Posted by harpreet.seehra on June 11th, 2010
There are murmurs that suggest Microsoft would like Rupert Murdoch to stop Google from searching its news websites. Microsoft would then offer the news exclusively and Google would then have to pay them for it.
Read http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a243c8b2-d79b-11de-b578-00144feabdc0.html
Harpreet Seehra
Search Engine Optimisation Engineer
Studio 2 Online – Search Engine Optimisation Midlands
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Posted by mariam.shariff on May 14th, 2010
Here are some basic 10 tips to improve a website’s search engine rankings through simple optimisation SEO techniques:
Neat and attractive
title tags and meta tags. Optimise the meta tags utilising the keywords in the descriptions as well as the keywords. Even though these are not said to be very effective these days they are still a [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on December 11th, 2009
Page Load Time
I mentioned in my last post that there were rumours that Google may use page load time as an indicator over the next year or so. This may have been introduced sooner than we think or Google may be highlighting these issues to site owner in order for them to resolve them, before [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on November 18th, 2009
Swindon borough council has announced it will be allowing free Wi-Fi to all its residents.
The 1 million pound scheme will be funded by both public and private money. About 1400 protected access points will be located around the town by the council in order to generate a “Wi-Fi mesh”. The population of Swindon will be [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on November 12th, 2009
Government statistics suggest over 5 million over 65’s have never surfed the web. This group are the opposite of the ‘Silver Surfers’ and you probably know a few yourself. They are confused, or scared stiff by computers and would rather have their 8 year old grandchild go online for them, rather than attempt it themselves. So the [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on November 12th, 2009
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) now allows top-level domain names that are not in Latin-scrip.
For example Chinese and Arabic.
Follow this link to read more http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/8333209.stm
Harpreet Seehra
Search Engine Optimisation Engineer
Studio 2 Online – Search Engine Optimisation, Midlands
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Posted by david.morris on October 23rd, 2009
Organic search engine optimisation (SEO) is the natural process of getting your website to the top of the search engine results pages, and as an agency that specialises in search engine optimisation, Midlands we can help you get the results you want.
Let’s use a natural metaphor for a moment to discuss the subject of search engine [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on October 21st, 2009
Different data formats on the web may or may not be distributed equally in the future.
Many ISP’s would prefer a hierarchal model, where data such as videos pass through at a reduced speed. The US Federal Communications Commission doesn’t want this and wants to maintain an Internet where all data is handled in the same [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on September 22nd, 2009
Following my earlier blog on paywalls I recently read an interesting article that further opens up the pros and cons debate about the whole issue of paywalls, but in particular in respect of its application in the increasingly beleaguered newspaper media sector.
The article (follow the link below) examines statements made by Rupert Murdoch about his proposed strategy to use [...]
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Posted by harpreet.seehra on September 14th, 2009
This is a term that may be unfamiliar, but in essence it’s a feature of a website where users can access specific pages, services or information if they become subscribers. It’s often used by magazines or newspapers as an online business model trying to claw back income from readers who have abandoned buying paper copies [...]
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