Category: Google

Apr 02, 2013
Google Celebrates Maria Sibylla Merian's 366th Birthday

The new Google Doodle is a beautiful homage to Maria Sibylla Merian’s scientific illustrations of insects.

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Mar 28, 2013
The Irresistible Rise Of Google Plus Infographic

Google Plus is quickly becoming a front runner in the social networking world – basically because Google are rewarding the SEO of people that are utlising it. This week, following Mark’s recent video post about Google+, we have created an infographic on the increase in popularity of Google Plus and how implementing Google Authorship can […]

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Mar 25, 2013
Does Google still need text?

This is a great question that Google’s Matt Cutts answers here. If you’re building an image-heavy site, you will still need to ensure you have copy. Matt discusses an interesting halfway house using 521 free fonts at Google Web Fonts.

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Mar 22, 2013
Get your Google Plus Sh*t Together

Have you optimised your Google Plus profile? You probably need to if you want to rank better. Here’s why: “People Rank” is the new “Page Rank” in my view. Embrace it or die online. Another SEO benefit of Google authorship I forgot to mention in the video is “rich snippets”, which make you stand out […]

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Mar 21, 2013
What's the Game with Google Captchas?

Google’s captcha on their free keyword tool has always been a pain in the backside, but yesterday I noticed they had made them even harder to read. I tried 20 times unsuccessfully to get it right, whereas for years it’s never taken me more than three attempts. My workaround was to login to my google […]

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Mar 11, 2013
Google Celebrates Douglas Adams' 61st Birthday

The new Google Doodle incorporates animated and interactive references to Adams’ ‘Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy’ including the Babel Fish and Marvin the paranoid android.  

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Mar 08, 2013
Google Celebrates International Women's Day

Happy International Women’s Day! We love the use of negative space in the new Google Doodle. Here’s a short video on the history of the annual celebration of women. For more information visit internationalwomensday.com

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Mar 04, 2013
Google celebrate the 81st birthday of Miriam Makeba

Google are celebrating Miriam Makeba’s 81st birthday. She passed away in 2008.

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Mar 01, 2013
Happy St Davids Day from Google

It’s day of the dragon (with a leek) on Google today… In celebration, here’s a clip of one of our favourite Welshmen, Sir Maximillian Boyce of Cymru…

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Feb 22, 2013
Edward Gorey's 88th Birthday – Google Doodle

Edward Gorey would have been 88 today, and Google have celebrated in typically stylish fashion: For those that don’t know his work, here’s The Evil Garden: Happy birthday Edward, wherever you are 🙂  

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