generationNET Blog http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog What we are currently doing and thinking Wed, 16 May 2012 16:11:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 VOSA Operators Licences website http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/400/vosa-operators-licences-website/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/400/vosa-operators-licences-website/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 16:10:21 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=400 Continue reading →]]> The website http://www.jeyconsult.co.uk was designed and constructed by our sister company SMD websites.  It was built using tables via frontpage so it could probably benefit from an over haul.  Even so the design is pretty neat and it gets the customers message accross

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/400/vosa-operators-licences-website/feed/ 0 Don’t Panic Mr Mainwaring http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/390/dont-panic-over-google/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/390/dont-panic-over-google/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2012 21:51:52 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=390 Here is a great post offering advice and insight into recent google update scare mongering

SEO Advice worth noting

 

 

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/390/dont-panic-over-google/feed/ 0 SMD Photography Leicester http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/267/wedding-photography-leicester/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/267/wedding-photography-leicester/#comments Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:57:25 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=267 Continue reading →]]> If you are getting married this year in the Leicestershire area I would certainly recommend giving Gary at SMD Photography a call.  His wedding photography portfolio is looking really good and the prices are reasonable too.

I know that Gary has been working hard to build up his ‘wedding album’ and some of the shots he has taken are very creative and truly unique.  So if you want to be Leicestershire’s Bride of 2012 get in touch with SMD Wedding Photography today.

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/267/wedding-photography-leicester/feed/ 0 Tip: SEOmoz top 10 tips to consider regarding SEO http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/249/tips-for-every-seo-consultant/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/249/tips-for-every-seo-consultant/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 08:35:28 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=249 Continue reading →]]> Following on from last weeks list of the top 5 things to consider regarding SEO (see seo leicester) from SEOmoz, here are tips numbered 6 through top 10:

 

6
  Why I Do Unsmart ThingsHow sometimes, you need to take care of yourself as part of taking care of your work.
 

7
  Timeline for Facebook pages: a complete overview of new features The new timeline feature from Facebook hits company pages. Is your page page?
 

8
  20 must-haves for your new SEO businessStarting your own SEO company or business?
 

9
  Cart Abandonment Analysis: Rosetta StoneHow Rosetta Stone reconnects with customers after they’ve abandoned their shopping carts.
 

10
  Search quality highlights: 40 changes for FebruaryGoogle’s official word on recent algorithm changes. If your rankings were affected find out why (You may also want to check out this great post on link analysis from SEO by the Sea.)
]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/249/tips-for-every-seo-consultant/feed/ 0 Tip: Managing a Local SEO Campaign e.g. SEO Leicester http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/261/seo-leicestershire/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/261/seo-leicestershire/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 23:38:50 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=261 Continue reading →]]> When your website is new on the SEO block it is always easier to focus on localised key terms and phrases. Obviously, the competition is lower in your local area and therefore, results should be much easier to obtain. So create one or more pages with your locality in the title tag. Refer to your location (whether it’s Leicester or London) in the page body.

Don’t forget some of your best customers might live just round the corner!

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/261/seo-leicestershire/feed/ 0 Watch It Go Viral. XFactor video with familar faces – Follow links to Join in http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/258/watch-it-go-viral-xfactor-video-with-familar-faces-follow-links-to-join-in/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/258/watch-it-go-viral-xfactor-video-with-familar-faces-follow-links-to-join-in/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 20:05:21 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=258 Continue reading →]]> Time to experiment again!!!

I am trying out some new techniques to blast a web page into viral mode.  At the time of posting the youtube video in the page linked below has approx 50 views and 3 likes (2 from me).  If you want to join in, click the link below and watch the video and then share using the buttons in the page – thanks.

http://www.generationnet.co.uk/viral/little-mix-tour.html

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/258/watch-it-go-viral-xfactor-video-with-familar-faces-follow-links-to-join-in/feed/ 0 Tip: The top 5 Things to know about SEO according to SEOmoz http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/244/top-10-seo-tip/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/244/top-10-seo-tip/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 14:58:10 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=244 Continue reading →]]> Well, we have almost reached the end of our first week of trying to offer an SEO tip at least once a day and so far we are manageing to get them out on time (well, only just in the case of yesterday’s post)

So to celebrate we thought we’d give you a bumber list of tips and to be fair they are all coming from SEOmoz, not us. so take a look and have a great weekend, oh and watch out for our forthcoming attempt at viral marketing – we will soon be issuing a video and an image in order to see how many hits each can get.
By the way, tips 6-10 will be released sometime next week.

A
  The 2012 State of Inbound MarketingHow much do companies spend on inbound marketing? And jusust how successful is it?
 

B
  Search Engine Marketing vs. Social Media Marketing: The ShowdownWhich one should you be spending your time doing?
 

C
  Disruptions: Growing Too Big for a ConscienceHow Google’s size factors into their “Do no evil” policy.
 

D
  Mission TransitionTransitions are extremely important when delivering and unveiling both physical and digital goods.
 

E
  Advanced Content Tracking with Google AnalyticsIs your web content working as it should? Putting some analytics behind it will help you measure ROI.
]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/244/top-10-seo-tip/feed/ 0 Tip: Use of Title tags and H1 tags to get good SEO results http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/240/tip-use-of-title-tags-and-h1-tags-to-get-good-seo-results/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/240/tip-use-of-title-tags-and-h1-tags-to-get-good-seo-results/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 23:37:00 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=240 Continue reading →]]> In my opinion the most important onpage optimisation task is to sort out your title and H1 tags.  Above all else, these will have the greatest influence on how google sees your page.

And don’t just stop at H1, make use of H2, H3 etc.  Infact it’s better to have just one H1 tag and then several lower order H tags.

]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/240/tip-use-of-title-tags-and-h1-tags-to-get-good-seo-results/feed/ 0 Tip: Article Spinning, something to think about! http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/229/article-spinning-tips/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/229/article-spinning-tips/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2012 15:27:36 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=229 Continue reading →]]> If you are familiar with the term ‘article spinning’ you will know that it it is a way of generating unique content for your website or blog.  By rotating some of the words and phrases that are used in the article you are trying to ensure that google sees your article as genuine and unique content.

But google is aware of this practice and so here are a few tips that you might want to consider in order to give your spun article a better chance of appearing unique:

  • Use images within your article, spin the images and their location within the article
  • Consider adding/removing complete paragraphs which can result in large word count differences
  • Spin the location and anchor text of your links within the article
]]> http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/229/article-spinning-tips/feed/ 0 Tip: Keep your website content new and dynamic with a blog http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/233/the-benefits-of-a-blog/ http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/233/the-benefits-of-a-blog/#comments Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:25:08 +0000 admin http://www.generationnet.co.uk/blog/?p=233 Continue reading →]]> Google loves websites that are constantly being updated. Nothing indicates an interesting website like one that is constantly changing.

Why not add a blog to your website? Blogs can be used to upload ‘latest news’ about your company or product. If you enable comments, a blog will allow your visitors to add their own thoughts and opinions – this also adds to the dynamic effect, indicating to google that you site is changing and evolving, therefore it must be worth looking at!

Blogs also provide an easy way for non-technical members of your team to put content onto the website.  Blogs such as wordpress can be edited quite easily, once they have been set up correctly.

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