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Receptional's weekly digital news round-up (week ending May 3, 2013)

07/05/2013 - 08:20

Our weekly digital news feature covers social signals, Google Penguin, writing copy for your website, Nesta's Creative Manifesto and a search engine...

7 recent Google algorithm updates you may have missed

30/04/2013 - 09:10

When Google makes changes to its search algorithm, some updates pass quietly and some make themselves known.

Receptional's weekly digital news round-up (week ending April 26, 2013)

29/04/2013 - 16:25

Here it is, our second weekly round-up of the most recent developments and useful ideas from around the digital sphere.

Receptional's weekly digital news round-up (week ending April19, 2013)

22/04/2013 - 08:33

Here's Receptional weekly dose of the best digital marketing stories from the past week.

Get ranking again: How to recover from Google Penguin

19/04/2013 - 13:51

In April 2012, Google rolled out one of its biggest algorithmic updates in web history.

5 reasons why you should stop trying to go viral

18/04/2013 - 16:16

Since Google Penguin slammed “black hat SEOs” for manipulating PageRank, marketers have been desperate to create high quality content that both...

Dixon Jones BrightonSEO: Using Big data to predict the future

11/04/2013 - 15:57

Are you interested in manipulating Big Data to create real value - and predict the future at the same time!

The importance of Mobile Marketing Campaigns

21/03/2013 - 16:32

In today's digitally reliant society, the majority of us are attached to our mobile phones via a drip.

Distilled Event: Navigating the Search Landscape 2013

24/01/2013 - 13:32

This was my first ever 'techy' event as an emerging SEO content writer.

Chrome Store Optimization

04/01/2013 - 11:08

Over the last few weeks, we have been helping with the launch of Majestic SEO's new Ch

Search London SEO in 2013 Event Write-up

28/11/2012 - 10:58

A great turn out for last nights Search London meetup with almost 300 digital marketers descending on the thoroughly cool Ping Pong Dum Sum restau

1st Position in Google Receives 53% of Clicks

15/10/2012 - 13:40

Advertising on the most popular search engine, Google can be done in two ways; either through organic "natural" listings as a result of SEO activity...

Matt Cutts States That Schema.org Doesn't Provide Ranking Benefit

10/10/2012 - 22:54

In the latest Google Webmaster Help video published on YouTube today, Google's Head of Webspam, Matt Cutts addressed the following common question:

Google Changing Star Search Query For Quality Results

23/08/2012 - 13:25

A quick method of getting an overview into the amount of quality content on a website is to check how many of its pages have been relegated to Google...

Strong correlation found between social signals and search engine rankings

13/06/2012 - 10:04

Social media signals from Facebook, Twitter and Google+ correlate very strongly with Google search rankings, higher than keyword rich header tags,...

Google Rolls Out An Unknown Algorithm Update

17/04/2012 - 16:10

It would appear that Google are today (and have over the past 24 hours) been rolling out an update to their algorithm which is causing significant...

Why Don't Google's Seller Ratings Add Up?

24/01/2012 - 15:46

Browsing Google Product listings recently, I noticed that the seller ratings seemed much higher than you would expect based on the breakdown of...

Engaging with the influential is now more important than ever

11/01/2012 - 13:54

Google’s search results are going social

The Perils of Google's Soft 404 Detection

06/01/2012 - 11:35

A soft 404 is basically an error page with the technical part wrong (the error code).

Most Common SEO Issues 2011 Countdown - Number One

16/12/2011 - 14:01

It's only just over a week away from Christmas, snow has settled outside the Receptional offices and we’ve reached the final instalment of our Top...

Most Common SEO Issues 2011 Countdown - Number Two

15/12/2011 - 15:46

It’s Thursday, and this is number two on our Top Five Most Common SEO Issues as Seen by Receptional in 2011 list.

Most Common SEO Issues 2011 Countdown - Number Three

14/12/2011 - 14:48

Welcome readers to the midway point in our weeks countdown of the Top Five Most Common SEO Issues as Seen by Receptional in 2011.

Most Common SEO Issues 2011 Countdown - Number Four

13/12/2011 - 14:34

Welcome to the second instalment in our Top Five Most Common SEO Issues as Seen by Receptional in 2011.

Most Common SEO Issues 2011 Countdown - Number Five

12/12/2011 - 13:50

It’s that time of year again, aromas of spruce trees, turkey and brandy soaked puddings caress cold noses, blinking lights adorn our streets &...

Get back the Google interface you knew and loved

02/12/2011 - 09:27

For those frustrated with recent Google user interface changes, here’s a quick tip to “revert” to an interface closer to Google’s previous one, with...

Use Google Verbatim to Assess Anchor Text Impact.

30/11/2011 - 10:02

This is one for the SEO techies and link builders. Short of time? The Google Verbatim option appears to strip the relevance usually provided by (some...

Receptional’s Blogger Countdown – Why we chose Klout

22/11/2011 - 15:02

In our recent countdown of the

10 SEO Signals That Scream "You're Doing It Wrong!"

21/11/2011 - 10:52

Generally in life I follow the principle of if I'm not learning from my mistakes then I'm not trying hard enough.

Receptional's Top 50 SEO Bloggers Countdown - 10 to 1

21/11/2011 - 09:40

Search Engine Optimisation is a large part of what we do here at Receptional.

Receptional's Top 50 SEO Bloggers Countdown - 20 to 11

18/11/2011 - 09:56

Welcome to the penultimate part of our countdown of the Top 50 SEO Bloggers of 2011.

8 fantastic tools for SEO beginners

16/11/2011 - 17:04

Today the SEO team conducted an internal training session for their collegues

Receptional's Top 50 SEO Bloggers Countdown - 30 to 21

16/11/2011 - 09:49

Welcome to the third instalment of Receptional’s Top 50 SEO Bloggers of 2011 countdown.

