social blog roll with tag: UK http://www.socialblogroll.com/rss/ social blog roll SMX London 2007 Party Venue Confirmed http://londonseo.org/blog/smx-london-2007-party-venue-confirmed.html After an in-depth analysis of pubs in the area; Jay, Julie, Steve and I unanimously agreed on the perfect after-show party venue for the first ever Search Marketing Expo in London. Chris Sherman has been organising a fantastic line-up of speakers and topics for the inaugural event, including 2 SEO Blokes and an SEO Chick taking ...] SES@A4U Party Cancelled http://londonseo.org/blog/sesa4u-party-cancelled.html Sorry people, but the party for tonight is cancelled A4U has announced their own party tonight which is in the same venue we were planning to use, so we couldn’t hold ours. I think you need a conference pass to get into the A4U one. We could maybe meet up somewhere else tonight? I’ve got ...] The Brighton Experience http://londonseo.org/blog/tbe-brighton-experience.html Thanks once again to all of you who attended Friday’s LondonSEO event in sunny Brighton, it looked like everyone was enjoying themselves. We’d like to give a special mention to our sponsors Propellernet and organiser Dan Caplin who made the occasion possible. For those of you who prefer trains of the underground variety, our usual London ...] LondonSEO By The Sea? http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-by-the-sea.html We’ve had an offer from Dan (househunter) Caplin to help organise a LondonSEO event in Brighton. I know it’s a long way to travel for my fellow Londoners, although SEO is apparently now one of Brighton’s most popular past times - along with getting old and dying. I’m guessing that they also have a large ...] AlFresco - It&#8217;s Italian For &#8220;Pissup&#8221; http://londonseo.org/blog/alfresco-its-italian-for-pissup.html Please read the comments on this post to get the latest updates I know that Italy shares a border with France - but on the positive side, they did bring us Pizza and the “dive and cry” technique in football. They’re also going to be the host venue of our next LondonSEO event; although as Ekky ...] We&#8217;ve sold our souls http://londonseo.org/blog/weve-sold-our-souls.html In Mike’s glorious ambition to become a corporate whore and wear a suit with braces to work, the LondonSEO crew will be at Ad:Tech today and tomorrow, exhibiting their new company Ayima Search Marketing (shameless plug). But on a serious note, we’ll also be at Lisa’s piss-up tomorrow in The Crown & Sceptre from 6:30 ...] Affiliate Yourself With LondonSEO http://londonseo.org/blog/affiliate-yourself-with-londonseo.html A lot of the attendees to LondonSEO events are either full-time or on-the-side affiliates, using their SEO and online marketing skills to make cold hard cash. Embracing this relationship, we would like to announce the next event which will take place during this year’s Affiliate4u conference. Feeding back into SEO, Search Engine Strategies have now ...] LondonSEO Wedding in Vegas http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-wedding-in-vegas.html Two of our very own LondonSEO regulars are planning to tie the knot!! Rob (evilgreenmonkey) and Lisa Ditlefsen (SEO-Chicks.com) have decided to take the plunge at this December’s WmW PubCon in Las Vegas. The only potential hold up could be: that for it to go ahead, Rob needs to be ranking top ten on Google for ‘weddings’ ...] LondonSEO Party - Thursday 21st February http://londonseo.org/blog/londonseo-party-thursday-21st-february.html That’s right, SEO Chick Lisa has highjacked LondonSEO, and I’m organising the party for the last day of SES London. This is going to be ONE awesome party. Still can’t believe they are trusting me to organise this, mowhahahaha… We got two fantastic sponsors for the party, RedFly Marketing and Altogether Digital. Myself and Evilgreendonkey were out ...] Roll up, Roll up - We&#8217;re Back At The Cittie of Yorke http://londonseo.org/blog/roll-up-roll-up-were-back-at-the-cittie-of-yorke.html I’ve been on the road quite a bit recently with business trips and conferences all over the place. I know that we’re due another LondonSEO though, and a new gap has opened up in my diary that coincides with fellow LondonSEO organiser, Jay “Str0ud” Young, Ruby-mad Tony “notsleepy” Spencer and Julie “SEO-Chick” Joyce, being over ...] LondonSEO party Wed 21st March http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/03/londonseo-party-wed-21st-march.html Evilgreenmonkey aka seopartymonkey (ok I made that one up) has just posted the details for the next LondonSEO party.<br /><br />It's on Wednesday 21st March (yep this Wednesday) at Mable's Tavern in Euston. For more details go to <a href="http://londonseo.org/">LondonSEO.org</a><br /><br />If you are an SEO in London next week, please come along!