Microsoft ran a “Live Search Syposium” for 100 or so specially invited guests. Here is the vision of search in the future that they showed us. Continue reading...

Google promoted device to make a vague attempt at link spam. i think it may have also dampened the desire to debate on blogs though Continue reading...

Adwords trademark bidding has been possible in the US for a while, but will remain impossible in most of Europe after the 5th of May. In the UK and Ireland, though, Google have found a way to make you pay more for your own traffic in the future. Continue reading...

Voucher codes were a great way to track marketing channels until individuals were given a scaleable way to tell their friends about them. You could call it “viral marketing” but it is being measured as channel marketing. Now promotional vouchers are starting to eat away at the brand’s margins. Here’s why. Continue reading...

I will be on a Link development panel at SES New york again this year, but for the first time in the States I will also be running a link building Training course. I hope the Americans understand my British accent… Continue reading...