80 digital tips and tricks from BrightonSEO
Receptional has had a very busy (and fun) day at BrightonSEO today. Conference speakers discussed stategies in link building, SEO, ideas for content writing and various ways to harness social media....
Are you making this critical content mistake?
At Friday's BrightonSEO conference, Richard Falconer, who's Head of Technical Search at marketing agency LBi, outlined some underused search engine optimisation (SEO) tactics.
One was a technical...
YouTube 'One Channel' rolled out to everyone
Google has today launched their new 'One Channel' YouTube makeover to the public.
The design upgrade should help channel owners attract more subscribers and promote their channels.
New design...
Google Maps may be banned in Germany over Microsoft patent infringement
It is possible that Google Maps may be banned in Germany as a result of a patent infringement lawsuit that is underway at a regional court in Munich, Germany.
Judge Dr. Matthias Zigann of the Munich...
Cookie Law Crumbling?
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), the organisation responsible for issuing guidance on UK cookie law, has this week announced changes to the way in which they gain consent from users on...
What is Facebook Graph Search?
Facebook revealed their new Graph Search on Tuesday, the latest way to search for interests on the leading social network.
Facebook Graph Search helps you uncover information within your network of...
Receptional Welcomes Zoe-Lee Skelton to the SEO Team
Today Receptional warmly welcome a new member to our SEO team.
Zoe-Lee Skelton joins us as SEO Content Writer, bringing exceptional copy writing ability to the agency and allowing us to offer our...
Receptional Achieve Re-Inclusion for Major Retail Client using Google Disavow Tool
Receptional have done the seemingly impossible
After the Google Penguin penalties hit thousands of websites due to their backlink profiles, we started working with a leading retailer who got hit with...
Receptional Christmas opening times 2012
The Receptional office is closing for the Christmas period however we will be operating for 2 days with limited staff:
Monday 24th December - Office closed
Tuesday 25th December - Office closed...
Dixon Jones Shortlisted for European SEO Personality of the Year
Our very own Dixon Jones has been shortlisted for the Holistic Search Marketing 2012 European SEO Personality of the Year award.
There are 40 SEOs shortlisted in all, make a who's-who list of Search...
Movember Re-visited
Priory Academy, Dunstable prove that Moustaches are for everybody!
Receptional are proud to have rewarded three children from The Priory Academy, Dunstable for their fund raising efforts.
The School...
Google Analytics adds 'Cost Analysis' feature
Google announced that it has launched a Cost Data import tool for Google Analytics, so users can import cost data from any digital source, including paid search providers, affiliates, email, social...
Daniel Locke Promoted to Senior SEO Consultant
I am pleased to announce that Daniel Locke has today been promoted to the role of Senior SEO Consultant at Receptional.
Dan has proven himself to be an indespensible part of the Receptional SEO team...
Google Launches Disavow Link Tool
Matt Cutts announced at Pubcon on Tuesday that Google have released a tool to disavow links pointing to your website. This Disavow Tool is aimed at webmasters who have received a notification on "...
Felix Baumgartner Smashes YouTube Record
Skydiver Felix Baumgartner smashed the record for the largest number of live viewers amongst other records on Sunday with his dive from the edge of space.
More than 8 million people were tuned into...
Google Updates their Page Layout Filter
Yesterday, Google's Head of Webspam, Matt Cutts announced via Twitter that Google had launched an update to their page layout filter:
The link referenced by Matt points to the original post on the...
Twitter Adds a User Profile Directory
Twitter has added an alphabetical user directory on their home page for visitors who are not already logged into the social network.
Having only discovered this today myself, I found an article by...
Receptional welcomes Sarah Bradley to the social media marketing team
Today, Receptional warmly welcomes Sarah Bradley to the Social Media Marketing team!
Joining Receptional from an established solicitors in Wales, Sarah has moved over 150 miles to join the digital...
Google's New Webmaster Guidelines
Google has updated their Webmaster Guidelines, mainly added more examples and going a little more in-depth on specific topics.
None of these updates are groundbreaking but for any SEO who does not...
Mobile Influencing Male Moviegoers?
According to new research from IAB and InMobi, mobile advertising is having a strong influence on males making a trip to the movies.
More men than women have used their mobile phones to check...
Twitter Roll Out Surveys
On Wednesday, Twitter rolled out a new survey tool which it will initially provide to a number of its biggest advertisers for free, with the view to making the more widely available in the future....
Receptional Shortlisted at UK Search Awards 2012 - Best Use of Search in Retail
Receptional have been shortlisted for the prestigious award of "Best Use of Search - Retail" at the UK Search Awards 2012 for the second year running.
The UK Search Awards represents one of the key...
Google Mocks NFL Replacement Referees
With a number of American Football fans irate at the referee situation currently in the NFL after numerous ludicrous decisions by the replacements have taken place during the opening 3 weeks of the...
Happy 14th Birthday Google
Today Google is celebrating its 14th birthday and the teenage search engine has a new Google Doodle to celebrate.
Google has published a simple Doodle of a chocolate cake with 14 candles in the...
Google's Latest Penalty Targets Copyright Infringement
On Friday evening Google announced their latest penalty in 2012, being touted as the 'Pirate Penalty'.