<br /><br />Oh and if you fancy sponsoring a LondonSEO.org event please contact evilgreenmonkey through the LondonSEO site.<br /><a href="http://londonseo.org/"><span style="font-weight: bo How to do Link Building in B2B http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/03/how-to-do-link-building-in-b2b.html <span style="font-family: verdana;">Judith Lewis (aka deCabbit) wrote a fantastic article over at mad.co.uk in their Technology Weekly section. The article contains some great principles and tips on </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://technologyweekly.mad.co.uk/Main/InDepth/SearchEngineMarketing/Articlex/ffdfa2dcaa734af0b249af7f1a641899/Getting-Links-in-a-B2B-environment.html">how to build links in a B2B environment.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In my opinion you need a totally different strategy, and alot more ti Saab East Anglia Dealers - New Site http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/04/saab-east-anglia-dealers-new-site.html <span style="font-family:verdana;">Ok, ignore the post I did last week about this site (I have deleted it lol). Really not professional to post when you have had a drink lol.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">This site has been re-designed for SEO purposes as it wasn't ranking very well in the SERPs. And although link building will be tres important for this site the basic SEO stuff like title tags, content optimisation and anchor text etc etc is going to be the ground works. I would greatly appreciate it if you have a moment to look through the Bits &amp; bobs from Lisaland http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/05/bits-bobs-and-excuses-excuses.html Wow, now this has been a super hectic month. I've been utter rubbish at keeping this blog updated, and feel really guilty for some reason. I've only got about 4 regular readers lol..<br /><br />So what's up in Lisaland?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Base One Search</span><br />It's been an exciting but stressful month. I've been working on the new Base One Search site, which should be up sometime in June. It's going to be a fabulous new Search Marketing site with articles, info and a SEO/SEM blog. Really looking forward to see the end res I'm a finalist in the B2B Marketing Awards http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/08/im-finalist-in-b2b-marketing-awards.html <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.b2bm.biz/awards/"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_831v2Q4V6Ps/RtVRt7rSYDI/AAAAAAAAAJg/yljqZCbmAFE/s200/B2B Marketing Finalists' Logo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5104075602249539634" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />I'm genuinely stoked to be shortlisted for the final in the <a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/awards/">B2B Marketing Awards 2007 </a>in the category "B2B marketing newcomer of the year". It's been such an exciting year f SEO Chicks Launch http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/05/seo-chicks-launch.html <span style="font-family:verdana;"></span>I'm very excited to be launching this new collaborating blog, it's an all female bloggers, and we will be blogging about SEO, PPC, SMO and Web Analytics. The current <a href="http://www.seo-chicks.com/about/">SEO Chicks Crew</a> includes myself, Anita Chaperon (PPC Queen) and the very funny Julie Joyce (from <a href="http://www.str0ud.com/">Str0ud Consulting</a>).<br /><br />We are expecting a few other SEO Chicks to join in the next couple of weeks.<br /><br />Check it out the new <a href= Reviewlicious - a internet marketing review site with flare http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/06/reveiwlicious-new.html Wow, my fellow <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">SEO</span> Chick Anita Chaperon just launched her own website this week called <a href="http://reviewlicious.com/"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Reviewlicious</span></a>, I had a look through it today, this girl has been busy. And it's super cool! It's <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">definitely</span> a need for this type of review site.<br /><br />The site covers information, reviews and case studies from the & Out of date I know - but check out SEO Chicks!! http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/08/out-of-date-i-know-but-check-out-seo.html Just in case you are thinking, this blog is OOOOOOLD! You're totally right, I haven't posted here for donkeys. I haven't disappeared from the blogging scene though, I have just been busy with the SEO Chicks blog, which is going great by the way.<br /><br />So if you are looking for some fantastic SEO information, tips and news, head over to the <a href="http://www.seo-chicks.com/">SEO CHICKS</a> website!!!