01 Apr Our Favourite April Fool jokes from around the internet
Google, Yahoo, YouTube and Starbucks are just the tip of the iceberg of April Fools jokes this year. We thought we'd share some of our favourites that we've found so far today.
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23 Nov Search engine rankings news – BBC paying Google for top search positions
Google is being paid by the BBC to improve search engine rankings for various search terms - key words and keyphrases - and to ensure the news and entertainment corporation features highly for a range of issues and topics.
For the BBC to be paying for top positions in search engines appears to be troubling the commercial interests of other media.
04 Nov SEO firms news – Online shopping discount vouchers proving successful
Web surfers are searching for cheaper deals on the high street by searching for discount vouchers via search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo!
For companies looking to boost sales - and SEO firms - it is important they consider optimising their websites to achieve decent positions within the search engines to reap business benefits.
20 Oct Search engine marketing news – Google under fire for neglecting UK
Criticism is aimed at Google for neglecting the UK - the world's second biggest search market - by British online consultants and other experts.
The Internet giant is under fire for faulty search engine marketing rankings, inconsistent results and international results featuring higher than they should.
22 Sep SEO firms news – The big debate over charging for online content
Online news is currently making its own headlines in the media at present with a debate underway about charging for news sites and search engines announcing improvements to the way news results are served up to readers.
18 Sep SEO news – International research shows search engine optimisation up
According to research published by multinational search engine optimisation firm Clash Media, more than half of the firms in the UK, Europe and abroad have increased their marketing budgets, with online marketing accounting for much of this.
11 Sep Search engine optimisation news – New project to make Google faster and better
A faster Google is being developed to improve results for search engine users and to combat competitive threats posed by rivals Microsoft and Yahoo.
Search engine optimisation firms and industry experts are closely monitoring the new project, called Caffeine, because already changes have been noticed in site rankings.