trading yesterday at $94.25, placing its worth at $8.9 billion and placing it in the top 500 biggest companies in the USA. LinkedIn has also become the first social n...Read More

Google to Offer Docs Offline

Last updated 19/05/2011 13:27

A boon to the internet content providing crowd, Google has announced that is set to revamp Google Docs and Google Apps so that they can be used when not connected to the internet. The change is expected to happen this summer. "We will mak...Read More

Widespread Hack Spreads Virus on Facebook

Last updated 12/05/2011 14:41

Trending on Twitter and being discussed on several websites, including the The Next Web, is yet another Facebook targeted virus being spread via a widespread hack. This virus appears in the wake of the very recent Osama Bin Laden virus; a ...Read More

Google Chrome: As Seen On TV

Last updated 05/05/2011 13:39

Regardless of your content writing expertise, whether it is blogging or writing eBooks, internet research can play an important part in the development process and web browsers are necessary to perform this task effectively.� Google, the ma...Read More

Facebook Launches Deals

Last updated 26/04/2011 12:50

Deals, social media content site Facebook?s answer to Groupon, is launching in five US cities today, including San Francisco, California, Dallas, Texas, and Atlanta, Georgia. As told to the New York Times late yesterday, with Deals, Facebo...Read More

Google Investing $100 Million in YouTube

Last updated 08/04/2011 10:08

Reports from various sources say that Google, who owns the popular social media content site YouTube, has decided to invest over $100 million USD in new programming for the site?s television service. Google TV, which was launched in 2010, ...Read More

Larry Page Spends $900 Million on Day One as Google?s New CEO

Last updated 05/04/2011 13:50

Well, they told us Larry Page would be coming out bold and they were right.� On his first official day as Google?s new CEO, the company offered $900 million to Nortel for their patents. According to Jay Yarrow, Google is stocking up on pat...Read More

Google, Apple CEOs Top Polls While Yahoo!, Microsoft Take Plunge

Last updated 04/04/2011 13:35

A recent report provided by Glassdoor shows that while Google and Apple CEOs are receiving high employee approval levels, employees at Microsoft and Yahoo! are not very pleased with their leaders. Glassdoor is an online career community wh...Read More

Life Insurance Companies Warned Over Future Profits

Last updated 24/03/2011 13:40

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned life insurance companies that the long term profitable future of the industry looks uncertain. This is because consumers are not buying enough long term financial products to keep the life i...Read More

Huff Post AOL Deal Closes

Last updated 08/03/2011 13:35

The $315 million acquisition of The Huffington Post by AOL, which was originally announced early in February, is now a done deal taking one month to sign, seal, and deliver. The newly formed Huffington Post Media Group incorporates conten...Read More

Inadequate Broadband Threatens Scottish Tourism

Last updated 07/03/2011 13:59

According to Iain Herbert, Scottish Tourism Forum Chief Executive, the absence of next-gen broadband capacity and accessibility is threatening Scottish tourism. His comments come in the wake of a revitalised, open-platform website dedicate...Read More

Small US Business Illustrates the Importance of Social Media

Last updated 24/02/2011 12:39

In an article on boston.com, Mike Pedersen, the owner of Mikes Automotive Services in Somerville, Massachusetts and his son are highlighted as a prime example of how small businesses can benefit from the use of social media. Mike, 59, with...Read More

Chrome Users Serve as Google QC for Content Farms

Last updated 22/02/2011 14:26

Recently, Google announced that it was changing its algorithms to better combat content farms, that is, websites that gather together a large amount of low quality, often plagiarised articles, with the intent of drawing traffic from which t...Read More