<br /><br /><a href="http://www.getitornot.co.uk/1">getitornot</a> Junior SEO Vacancy http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2007/04/junior-seo-vacancy.html <span style="font-family:verdana;">Update: <span style="font-weight: bold;">position filled</span>. I will let you all know about my new recruit very soon =)<br /><br />We are currently recruiting for a </span><b style="font-family: verdana;">Junior SEO </b><span style="font-family:verdana;">to join our growing team here at </span><a style="font-family: verdana;" href="http://www.baseoneinteractive.co.uk/" target="_blank">Base One Interactive</a><span style="font-family:verdana;"> . A great opportunity for someone wa Awards, speaking at conferences and my own column - up and beyond! http://seobloguk.blogspot.com/2008/03/awards-speaking-at-conferences-and-my.html The past year has been an amazing year for me; SEO-Chicks has been a great success, I won the <span style="font-weight: bold;">B2B Newcomer</span> of the Year back in November, I've been a speaker at both <span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="htthttp://searchmarketingexpo.com/london/p://">SMX London</a> and SES London</span>. I'm also, as of next month, writing a <span style="font-weight: bold;">regular column about Search Marketing</span> in <a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/blog/">B2B Marketin</a><a href="http://www.b2bm.biz/blog/ Bucharest! http://www.seo-blokes.com/22/bucharest.html My friend Gav was due to get married to his Romanian fiancée in Bucharest and invited us to experience a Romanian Orthodox wedding. Now this has nothing to do with SEO so far but a couple of weeks before I had received  Search Engine Optimization with PHP: A Developer’s Guide to SEO. On ...] Rapping Your Way To The Top http://www.seo-blokes.com/24/rapping-your-way-to-the-top.html I’m not generally a big fan of rap music (too much swearing for an innocent guy like me), the only rap song on my iPhone is “I’ll Be Missing You” by P Doddy or whatever his name is these days. I do however love the SEO industry and couldn’t resist the charm of this rap ...] 5 Hottest Guys In UK SEO http://www.seo-blokes.com/23/5-hottest-guys-in-uk-seo.html I’ve always wanted to be tagged in a meme post, but never dreamed it would be on a topic which will only enhance the impression many have of me; i.e. that I may not be so interested in the ladies (despite the fact that I’m married & all that). So thanks for that Julie, I ...] SEO Superheroes? http://www.seo-blokes.com/19/seo-superheroes.html An article about DC Comics (yes, I’m a comic geek as well) using Web 2.0 got me thinking about what an SEO superhero would look like. My colleagues and I at Altogether think that they would probably look something like this: But what do you think? Why not have a go at creating your own SEO Superhero. ...] All Quiet On The Bloke Front.. http://www.seo-blokes.com/18/all-quiet-on-the-bloke-front.html Unlike our lovely sisters over at SEO Chicks, we’ve been a bit poor on the posting front recently. It’s down to a mixture of work, festivals, travel and some general slacker-ness. To keep things tiding over until we get our arses in gear, here’s one of those handy little round-ups (not all of them on topic): Eric ...] Why SEOs Don&#8217;t Like Authority http://www.seo-blokes.com/20/why-seos-dont-like-authority.html Are you the boss of an SEO? If so, they probably either don’t think of you as a boss, or can’t wait to leave the company. A real SEO is a maverick, the kind of person who sat alone in the classroom with a demonic smile and created masterplans when others were playing hopscotch. You ...] Dave Naylor Is The Nicest Bloke In SEO http://www.seo-blokes.com/21/dave-naylor-is-the-nicest-bloke-in-seo.html Or at least the bloke most willing to play the game and pimp his readers to win a popularity contest. And for that we salute him. For anyone unhappy with the result, all I can say is that I said I would close the vote when it got to 200, but due to being away I’ve ...] Arctic Diamonds: Predicting Search Traffic http://www.seo-blokes.com/17/arctic-diamonds-predicting-search-traffic.html One of the true arts in search marketing is predicting possible high volume search terms. Just as with any sort of marketing, if you can guess which way your audience is going to go, and get in at the ground floor, you can do very well. Case in point: Sitting in my lounge yesterday afternoon, beer ...] Nicest Bloke In SEO http://www.seo-blokes.com/16/nicest-bloke-in-seo.html Yesterday was the service of thanksgiving for my step-father Michael, followed by a wake in my local pub. It was a really lovely day, made all the more so by the lovely people who were a part of it. From Mike, the landlord of the Wheatsheaf, to the vicar, to all of Michael’s friends, it ...] How SEO