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How Much Should A Digital Media Agency Charge For SEO?

Posted on January 9th, 2012 at 3:53 pm

Posted in News, Search Engine Optimisation

An infograph has recently been published on a large number of agencies who offer search engine optimisation services and the results are based on how much they charge clients. The findings derive from a global SEO pricing survey by SEOMoz which covered 500 consultancies from around the globe but the below infograph specifically relates to…read more

TriCustard have entered the Fleetwood Triathlon 2011

Posted on September 14th, 2011 at 9:25 pm

Posted in News

The Tension around the office is becoming very apparent with Adam Livermore, Matt Bessent, Tom Cafferkey and Helen Barklam all only one week away from the Fleetwood triathlon event.  The event consists of a 400m swim, followed by a 20km bike finishing with a 5km run. Who’s going to get pre-race nerves? Who’s going to…read more

Social Media Networks To Blame For London Riots: But Is It Really Just A Scapegoat?

Posted on August 9th, 2011 at 11:19 am

Posted in Internet, News

The London riots have dominated media news and headlines for the past three days as well as filling forums and social networking sites. Police have condemned a wave of “copycat criminal activity” in which hundreds of people have attacked officers, damaged vehicles, looted shops, smashed windows and caused thousands if not millions of pounds worth…read more

Google to Clamp Down on Content Farms

Posted on February 25th, 2011 at 12:38 pm

Posted in Internet, News, Search Engine Optimisation

According to reports in the Guardian, Google is making a “pretty big” change that will demote “low-quality” or “shallow” websites from online search engine results, in a move designed to tackle so-called “content farms”. The change, which will affect around 12% of Google search queries in the US, follows pressure from the media industry and…read more

Lord Chief Justice Allows Twitter Use in Court

Posted on December 21st, 2010 at 2:41 pm

Posted in News

Lord Chief Justice for England and Wales has allowed a ruling to say that it is ok to tweet in court. He has said a live text-based communication will be allowed as long as the judge believed it would not interfere with the administration of justice. This ruling was prompted after the use of Twitter…read more

Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg was named Time Person of the Year

Posted on December 16th, 2010 at 10:11 am

Posted in News

Co-Founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg was yesterday named Time Magazine’s 2010 person of the year. Every year Time Magazine gives its desired title to “the person or thing judged to have most influenced the culture and the news during the past year, for good or for ill,” Time journalist Lev Grossman said that Zuckerberg was…read more

Twitter financing values company at $3.7 billion

Posted on December 14th, 2010 at 4:48 pm

Posted in News

Twitter has been valued at $3.7 billion, only one year after it first began serious efforts to make money.   Twitter has raised $200 million of financing in a deal that values the microblogging company at $3.7 billion, less than a year after it began its first serious efforts to make money. Information on reuters.com…read more

Orange launches online balloon race campaign

Posted on November 9th, 2010 at 2:54 pm

Posted in News, Social Media Marketing

Orange Mobile operator has kicked off its’ online balloon race campaign Balloonacy, for the second year running. The award-winning game, which is the first online balloon race of its kind, started yesterday and lasts 10 days until 17th November. Contestants jump from site to site finding balloons that unlock mini games that help you race…read more

Micro-blogging site Twitter features new advertising feature

Posted on November 3rd, 2010 at 4:56 pm

Posted in News, Social Media Marketing

Social media site Twitter has begun a new advertising system which may give online marketing services another way of reaching consumers. The Promoted Tweets scheme allows advertisers to pay to have their messages displayed in individual feeds which the website thinks may be relevant. Announcing the trial on its official blog, the micro-blogging information network…read more

Social Network Myspace launch new site

Posted on October 29th, 2010 at 3:32 pm

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The new MySpace website launches today in a desperate attempt to compete with its rivals Facebook and Bebo. But is it too late? It has been fully revamped in a move aimed at repositioning the company, decided by its owner News Corp. The new site features a completely new interface and drastic change, ditching its…read more