New Google SERP features – Preview and Blue Hover Feature
Google is always trying to take the search engine results pages (SERP) to the next level instead of the standard 10 blue links.
Last night, Google introduced a preview feature – so instead of relying on Google and the keyword description tag, you can now view more snippets from the website including the design (see the image below).
So why has Google done this? Simple… they want the Internet to be faster and by adding a preview button, this could potentially save users a lot of time trying to find the information they need.
Looking at the competitive side of the search engines, Bing has introduced many great features including broad search suggestion ideas. I did a quick search for “cars” and it brought results back for other terms (or suggestions) – see image below.
Bing has also added a video preview function – see below.
As the search engine war rages on, Google keeps delivering new and great ideas to the 10 standard blue links – by doing this and adding new features, I’m sure they’ll keep the strangle hold on the search engine market space.
Category: Angel SEO, Google, Google Products, Search Engines, Website
So Google conquers Antarctica – what’s next for the big G?
Yesterday, Google made the announcement that they’d conquered Antarctica on Google maps, take a look below:
Visit the following link to see more – click here.
So what’s next for the world’s largest search engine?
Our prediction over the coming years will see Google integrate virtual tours of famous landmarks like Westminster Abbey in London.
From this, Google could charge for the tours and add to their already large portfolio of projects.
So in a nutshell, what could be better than sitting in your arm chair at home and surfing around some of the world’s greatest landmarks?
Big Green Book for Angel SEO…
Angel SEO is pleased to announce that we are a regional supporter for the East Midlands for Big Green Book and can now be found on the Big Green Book website. View our profile here.
The big green book is a supporter to small businesses, creating regional networks for businesses to interact and do business with each other.
We agree with their green values, we ourselves are a paper free office. Big Green Book is the first not for profit media company to make green its sole mission.
Video content for SEO…
Having got yourself a great website and built an active online presence, you now want to try something new, video content is the big buzz thing at the moment. If you want to be part of the last internet revolution video content is what you need to be doing.
A great place to start is by reading “Using video as an effective SEO tool“. This is a great article explaining what do with your videos, everything from your company intros and outros to how to make your video content SEO friendly.
Category: Angel SEO, Angel SEO Team, Google, SEO Resources, SEO Videos, Search Engines
We are the Harry Potter of the Internet not the Lord Voldemort
Angel SEO is aiming to restore transparency, confidence and more importantly trust in our industry.
We are calling to stop the SEO industry becoming the next hated industry; we don’t want to be the new version of the hated traffic warden, estate agents or even the dreaded recruitment agency. After hearing many comments about the SEO industry we felt the need to report some facts.
Having heard prices ranging from £60, £99 and even as low as £35 per month for active SEO services, and yes shockingly all these guaranteed first place rankings in search engine listings – as any real ethical SEO company will tell you, we can’t guarantee places on search engine lists, we don’t control search engines.
Google as the leader in search and most powerful search engine across the world, we feel they need to take a stand about such companies, unethical companies and make it so potential clients can find out that they do unethical SEO practices.
Angel SEO believes in white hat, one hundred per cent ethical SEO – http://www.angelseo.co.uk/videos/choosing-seo-companies-video.php
Angel SEO’s cure values are to be open, honest and transparent and we don’t compromise on any of them. We believe in being truthful with you. We understand many people have been burnt and had bad experiences with SEO companies and although this makes us angry because we are passionate about our industry. We want to take a stand and help future clients make informed decisions when they are selecting their SEO company. We believe any ethical SEO company will want to do the same.
The best SEO companies aren’t normally found in first place on search engines because they are too busy working on clients work and making their sites rank better, that they don’t have time to do it on their own site.
SEO Nottingham specialists Angel SEO aim to deliver a personal service that is second to none. Working with Angel SEO you would get a dedicated account manager, who specialises in white hat SEO and ethical SEO.
SEO needs a governing body…
We feel the SEO industry needs a governing body for a number of reasons, to protect its own image, make best practice industry wide, to filter out bad practices and more importantly to protect customers and give them something to look for when hiring an SEO company, i.e. a logo.