Got Me (Carpet) Laid http://www.seo-blokes.com/14/how-seo-got-me-carpet-laid.html After reading evil’s post I wondered what other utterly ridiculous stories people might come up with as linkbait. Now the offending article which evil mentions is obviously aimed at celibate diggers, but hey - most of us here at SEO Blokes are in or near our 30s, 2 of us are married, 1 of us ...] Online Slots Tournament http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/online-slots-tournament.html I love free Stuff and Jackpotcity Online Casino is running a Multi Slot Tournament : Here and My Favorite bit : Should one of your new players (acquired from May 2008 until end of tournament), win the Adventure Final, ReferBack will pay you…the affiliate…$5,000.00!! DaveN Yummie Tummie, Bingo and Driving Lessons http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/yummie-tummie-bingo-and-driving-lessons.html What do Yummie Tummie, Bingo and Driving Lessons all have in common?  Answer… TV Coverage! There’s no doubt about it TV Coverage gets you loads of website traffic. Yet another one of our SEO clients gets its product highlighted, this time on Oprah. Yummie Tummie (Yummy Tummy) gets its debut and HerRoom should see their traffic ...] Make Money Online £100 a day http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/make-money-online-100-a-day.html I love a get rich quick system. Why? Because they always work !! I’m looking at the Casino system where you bet on red and keep doubling up until you win. It’s call the Martingale system and it’s such a simple system…. It is based on the probability of only losing so many times in a row ...] WP Comments Referer http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/wp-comments-referer.html Wordpress Plugin Comments Referer Basically this will add a session based Referer to your comments, we try to catch the first entry point, any improvements let me know. Download the plugin here wp-refer Unzip the file and upload into your plugins directory, then activate .. Dave Ad by Google on Yahoo Anwsers http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/ad-by-google-on-yahoo-anwsers.html I just got this emailed to me and shot over to yahoo answers, not sure if the orginal screen is a fake or not as I can’t reproduce it … but the guy say’s it true.. when I went and did the same search i got the Normal Yahoo ads, I did notice thou when I ...] Ecommerce SEO http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/ecommerce-seo.html Yes, I am still in the Bronco building. This last week or so I have been looking at a range of Ecommerce sites for SEO. A vast majority are pre-built templates which claim to have great SEO implementation hmmmm FOOTPRINT. Most of these wondrous shopping carts also have default product descriptions, great — so ...] Expired Domain Research Tool http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/expired-domain-research-tool.html Ok this isn’t one of my tools, but it’s pretty dam neat, for years I have had a in house system plugged into the DAC in the UK great names drop all the time and grabbing them for Branding is just awesome, things Like Zippy.co.uk and Moop.co.uk even id the search engines have never seem ...] Gala Bingo just 302 to a top 10 Google Ranking http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/gala-bingo-just-302-to-a-top-10-a-google-ranking.html Google Hijacks are back not only the 301 but the 302 hijack, frickin awesome hey.. This started a few Months ago, I was looking at integrating www.v10.co.uk which can handle 301 and 302 redirection tracking into MOOPand I noticed this Search term you can see the V10 link which is 302 redirect so that I not ...] Google Webmaster Tools smoke n mirrors http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/google-webmaster-tools-smoke-n-mirrors.html It’s not often I get so pissed off that I throw something, but I’m getting close… I’m helping a very very small company with SEO, and we I ranked them top 10 for most of the keyword set But in the .com, they are an English company on a UK IP, but the Domain is a ...] Great Tits Warming http://www.davidnaylor.co.uk/great-tits-warming.html  It’s little wonder the BBC keep scooping awards for their new site make over, especially with such catchy headlines: We can now of course rest easy that the great tits of britain respond well to warming ;) The Ethics of Linkbait. Again. http://www.seo-chicks.com/532/the-ethics-of-linkbait-again.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/jane_avatar.jpg" style="width:80px; height:118px; border:none;" alt="the-ethics-of-linkbait-again" /></div> I’ve been to two search marketing conferences in the past month and asked the crowd the same question at each show. The question was about a real-life example of the bait ‘n switch. There are a few different levels of bait ‘n switch and you’ll come across differing opinions as to which are ethical and ...] SEO Luddites: The Disgrace, My GOD http://www.seo-chicks.com/543/seo-luddites-the-disgrace-my-god.