Starting this week, Google's latest signal in their search algorithm will be targeting the...
Google Receive Record Fine Over Safari Cookie Privacy Row
Google has agreed to pay a fine of $22.5m (£14.4m) for monitoring internet surfers using Apple’s Safari browser who had selected the “do not track” privacy setting.
This fine is the largest ever...
Baidu Employees Arrested for Deleting Posts and Taking Bribes
Three employees of China's biggest search engine Baidu have been arrested on suspicion of having accepting bribes to delete posts from its forum service.
Baidu fired the three employees as well as a...
Microsoft Replacing Hotmail.com with Outlook.com
Microsoft will be dropping the brand name of Hotmail in an overhaul of its free webmail service. The name will be replaced with Outlook.com.
The revamp of their service aims to help sort...
Twitter Hit by Technical Fault
Twitter became inaccessible for almost an hour yesterday on the eve of the start of that big event taking place in London over the next fortnight.
The micro-blogging site continued to suffer...
Google Now Showing Your Site's Indexing Success
Google Webmaster Tools will now display the number of your website pages currently included in Google’s index. The ‘Index Status’, which can be found under the Health menu, highlights the number of...
Free Wi-Fi for those in London’s West End
A free wi-fi service has been launched today in central London’s West End.
A deal made between Westminster City Council and O2 means the service is available to all internet users, regardless of who...
Google Adds Unit Converter to Top of Search Results
Google has recently added a fancy-looking unit converter to the top of their search results pages. Users can now quickly convert several units without having to leave Google, which is triggered by...
YouTube Adds Face Blurring Option
As of today, YouTube has launched a face blurring tool that gives users the option to obscure faces within videos.
According to the international human rights organisation, WITNESS’ Cameras...
Getting to Grips with Google Ripples
Have you not used Google Ripples yet? Any content that gets reshared or republished on Google+ starts a Google Ripple. Here's the live Google Ripple for the subject of this post if you've never seen...
Yahoo! Recruit Google’s Marissa Mayer as new CEO
In a surprise move, Yahoo! has appointed Google’s leading executive Marissa Mayer as its chief executive.
Yahoo! has almost gone off the face of the planet in recent years following the increased...
Google Clarifies Preferred Mobile Website Implementation
Up until last week, webmasters and website developers have largely been in the dark when considering the best method of constructing a search friendly mobile website.
Pierre Far, Webmaster Trends...
Receptional welcomes Syed Shehzad to the expanding SEO team
Receptional warmly welcomes Syed Shehzad to the organic search team today as an SEO Consultant.
Joining the SEO team from the award winning, international search marketing agency, Greenlight, and...
Google Places listings moved over to Google+ pages
Google has made a significant change to the way that local business listings are managed and presented to search users today by moving all existing Google Places listings over to their social network...
Google Purchases Motorola
Google has completed the $12.5 billion (£7.9bn) purchase of the USA phone maker Motorola Mobility.
Motorola is one of the leading manufacturers of smartphones and other devices.
This...
Jack Menzel from Google+ talks about Personalized Search
Jack Menzel is a Google’s Social Search product manager. I am at SMX West in San Jose, sponsoring the event with www.majesticseo.com and I managed to take some time out to hear him talk.
He started...
Google Confirms Panda 3.2 Update
Google has today confirmed to Search Engine Land that they ran an update to their Panda algorithm a week or so ago.
Many webmasters have over the past week been reporting both positive and negative...
Google Announces "Page Layout Algorithm"
Yesterday Google announced that they would be rolling out an update to their algorithm based around the "page layout" of websites. Google stated:
"today we’re launching an algorithmic...
David Beckham Will Be Hanging Out on Google+ Thursday 19th
Former Manchester United and England football superstar David Beckham will be hanging out at Google headquarters on Thursday 19 January to be interviewed by fans and staff.
In an advertisement which...
Affiliate marketing in 2012
This week, I've been in Las Vegas representing Majestic SEO at PubCon, one of the world's leading search and social media conferences. Whilst here, I have also been asked to re-look at a presentation...
Receptional are UK Search Award Winners!
Dixon, Barrie and I headed down to the Emirates stadium in London last night, to attend the inaugural Search Awards, arriving as mere mortals and leaving victorious, award held high with pride....
Online ad spend set to pull UK business out of a second recession
According to a report by the the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising) UK marketing budgets increased in the third quarter of this year.
The majority of the increased advertising spend is...
Receptional welcomes Ajay Gowda to the SEO team
Receptional are pleased to announce further expansion of the SEO/Development team this week with the addition of Ajay Gowda.
Ajay brings with him strong development capabilities and a fanstastic work...
Receptional Nominated for Two Search Awards
Receptional have been nominated for two awards at the upcoming 2011 UK Search Awards.
The first award Receptional have been shortlisted for is Best Use of Search in Retail for our SEO work on the...
Watch Out...
Watch Out....
Researchers have found that a dot missing in an email address could mean that messages end up in the hands of cyber thieves.
How is this done?
The cyber thieves create web domains that...
Twitter Flocks to 100 Million Users
The social network and microblogging site Twitter has now reached 100 million users.
Five years after the first Tweet went live, Twitter now has an active worldwide user database of over 100 million...
