A student at the University of Cambridge has produced a visual map of emoticons and the words they are associated with. Commonly used on Twitter and Facebook, emoticons are generally regarded as just a bit of fun. However, the research could be

A4U Expo Live Blogging: Search Optimisation Q&A w/ Dave Naylor First question – Somebody asks Dave opinion on Google’s announcement from yesterday re: HTTPs & lack of keyword referrals in Google Analytics for logged in users “How ridiculous is that?!” Dave opens with Dave: It’s really bad for the webmaster. You will see you’re receiving… Continue reading

A4U Expo Live Blogging: Open Q&A about Google Organic Search w/ Martin Mcdonald, Kaspar Szymanski & c Does HTML 5 Matter? Google doesn’t have any preference. However user support should be considered. Should i cloak my affiliate links? Don’t cloak anything for Google. Should you no-follow affiliate links? Yes Mobile specific site vs a responsive layout. Which is… Continue reading

A4U Expo Live Blogging: Post Panda: Affiliates Guide to Surviving Google w/ Daniel Bianchini & Kevin Gibbons of SEOptimise A session about Google’s algorithm update known as Panda. Timeline Hit in February this year and since then there have been five updates. The latest is 2.5 and hit 12% of sites. Daniel asks whether this is the last… Continue reading

a4u Expo Live blogging w/ Zak Edwards (PrezzyBox), Tim Jessop (Tesco), Tina Judic (Found), Gillian Makepeace (Debenhams), Charlie Ranger (TUI/ Thomson) Some quick stats:- Christmas planning is starting earlier each year. The spike happened 9 weeks before Christmas 3 years ago, this is now at 16 weeks. Early snow affected online behaviours last year –… Continue reading