Receptional's Top 50 SEO Bloggers Countdown - 40 to 31

14/11/2011 - 11:19

Welcome to part 2 in our countdown of The Top 50 SEO Bloggers 2011.

Receptional's Top 50 SEO Bloggers Countdown - 50 to 41

10/11/2011 - 09:34

As Search Engine Optimisation is an importa

Secure Search? Say Goodbye to Referrer Data

19/10/2011 - 12:57

Google have announced they are to encrypt searches by default, using the SSL protocol.

Google Ditches the Plus (+) Operator. Bah

19/10/2011 - 10:07

If you're an advanced Google searcher, then you're likely to be familiar with the plus operator. If you're not, here's the quick explanation:

Farewell to Google Labs

17/10/2011 - 10:20

As announced earlier this year, Google's experimental site Google Labs has shut down today.

SEO in a Social World

27/09/2011 - 15:46

Simon Heseltine heads up SEO at AOL. That now that includes Huffington Post, which added lots of Social credibility to AOL's search statistics.

Majestic SEO displays more inbound links than Google

05/09/2011 - 10:17

Dixon discusses Google's Panda update at the SEM conference in Poland

29/06/2011 - 10:26

Why Panda is important

31/05/2011 - 09:39

Next week, I will be talking in Munich at A4U, along with my friend Ralf Schwoebel from tradebit, on the subject of Pandas

How Has Panda Affected You?

12/04/2011 - 09:43

Towards the end of February, Google launched a major algorithm change known as “Farmer” or “Panda” update in the United States.

Google Personal Blocklist : Further Personal Control of the SERPs

14/02/2011 - 22:24

A debate has surrounded Google for a few year

Google Instant Launched on Google.com Shopping Search Results

07/02/2011 - 15:05

Today Google made their latest addition to Instant Search

Page Rank Unmasked

08/11/2010 - 02:18

An Instant end to Google? Bing, HTML5 and Internet Explorer 9

22/09/2010 - 16:08

Tweet Further to Microsoft's recent release of Internet Exporer 9 and their drive to establish a new search "experience" through Bing, we can now...

Instant Search: Google's Biggest Ever Mistake?

13/09/2010 - 11:36

Tweet Last week Google rolled out Instant Search, a major overhaul of the way pages are retrieved and displayed and the SEO community is still...

Google World Cup Logo

08/06/2010 - 08:55

I noticed a sneaky world cup related logo appearing on Google this morning - not in the usual location for many of the Google doodles, but (as has...

Google Webmaster Tools SERP Clickthrough Data Unreliable

11/05/2010 - 12:41

Last month, Google significantly revamped the "Top Search Queries" section of Webmaster Tools which put some very interesting data at the fingertips...

New Look for Google

06/05/2010 - 12:15

Google are today rolling out the first major overhaul to the appearance of their search engine for a number of years.

Google Altering SERP URLs - to Increase Clickthrough Rate?

22/04/2010 - 19:15

As any self-respecting SEO does, I make an effort to canonicalise all URLs that I deal with. As a preference, this is always with a server-side...

Opinion: Google Personalised Search

09/12/2009 - 10:38

Google's newly launched personalised search has attracted little fanfare outside the SEO community, however it

Site Performance & Page Speed Report in Google Webmaster Tools

03/12/2009 - 12:04

Following Google's recent announcement that they will evaluate site/page

How to Rank in Google Using Boilerplate/Placeholder Text

01/12/2009 - 16:01

"Boilerplate" text is repeated generic text of the kind that search engines understandably don't like. Obvious examples are copyright statements and...

Google testing breadcrumb navigation in SERPS

17/11/2009 - 12:57

(Via WebmasterWorld) Google are currently running a limited-user test on a new SERP feature - instead of the result URL displayed in g

Google can't locate its own sites in 61% of cases

16/10/2009 - 12:40

Via SERoundtable I got a heads up on something going wrong with Google results for its own sites. If you search (for instance) for Google Ireland,...

SEO is evil. Again.

16/10/2009 - 09:41

There's a pervading theme in some sections of the web development community to slate SEO, and every 6-12 months, there's a flood of blog posts on the...

SEO bookmarklet: bypass Google's query expansion

15/10/2009 - 11:56

Most SEOs and many casual searchers will have noticed something Google do when you search, often called query expansion or query rewriting. At its...

When On-Page SEO Goes Wrong: Auto Trader

01/10/2009 - 14:20

My colleague, Nick Andrews pointed out to me that one of the largest sites in the UK car industry recently updated its design - Auto Trader. Of...

Display bug in Google sitelinks?

21/09/2009 - 12:22

At the moment, I'm seeing some strange quirks in Google's sitelinks display, most noticeably, odd replacement of English characters with (at a guess...

Inline Google API testing

25/06/2009 - 08:50

Do Internet Marketing Companies seem to think they KNOW something that you don't? If so - sorry about that. You happen to have stumbledupon a little...

Thoughts on SEO Content Writing

18/06/2009 - 14:29

If a website is a body then the content of the site is surely the heart & circulatory system.

Which search engine do you really like best?

17/06/2009 - 12:56

It's often hard to do away with personal bias when evaluating the quality of search results across different search engines

Google Webmaster Tools new interface

11/06/2009 - 15:32

Google's Webmaster Tools interface has undergone a big change today with a new visual design and recategorisation of many of the tools

Google confirming reconsideration requests via email

10/06/2009 - 15:29

Good news today for any site-owners who have failed to conform to Google's guidelines and have submitted a reconsideration request.

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