Category: Angel SEO, Angel SEO Team, Google, SEO Resources, SEO Services, Search Engines, Website
[Breaking News] Avoid Twitter for Today
A new Twitter security flaw has affected thousands of users today. As a result of this bug users are being advised to avoid Twitter.com.
For users that still wish to access their accounts the best way to do so is by third-party apps, such as TweetDeck, as the bug is only affecting Twitters own interface.
SEO Factor for Simon Cowell
Simon Cowell is a music mogul, record label director and creator of numerous talent shows across the world including X-Factor, Britain’s got Talent and American Idol to name a few. With his various ventures in music, TV and film now it seems Simon has turned to the Internet and the SEO factor.
It has been suggested in various media reports that he is using SEO (search engine optimisation) to manage his reputation online. This claim may sound a bit far-fetched, but after conducting some research is it easy to understand why people are thinking this and how it could be true. Cowell’s people denies manipulating Google results, with his UK spokes person going as far as saying it is “…a conspiracy theory.”
Having done a few searches on Google, results do seem lean towards more positive results and trying to find negative stories has proved harder. Although there is a possibility that the results have been manipulated there is also a high possibility that the results are natural and totally organic. It is very easy to understand why people may be thinking that there is some fiddling the results going on, especially with Cowell’s knowledge of image and reputation management.
If these various reports are true, there is a part of search engine results that Cowell’s camp doesn’t have the ability to manipulate Google’s Realtime search elements containing Twitter messages because no matter how many people they have tweeting positive messages, they can’t stop the negative messages getting out there. There is also the news section, where the least news article containing the search term appears.
With Cowell’s fellow X-Factor judge Cheryl Cole being in the news a lot over the last few months due to her personal life, Cowell’s name has been appearing a lot even though the stories have not been about him directly. Syco, Simon’s record label doesn’t really make an appearance when searching for his name, which is a surprise. This maybe a case of the personality is bigger than the company.
Whatever the truth, Cowell is gaining more media coverage for himself and his shows from it. This makes me ask the question has the story come from inside Cowell’s camp as a PR stunt? Something we may never know the answer to.
Category: Angel SEO, Google, SEO Tests, Search Engines, Twitter
Second Wednesday update – Looking forward to going back in the very near future!
Just a quick post to say thank you to everyone that attended the Second Wednesday event.
All of the feedback has been really helpful and we’ll hopefully see you again very soon for a more advanced SEO talk and advanced SEO Q&A session.
Below we have included the presentation we used from last nights event.
View more presentations from Dave Cain (Angel SEO).
Here are some recent comments we received via twitter.
margaretburrell #Secondwednesday was great again, with an excellent talk by @angelseo.
martinblueprint Great talk tonight from @AngelSEO – Was a great #SecondWednesday Cheers.
l_wiltshire Thinks Dave from @AngelSEO did a brilliant talk to night – really glad I went!!
Category: Angel SEO, Angel SEO Team, Exhibitions, SEO Resources, SEO Videos, Search Engines, Seminars, Website
Angel SEO’s Dave Cain speaking at Second Wednesday
Angel SEO is pleased to announced that our Managing Director and Senior SEO consultant Dave Cain will be appearing at Second Wednesday in Nottingham on Wednesday 8th September 2010. The event will be held at the Mezz bar, Broadway Cinema, Nottingham.
Dave will be speaking about SEO and taking part in a question and answer session during which he will be happy to answer the audiences SEO questions.
Come along and learn about SEO for Free.
Event Details:
Event : Second Wednesday
Date : Wednesday 8th September 2010
Venue : Mezz Bar, Boardway Cinema, Nottingham
Time : 6.30pm
Category: Angel SEO, Angel SEO Team, Seminars
What we listen to while we are SEOing…
So this is a bit of a random post, but we all love music in the office and here is what we are listening to right now while we are working:
Dave – MD and Senior SEO Consultant
Sharon – SEO Consultant
Zoe – Social Medai Exec
Ryan – Marketing Exec
Matt – Web Designer and Programming Consultant
Andy – SEO and Web Design Consultant
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