Last week Webmaster Trends Analyst at Google UK, Pierre Far, announced via Google+ that a new Panda update was rolling out. This update is already taking effect and should have finished rolling out by next week. Many websites have reported…
Google is definitely flexing its muscles – showing that they are ruling with an iron fist. They have officially confirmed that the latest Penguin has been unleashed upon us since Friday and that the roll-out is now over (since Monday).…
If you’re in the throes of a new eCommerce web design and eCommerce SEO revenue is business critical for you, here’s 13 nightmarish tales from the dark side, that might just save your new eCommerce web build from turning into…
“Reloaded, what is she talking about, it’s a new update?!” you are thinking. Well, I am sorry to disappoint. Although, people put numbers against what the update is, it is nothing new. It isn’t a brand new update, or has…
During the several years that I have been working in paid search, the question that nearly always comes up, and that splits opinions like no other in the paid search world is “should I buy my brand terms?” The very…
We are pleased to announce that ThoughtShift has been listed in the Drum Digital Census 2014 in the category of companies with between 1 – 25 members of staff. ThoughtShift ranked at number 52 in this major industry report which…
Wearable technology is no longer something sci-fi geeks dream of. With interest in Google Glass growing and smart watches becoming the new norm, the way we communicate with each other will be changing soon and this could mean a whole…
On Wednesday the 3rd September Google announced that they are rolling out a new AdWords ad extension called callout extensions with full availability to all AdWords accounts within the next few weeks. What do callout extensions look like? The callout…
Active Users [BETA] recently popped up in the Audience section of Google Analytics. However, there is very little information about what it is reporting on available. This blog post looks at what Active Users are and how we can use…
Last week Google finally announced the death knell for what will now be considered an “experiment” into attributing authorship to websites in its search results. To the surprise of few in the industry, after Google hinted heavily that the project…
ThoughtShift has recently joined the Recommended Agency Register, joining a database of 900 other agencies across various marketing disciplines and 6,000 other agencies globally. Some 5,200 clients use the Recommended Agency Register’s database in order to find and compare the…
Last month Google released an update to the Google local search results algorithm. This algorithm went unnamed by Google but has been affectionately dubbed the Google “Pigeon” update by those within the SEO industry (namely Search Engine Land). The update…
The number of ways we can access the internet is greater than ever before and continues to grow. From PCs to laptops to tablets and smart phones, smart TVs, watches and glasses: I see almost everything in the future having…
After encountering the same SEO issues with eCommerce sites, I thought it was time that we try and prevent a few mis-haps. These eCommerce SEO fails could be costing your business thousands, if not hundreds of thousands in lost revenue.…
ThoughtShift has been shortlisted in the final stage for The Drum Digital Census 2014 which is now decided on a peer-to-peer basis. Vote For ThoughtShift This major industry census provides the most comprehensive report of top agencies within the digital…