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Google in an instant

08.09.2010

Today Google launches Google Instant. Using Ajax technology it predicts as you type. Not only predicting what your search maybe but also displaying all sorts of results for matches before you've finished typing. Not sure why we would need to see such unrelated search results as they're not relevant.

Top property website revenues up despite housing slump

31.08.2010

If the medium is good it can weather the storm.

Wave goodbye to Google Wave

17.08.2010

With a company as successful as Google you'd be forgiven for thinking that they never fail. But that's not true.

Race Online 2012 - Why a race?

11.08.2010

10 Million people in the UK still not 'connected'.

CO.UK still rules in UK

09.08.2010

Despite the plethora of new domain extensions co.uk still reigns supreme in the UK.

Tesco launches transactional mobile app

05.08.2010

The number of people worldwide using their mobile phones to purchase goods is set to hit 108.6m this year, according to research firm Gartner.

Google gets to understand more

20.07.2010

Google gets another step closer to the meaning behind the words. 

Business Link's £105M website

08.07.2010

What's the world coming to when you can't get a decent website for less than £105M? Here's Best Marketing Quotes' response

What are people spending their cash on?

07.07.2010

Social games and virtual goods.

Mobile marketing is here

06.07.2010

Customers are mobile are you?

Online Marketing Show feedback 1

02.07.2010

Best Marketing Quotes attended The Online Marketing Show this week it was ‘buzzy’ and busy. Lots of new products and services all claiming to be the ‘best’ solution for your business.

Online Marketing Show feedback 2

02.07.2010

So many stands, so little time, which ones to visit? Exhibitions signs are signs, not brochures, not a place for ‘clever’ cryptic jargonistic marketing messages. If you do email marketing just say that you do email marketing.

Usability tip

01.07.2010

When selling a complex solution or concept on the web a proven way to simplify it is to use graphics.

Does your website betray your brand?

29.06.2010

Don't rush at the initial design process in the race for a shiny new website you may overlook core brand values.

Websites v call centres

28.06.2010

There are many studies detailing the cost of a customer interaction via a website and that of calling into a call centre or a physical branch/office.

Website design for users not you

24.06.2010

Website design is very subjective

Where are you on the web?

24.06.2010

Where are you on the web? More to the point where are your customers and what does the future of online customer experience look like?

Online advertising on the up, print going down

24.06.2010

Online Takes Lead in UK

How not to ask for customer feedback

23.06.2010

Having recently purchased some new business cards from a printing company I was called to ask if satisfied with the service.

Are you connecting with your customers?

23.06.2010

A recent Gartner report centred around the web and communication highlights the disconnect between what you do and what customers think you can do and see.

Just how emotional is your website?

23.06.2010

A recent Forrester report tells us to get emotional online

Social media creates mass mingling - in 'real life'

21.06.2010

It seems the sociologists got it wrong. Technology is not creating a bunch of lonely people who sit in isolation staring at a screen. In fact, quite the opposite. Not only are we finding like minded people online, we’re meeting them in real life too.

Google Adwords know your limits

18.06.2010

Don't leave Google with a blank cheque for your AdWords [pay per click]account. For first timers this is a common mistake. Set a daily budget and set an end date for your Pay Per Click  campaign. You can always amend the amount spent and extend the campaign end date.

3 click rule real or rubbish?

16.06.2010

Like many things especially on the web if you hear or see something enough times then you believe it must be true. When designing a website stakeholders are advised of the 3 click rule. Only there isn't one, certainly not as far as the user is concerned.

Caffeine from Google make sure you're awake

16.06.2010

If you thought caffeine was something that kept you awake all day, here's Google's version of Caffeine which may keep you awake all night.

Telemarketing do's and don'ts

16.06.2010

Telemarketing when done correctly can be an extremely potent and cost effective marketing tool. But when implemented without care and attention and based on a pure 'numbers game' things start to go very wrong.

Is this the most expensive website in the UK?

07.06.2010

Birmingham City Council spent 5 years planning its new website. And now it's here alongside the eye popping £3 Million bill.

Do you really know your customer?

01.06.2010

Unless you really know and understand your customer what chance does your marketing have?

Google new logo. Can you spot the difference?

01.06.2010

The Google new logo is here with the old one at the top.

May 31 is Quit Facebook Day

20.05.2010

May 31 is Quit Facebook Day, a day when millions of users plan to vent their outrage over recent changes in Facebook’s privacy settings by completely dropping their Facebook accounts.

UK Billboard Market Investigated by OFT

20.05.2010

The Office of Fair Trading has launched an inquiry into whether competition is being distorted in the UK’s £780 million billboard advertising market due to its dominance by only a few players.

Stephen Fry to Promote Radio Scrappage Scheme

20.05.2010

A month long radio set "scrappage" scheme designed to get listeners to switch to digital receivers is to be backed by a major marketing campaign featuring Stephen Fry, Noddy Holder and Gaby Roslin.