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/julie_avatar.gif" style="width:80px; height:83px; border:none;" alt="seo-luddites-the-disgrace-my-god" /></div> In case you aren’t married to a man who constantly refers to you as a Luddite, let me first explain what a Luddite is, all without going into any sort of intricate detail: it’s someone who doesn’t much care for things that make our lives easier, a person opposed to technological progress. That’s me, many ...] How Keyword matching is just a little like online dating http://www.seo-chicks.com/507/how-keyword-matching-is-just-a-little-like-online-dating.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/beccy_avatar.gif" style="width:68px; height:90px; border:none;" alt="how-keyword-matching-is-just-a-little-like-online-dating" /></div> Wow…This is true privilege!!! Writing for SEO chicks……. thank you ladies. I am so excited about writing on here, and loving that Lisa actually found this post funny - serious leg slapping involved here and was there a snort……there may have been a little snort laugh, thank you lisa for pushing this forward. I hope ...] Social Media Ice Cream http://www.seo-chicks.com/524/social-media-ice-cream.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/stephanie_avatar.gif" style="width:90px; height:93px; border:none;" alt="social-media-ice-cream" /></div> This week I noticed a lot of great things happen in the social media space. Many yummy, tasty social media treats! Since Tuesday, different Ice Cream franchises have been offering special discounts or free ice cream through the Blogosphere, Facebook, and Twitter. Tuesday, April 29th= The Annual International Free Cone Day @ Ben & ...] The Evolution Of A Newbie SEO http://www.seo-chicks.com/516/the-evolution-of-a-newbie-seo.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/dazzlindonna_avatar.gif" style="width:80px; height:80px; border:none;" alt="the-evolution-of-a-newbie-seo" /></div> We’ve all seen the graphic shown below or one similar to it, haven’t we? Sure, it’s the typical image of the evolution of man. In fact, you may even have pictured this image in your head while you were reading one of Julie Joyce’s famous SEO Chick posts, Could A Chimp Do SEO? ...] New SEO Chicklet - Rebecca Scott (Beccy) http://www.seo-chicks.com/504/new-seo-chicklet-rebecca-scott-beccy.html We have a new guestblogger (SEO Chicklet). Rebecca Scott is one of my girls (ehm sounds like I’m running a brothel), ehm lets try again, she’s one of my (MINE, FILTHY Recruitment Consultants, MINE!) SEO Consultants at Base One. Jeese, I need more coffee this early in the morning. But yes you guessed it, I’m ...] Blackberry Woman &#038; Technology Awards – an evening to remember http://www.seo-chicks.com/535/blackberry-woman-technology-awards-–-an-evening-to-remember.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/lisa_avatar.jpg" style="width:80px; height:122px; border:none;" alt="blackberry-woman-technology-awards-–-an-evening-to-remember" /></div> Earlier this year I was shortlisted for the “Blackberry Woman in Technology Awards” in the category “Best Use of Technology by under 30 year old woman”. Last night the award ceremony took place at the Mariott Hotel Grosenvor Square in London. Me and my junior SEO, Rebecca, got to the hotel early to get all ...] The trademark lift on GoogleAdwords UK - Is Google getting greedy(er)? http://www.seo-chicks.com/502/the-lift-of-brand-trademark-on-googleadwords-is-google-getting-greedyer.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/lisa_avatar.jpg" style="width:80px; height:122px; border:none;" alt="the-trademark-lift-on-googleadwords-uk-is-google-getting-greedyer" /></div> As of 5th May 2008 Google is lifting the trademark rule for Google AdWords (UK) which prevents advertiser from bidding on branded keywords that are protected by trademark. Enter the brand bidding war and Affiliate heaven! What was the trademark restriction? Basically if you submitted a Google trademark complain procedure you could prevent your competitor Too Sexy for IT? http://www.seo-chicks.com/503/too-sexy-for-it.html <div class="postavatar"><img src="http://www.seo-chicks.com/wp-content/plugins/post-avatar/images/julie_avatar.gif" style="width:80px; height:83px; border:none;" alt="too-sexy-for-it" /></div> My friend Gene just pointed me to a very amusing (perhaps unintentionally so) piece on the push to change the perspective of typical IT workers away from unsociable geeks to vibrant and hot women. OK the author didn’t really put it like that…but still, you get the idea. The IT industry is apparently suffering from ...] SEO Chicks – The Unlikely