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Google Search gets more sociable

Posted on 16th January 2012 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in News, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Development, Web Marketing

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Google have updated their search algorithm to make more use of the data being gathered in Google+.  Content made available publicly by those in your circles on Google+ will now start appearing in your search results with Google.  Google also takes the information you choose to provide in a Google …

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Oxfordshire scaffold company erect new website

Posted on 22nd September 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in Banbury, Blogs, Metanym News, New Websites, News, Reviews, Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Development, Web Marketing

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K Scaffolding Hire and Sales Ltd based near Bicester have launched their new Metanym built website. K Scaffolding were passed our details from another happy client and were very clear what they wanted to achieve with their new website, namely to illustrate how simple it is to erect a tower …

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French TV bans the words “Twitter” and “Facebook”

Posted on 27th July 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in Blogs, News, Social Media

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Reproduced with kind permission from The Bugle (www.thebugle.eu.) The French government has banned the use of the words Facebook and Twitter on television and radio. The controversial move is being implemented under a 1992 law that stipulates that  commercial enterprises should not be promoted on news programmes. More and more …

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Stepping Stones of Banbury launch new website

Posted on 16th June 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in Banbury, Blogs, Metanym News, News, Web Design, Web Development, Web Marketing

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There are over 20 lettings agents in Banbury and with more and more people searching for property online any website in this space has to look the part to attract new clients, especially landlords.  Stepping Stones new website features a property listing tool that enables anyone in the office to …

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New online hub in Milton Keynes for Oxfam

Posted on 16th June 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in News

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The new online hub in Milton Keynes will sort and sell items donated via Oxfam’s online shop here www.oxfam.org.uk/shop. There are now lots of opportunities for volunteers from the local community in many different roles. The hub uses a brand new innovative design to handle huge volumes of books and …

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£25,000 grant for Milton Keynes charities – apply now!

Posted on 16th June 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in News

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Milton Keynes Community Foundation are making available TWO one-off grants worth c£25,000 to two deserving Milton Keynes charities. The grant money will be a blessing for the two chosen charities but applications must be in by June 17th. If you choose to apply then you must be able to show …

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First ‘Streetview’, now Google will photograph the inside of your business!

Posted on 11th May 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in Blogs, News, Web Design, Web Marketing

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Google has announced Google Business Photos.  Businesses can apply to have Google send their photographers round and the results will be posted to your ‘places’ page.  Currently not in the UK but it’s bound to be here soon.  Please add your comments below and start tidying your shop window!

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Google updates advice on ‘what makes a good website’

Posted on 10th May 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in News, SEO, Uncategorized, Web Design, Web Development, Web Marketing

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Amit Singhal of Google recently stated, “Some publishers have fixated on our prior Panda algorithm change, but Panda was just one of roughly 500 search improvements we expect to roll out to search this year.  In fact, since we launched Panda, we’ve rolled out over a dozen additional tweaks to …

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URL shorteners and SEO

Posted on 19th April 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in Domains, Metanym News, News, SEO, Social Media, Uncategorized, Web Marketing

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URL shorteners are used extensively on Twitter and with the increased importance of social media in SEO, we wondered how, if at all using shorteners affects SEO. Matt Cutts of Google has recently said via YouTube that URL shorteners do not affect SEO in an adverse way.  One word of …

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Does your website comply with ASA advertising regulations?

Posted on 15th April 2011 by Mark Ford-Langstaff in News, Web Marketing

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As of 1st March 2011 the Advertising Standards Authority’s (ASA) online remit extended to cover websites, Facebook and Twitter. Other media will not be affected e.g. classified private advertisements press releases and other public relations material editorial content corporate reports investor relations material User generated content falls within the new …

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