What You Need To Know About The Latest Search Changes At Google

Since the very inception of Google, links to a website, which come from external websites, have been a critically important ranking factor. Specifically, Google analyzes the number of times other sites have linked to the website, the quality and content of the linking site, the anchor text that is used in the link, and the […]

Free Wifi is Changing Customer Attitudes on the UK High Street

Having spent a morning  in a John Lewis department store cafe because of its free wifi we can identify with these findings. Two in five Britons (39%) say their choice of shopping venue is influenced by wifi connectivity One in 10 shoppers vote with their feet if wifi isn’t available With the popularity of wifi […]

Tea Horse & SeederBoard Win Awards at Launch48’s London Startups Showcase

Last night saw the return of Launch48’s Showcase to London, giving some of the UK’s hottest startups the opportunity to show off to VCs, accelerators, angel investors and the startup community. The awards were judged by seven of the community’s leading figures including Jon Bradford, CEO of Springboard, Ben Tompkins, General Partner with Eden Ventures, […]

Tea Horse & SeederBoard Win Awards at Launch48’s London Startups Showcase

Last night saw the return of Launch48’s Showcase to London, giving some of the UK’s hottest startups the opportunity to show off to VCs, accelerators, angel investors and the startup community. The awards were judged by seven of the community’s leading figures including Jon Bradford, CEO of Springboard, Ben Tompkins, General Partner with Eden Ventures, […]

European Retail Banks Must Not Ignore Social Media, Ovum Warns

Social media presents an opportunity, but many banks are not exploiting it – regardless of changing customer needs. Retail banks are still hesitating to fully integrate social media into their digital marketing strategies, according to a new report from global analysts Ovum. Asia-Pacific and American retail banks are spearheading approaches to social media engagement, believing […]

Superstars and Superfans are Connected through The Social Stars Awards 2013

The Social Star Awards will be the world’s first 24 hour multi-genre social media Awards, presenting 288 Social Stars (that’s an award every 5 minutes) across every country and major genre you can think of. In short, if it’s massive in social, it’s here. The Social Star Awards are based on data from Starcount which […]

Foodie Top 100 Restaurants of The World and Top Restaurants Europe, UK and Asia

Alain Ducasse at the Dorchester, Waterside Inn, The Fat Duck and Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons among the world’s best restaurants as selected by foodie’s editors and top food critics, including Charles Campion, Patricia Wells, Gael Greene, Masuhiro Yamamoto and Ruth Reichl. Glam Media, Inc. the leading vertical social media company and #1 in online global […]

New Social Media Partnership To Boost Entrepreneurship In China

Ashridge Business School and China Value, the Chinese equivalent to the business-oriented social networking site LinkedIn, have partnered to launch a new degree programme to develop the skills of Chinese executives and entrepreneurs. The joint Executive Masters in Management programme is the only partnership of its kind between a Chinese social media company and a top […]

Gartner’s Digital Marketing Spending Survey 2013

Gartner’s Digital Marketing Survey Gartner has published its 2013 Digital Marketing Survey, showing that the top two digital marketing investments for the coming year will be in e-commerce and social media. Indeed, over 40% of the 200 US marketers surveyed stated that social networking, in combination with their corporate website and digital advertising, is key […]

The Saturdays host first ever Google+ hangout #SatsGoogleHangout

On Monday 18th March at 4pm GMT, The Saturdays will partner with Google and YouTube to host their first ever Google+ hangout. The hangout to launch their Google+ profile celebrates the release of their brand new single, ‘What About Us feat. Sean Paul’ (out Mar 17th). The band will be live from the YouTube Space […]