Cheerleaders? http://www.seo-chicks.com/491/seo-chicks-–-the-unlikely-cheerleaders.html A couple of weeks ago I read a post about “Why the SEO World is like High School” and it really made me giggle. The SEO Chicks are the Cheerleaders of the SEO World, ha ha! Now, after chuckling for a while at this post I started thinking “Hey I wonder what all the other ...] Taking Advantage of Offline Advertising http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/203344378/taking-advantage-of-offline-advertising.html I love those “full service ad agencies” that try to specialise in everything and excel at nothing. My favourite are those that try to embrace online marketing/conversion through offline advertising and getting it oh-so-wrong. As an affiliate, these lapses in judgement can become a big money maker if used and abused correctly. Have you ever seen ...] Me Write Good Yes? http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494766/me-write-good-yes.html My New Years resolution for 2007 was to become a published author, with the thought of writing an SEO book which tackles search from the corporate and in-house point of view. This idea fell by the wayside when several friends in the industry also announced similar intentions (although with different angles and subjects). The book which ...] Win A Date With Lisa Barone http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494767/win-a-date-with-lisa-barone.html It looks like that crafty Naylor guy has asked his blog readership to vote for him on the “Nicest Bloke In SEO” poll. I’m really lagging behind, which is not nice. If you’re one of the 5 people who read my ramblings here, vote for me now and you could win a date with The ...] Threadwatcher.com Is Floating My Boat http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494765/threadwatchercom-is-floating-my-boat.html I’m sure that we’re all still in the morning stage after losing our beloved ThreadWatch, although there’s a new site in town - and I’m not just on the rebound! Threadwatcher.com is a sparky new SEM/internet news portal launched by Earl Grey (Syndk8), which takes a lot of influences from Threadwatch and in my personal opinion, ...] A New Adventure With Ayima and Sphinn http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494762/a-new-adventure-with-ayima-and-sphinn.html I’m happy to announce 2 new ventures that I’m very excited about. Firstly, after leaving my in-house role at PartyGaming, I have now partnered up with some brilliant SEOs, to form a new consultancy. The company is called Ayima Search Marketing, please don’t ask me what “Ayima” means though ;). I work alongside Mike Nott, who ...] My New “SEW Experts” Column http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494764/my-new-sew-experts-column.html I was recently asked by Incisive to start writing a column for In-House SEM in the SearchEngineWatch Experts section. My first article looking at brand protection went live a few days ago, and I should be writing a new article at least once a fortnight. You can find a list of articles that I write ...] Google Universal - This Is London Calling. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494757/google-universal-this-is-london-calling.html I’ve been moaning to people about this for a while, although as it still hasn’t been fixed I thought I’d shout a bit louder. I’ve recently bought a house in mighty Essex and currently pondering over whether to buy a car or not (I never needed one when living in Central London). As a result, I’ve ...] Preparing Your Company For Universal Search http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494761/preparing-your-company-for-universal-search.html It’s this year’s buzzword and the topic that every search conference goer is talking about, although most people are still unsure about what Universal Search is and how it affects them. The term is used by Google to describe their rollout of a new search result format, combining maps, images, video, news, products and blogs ...] Mike Being A W*nker http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494759/mike-being-a-wnker.html Just in case you read Mike Nott’s Blog, you may have seen his recent post about the bet made at Lisa’s Ad:Tech party. Lisa and I have a running joke that we’re like husband and wife, and it somehow moved on to someone joking about having a Vegas wedding during Pubcon. As it became quite a ...] No More Holidays For Me… http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/evilgreenmonkey/~3/175494769/no-more-holidays-for-me.html I picked the worst possible time to go on holiday, although my mate Dug and I have been planning a roadtrip around Ireland for a long time now and we’ve already put the date back twice. So we packed our bags and headed to Heathrow for a quick flight over to Dublin and an 11 ...]