You have read the title, and now you are thinking “what is this mysterious holy grail?!” Well, since the beginning of the search engine times – businesses, webmasters and online marketers have pursued it – The Number 1 Rank! They…
In addition, this is not just because social media is trendy, or because social media sites run their own sleek marketing promotions either. The reason social media is so powerful is because social media is what the people want. In…
Why do people tweet? That is possibly a million dollar question. I am sure psychologists could have a field day with it. Rather than delving into the narcissism of the human race I am going to break it down into…
Definition: “A social bookmarking service is a centralised online service which enables users to add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks of web documents. Many online bookmark management services have launched since 1996; Delicious, founded in 2003, popularized the terms “social…
Image by ryan.nagelmann via photopin cc Are you a snapper? By this, I don’t mean are you someone who likes to cruise around taking photos. What I actually mean is, do you use Snapchat? If you are between 16 and…
Image by Karpati Gabor Whether you are a Social Media Marketing advocate or sceptic you may be unsure as to the value of Google+ to your business’s digital profile. I am here to tell you that a Google+ business presence…
High-definition images are always suggested for the best responses. Additionally, vertical pictures are easier to re-pin for any interested viewers that want to share your work by putting it on their own Pinterest boards, which provides you with a backlink.…
Last week, Matt Cutts head of Google’s webspam team, published a post on his personal blog which outlines his opinions on guest blogging stating that: “if you’re using guest blogging as a way to gain links in 2014, you should…
Search marketing agency ThoughtShift, recently added international VAT compliance brand, SIMPLYVAT.com to their client roster. SIMPLYVAT.com has appointed ThoughtShift to oversee an ongoing search marketing campaign (SEO & PPC) to help improve search rankings, website traffic and online leads. SIMPLYVAT.com…
According to the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) more than 245 million people in the United States use the internet, which accounts for over 78 percent of the United States population. While traditional marketing programs, such as billboards and radio/television commercials…
ThoughtShift love to give away things for free. With the entry of the Hummingbird Update from Google there has been a lot of content and information being written online about what it means for SEO. And what content would be…
2013 has gone and what a year it has been in the SEO industry. Marketers have had to adjust to Panda’s, Penguin’s and just when we thought there would be a respite Google Hummingbird came along and shifted the playing…
Last month, I revealed some top tips on how to write good PR, which included a free PR template to get you started. Great, so you have your press release, now what? I think we can all agree that there…
In this the second of three blog posts on Google Webmaster Tools for eCommerce sites, I will cover the top features within the tool that website owners need to understand in order to improve their site’s performance in Google. If…
Getting a website set up for e-commerce is a large enough job all on its own, without needing to make big changes to your existing systems. Make sure the product you select is completely compatible with the operating system, web…