Tuesday, 16 February 2016

Do You Want to Make Your Blog Successful? There Are 5 Mistakes You Need to Avoid

The blogosphere is a noisy place. Blogs come and go all the time, so it's difficult to determine a precise number when someone asks "how many blogs are there?" There is one thing we know for sure: that number is huge. You thought you would get noticed in this crowd by adopting a strategy "write [...]


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Why does Chinese web design look so 'busy'? Part two

We recently did a brief analysis about why Chinese websites look 'busy' to people who are used to Western design.


What was originally intended as a light-hearted post to point out the difference between Chinese and Western sites inspired debate both on our site and off.

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SearchCap: Wikimedia Search, Google MyMaps App & Link Building

Below is what happened in search today, as reported on Search Engine Land and from other places across the web.

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Monday, 15 February 2016

Why Customer-Focused Content Should Be A Priority

There's a shift happening right before our eyes. Research notes that "[c]ustomer-centric companies are 60% more profitable compared to companies that are not focused on the customer." Gone are the days where marketers concentrated on company-centered messaging. Now, businesses must cater fully to their audience. And simply replacing a few words in your existing content [...]


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Why Instagram's new view counts could boost branded video

Instagram built its billion-dollar business largely on the back of photos, but since adding support for video in 2013 the Facebook-owned app has, by virtue of its massive user base, become one of the most popular video-sharing services in the world.


And its video appeal could grow for brands thanks to a change that will make it easy to track the popularity of videos.

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Wikimedia Foundation Secures $250,000 Grant For Search Engine Development

Knight Foundation money to be used for Knowledge Engine project that aims to discover "reliable and trustworthy public information on the Internet."

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9 Content Marketing Myths...BUSTED

It is a universal truth that a company in possession of a marketing budget needs content marketing. Or is it? Maybe not as much as you think. 10% of organizations are still holding out on using content to market their products and services. As in, 1 in 10 organizations haven't adopted one of the most [...]


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