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  • Are You Using These 8 New Google My Business Features?

    Google have been rolling out some further features to Google My Business listings recently, meaning there’s more information available to display than ever. So, if you haven’t already, make sure you’re making use of some of these awesome features! Google Posts You may have heard about the recent launch of Google Posts, these posts sit […]

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  • Hey Alexa, How Do I Optimise For Voice Search?

    5 years ago, asking computers a question directly was the stuff of sci-fi. Today, there are 33 million voice-first devices in global circulation[1]. Voice search has the potential to have a huge affect on mobile and local search moving forward. Are you ready? In this blog we will provide practical insights on how voice search […]

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  • What Are Google Posts And Why Do You Need Them?

    Google is rolling out a new feature that could soon challenge some portions of both social media and their Knowledge Panel, which is the information that they show about a business in the top right of the results page. The new feature, dubbed “Google Posts” by the media, allows people and businesses to post content […]

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  • What Google Knows… The General Election

    Do you know how deep the Google rabbit hole goes? The things Google knows about our purchasing behaviour, personal habits and searches is truly epic in scale, but most of the time it’s hard to see just how much impact this has. Enter Google Trends. For the uninitiated, Google Trends is a web facility based […]

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  • Google Adds IF Function to AdWords PPC

    Google has introduced new IF functions to AdWords that enable customised text to appear based on specific parameters. This new feature allows PPC marketers to better personalise adverts to their audience and streamline their PPC campaigns. IF functions allow you to insert a specific message in your text ad when a condition is met, and […]

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  • A Brief History of Search Engines

    Google recently turned 18 years old (they grow up so fast…) and the search engine remains the UK’s favourite means of scouring the web. But do you remember any of the previous means of searching online? Take a trip down memory lane and explore some of the other notable avenues of search that will leave […]

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  • Act Now! New AdWords Changes Are Coming

    Update Google has extended the deadline for creating and editing the old style ads to the 31 of January, 2017. Google will stop accepting new standard text ads after October 26th If you haven’t changed your Google text ads, you should start right now. From October 26th, you will no longer be able to create or […]

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  • Google AMP is Disrupting Mobile SEO

    Everyone with a smartphone knows the feeling. You click on a news story or other piece of content and it takes forever to load. After around 5 seconds most people have simply given up and clicked back. This is what Google Accelerated Mobile Pages, or AMP, is working to help solve.

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  • AdWords Prepares For Big Redesign

    Google has announced that their 15 year old advertising platform is getting a facelift to help marketers and advertisers. The search giant has been adding features and functionality to AdWords for years and it shows. The AdWords interface looks more complicated than the cockpit of a harrier jump jet.

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