This article shows how Using the Plus operator lets you largely bypass any auto correction features on the main search engines. If you look closely, you'll also see a minor bug in Bing. Continue reading...

Today I am at Microsoft's London HQ with about 50 Microsoft clients. They are going to talk about what's coming down the pipe. Since they said nothing was secret, I decided to blog it (from my iPhone!) So this post may get longer as they goes on... The first speaker used to work for the BBC and brought BBC Iplayer to us. He is saying that until Microsoft are convinced that they… Continue reading...

There's a Blog competition worth entering. Win a great prize for affiliates. If you don't have a blog... or just want to say thanks for the info, maybe put in a vote for me? Continue reading...

There are very very "Link maps" in the world commercially available to the public. A link map is the hardest element to replicate in Google's search algorithm. There are really only two companies with commercial link maps available now to the masses. This article helps you choose between the two. Continue reading...

Bing is going to be all the rage for a few weeks - and hopefully longer. But looking at localized international results from our Bedfordshire office needed a bit of working out. Here's what we found. Continue reading...

Ever thought about why all those URL shorteners are free? It doesn't take long to come up with great reasons for using your own script... Continue reading...

I found out from my friend Bill Hunt this morning that he is leaving Ogilvy. I am sure he will be a great loss to the agency. Bill Hunt literally has written the book on Search Marketing, and he is a giant in the industry. A bit of digging found that his departure is quietly listed in the NY Times. Probably something a company… Continue reading...

OK - this isn't SEO related, but it does show how many ways there are to make money online... People can make money out of anything - Whether you are an MP or a designer it would seem…

Microsoft's market share in search is clearly still small according to many sources - but are they hiding as yet unutilzed assets, ready for a big "reveal"? Probably not - but they could, if someone switched on the light. Continue reading...

In a bid to focus on the more advanced tracks on ts London conference, SMX in a few weeks has dropped its fundamentals tracfk to push for the more complex areas of search to get a larger share of the voice. Continue reading...