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Google Caffeine Update: How It Affects You

Earlier this month, Google announced an "infrastructure" update via their Webmaster Central Blog, also providing a link to a test server where users can see changes in action.

Why Are My Pages Not Being Indexed?

A regular issue to owners of new websites, and even a worry to some owners of older websites is when their internal pages and sometimes even their homepage are not being indexed by search engines.

B2B Social Networking Case Study

Who says social networking campaigns are better for B2C campaigns than B2B campaigns?

Is the Content Network Cost Effective?

Is the Content Network Cost-effective? The key question is how cost-effective is the content network in comparison to standard

Facebook Buys Friendfeed in an attempt to take on Google and Twitter

It has been announced yesterday that the largest social network in the world, Facebook.com has bought the growing social media start-up FriendFeed.

Teens Dont Tweet

Now one of the top trending topics on twitter today was 'teens don't tweet' and after investigating what all this was about I see that this has to do with the stories that have been surfacing recen

The Risk of Three-Way Link Building

Three-way link building has been highly popular in recent times.

Majestic SEO appoint Receptional to oversee worldwide marketing expansion

Majestic SEO  today announces a partnership with 

Microsoft and Yahoo finally strike a deal

It has been announced today that Microsoft and Yahoo! have finally struck a deal that will help them challenge Google's dominance online after several bids by Microsoft to takeover Yahoo! were knocked back in 2008.

Google Lowers Conversion Optimizer Threshold to 15 Conversions

Google Adwords has just announced that it is lowering the threshold for using conversion optimizer from 30 to 15 conversions a month. This will open up the system to a broader range of advertisers that were previously only generating 15 to 30 conversions in a 30 day period from their AdWords activity.

Using Social Bookmarking for Link Building

Social bookmarking has grown rapidly over the past couple of years and some might say that it is now at its peak.

Google To Monetise Google Voice

I have just been reading how Google plans to monetise its Google voice service and wondered if this would be the end of listening to wonderful hold music that am sure we have all grown to love!

Google Adwords Conversion Tracking Vs Analytics Conversion Tracking

It is not uncommon for clients to ask us what the difference is between these and why there is a discrepancy between the AdWords and Analytics conversion figures, so I thought I would explain why.

Link Building Basics part II

Fresh on the heels of the link building basics blog I posted last month, comes part 2, with more sim

Link Building Services in India

I was surprised to see this week on Google's keyword tool that "link building India" is the sixth most popular search term when entering "link building", above key terms such as "one way link build

Find underperforming keywords: Yahoo Web Analytics for SEO

This post is the first part of a series where we will be providing hands-on information as to how an SEO can get efficient, actionable web analytics data using the Yahoo Web Anal

Link Building Practices to Avoid

Having already brought you the popular Link Building Basics article, I now want to highlight a list

Yahoo Web Analytics Consultant Network

On July 29th, Yahoo are launching their Yahoo! Web Analytics Consultant Network ("YWACN") and they have chosen to accept Receptional as one of the founding consultancies. As Yahoo!

Google Announces Chome Operating System

Around 9 months ago Google launched Chrome, their browser akin to Firefox & Internet Explorer.

Yahoo Launches "Search Pad" Note-Taking Tool

Yahoo have announced today the launch of a new note-taking tool for web searches called "Search Pad", which will create notes if users are conducting research.

Google feared attack over Michael Jackson searches

Leading search engine, Google feared it was under attack when news first broke over the death of pop icon Michael Jackson.

Click Vs Visits- Why The Discrepancy?

Many people often look at Google Analytics, or other tracking systems, and wonder why there is a discrepancy between the number of clicks from PPC ads and the number of visits (also called sessions

New Google Mobile Specifically Made for Social Networking

The New Google phone which launches in the UK Next month will has been specifically designed to work for Social Networking.

Inline Google API testing

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 test we are running.

Google To Test New Product Ads

Google have announced that they will be inviting users to test their latest advertising format "product ads", which will work alongside their existing search results and will include product and pricing information

Should Google Step In To Stop The Scammers?

Sky news have reported in the last few hours of a site using paid search on Google to effectively trick people into believing they need to pay for a free security check when visiting the US- visit

What's the best tool to find backlinks?

The over-riding question is why you do you want backlink data? Let's assume the reason is because you want better performance in organic search - probably Google. The question then becomes, how do I find backlinks that increase performance in Google?

Microsoft finally takes on click fraud

On Monday Microsoft corp. launched it's first ever lawsuit involving click fraud against three individuals believed to be based in Vancouver, Canada.

Which search engine do you *really* like best?

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