It’s been a busy year in search engine land, with a number of big changes to the way search engines index sites and present their results, including Google’s Caffeine update, Instant search and Places search plus the Bing Yahoo Alliance. As a result, search engine optimisation has become more complex than ever before, which has… (read more)
Google has recntly launched their new Place Search, intended to make searching for local businesses and services much easier. But what impact will it have on the regular search organic results? How have Google local results changed? The new function merges organic and local search, dramatically changing the way results are displayed for searches that… (read more)
As most of you will know, Christchurch was hit by an intense 7.1 magnitude earthquake in the early hours of Saturday morning. Luckily all the Avatar team survived the earthquake unharmed, but Avatar HQ wasn’t quite so fortunate (view Avatar office video clip). There is extensive water damage due to leaking fire sprinkler pipes and fittings,… (read more)
Editing your YouTube videos just got easier with a simple new online video editor that enables you to join multiple videos together, cut parts out and even add a soundtrack. Without having to install any software, the video editor enables you to: Trim the beginning and/or ending of your videos Combine multiple videos you’ve uploaded… (read more)
Creating and improving trust with your clients is an important part of any online presence. It encourages clients to buy your service or product and helps to create an ongoing client-business relationship. Here are four quick ideas to consider: Testimonials are a great way of showing new clients that your existing clients respect you and… (read more)
jQuery is a development tool that can be used to visually enhance elements of your Web site, including menus and photo galleries. It offers a faster, easier and more cost-effective way of displaying animation and interactive widgets. jQuery can be more than 3 times faster to work with than Flash and is compatible with the… (read more)
After signing a deal with Twitter last December to incorporate tweets in their real time search results, reports are emerging that Google has finally agreed to a deal with Facebook to include status updates from Pages. Facebook Pages are used by groups and businesses to promote their products and services, and according to ineedhits.com, there are currently over… (read more)
Back in the 80’s a classic film came out called ‘2010: The Year We Make Contact‘. We suspect most of you will not be making contact with an alien intelligence this year, but you will likely want to regularly communicate with your clients and business associates. Email newsletters are a fast and cost-effective way for… (read more)
Over the last few weeks, there has been lots of talk about Google’s suggestion that page load speed may become a ranking factor in 2010. While nothing has been confirmed yet, recent comments from Google Software Engineer, Matt Cutts make it seem increasingly likely, so we thought we’d provide you with all the information you… (read more)
