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How can I optimise every page of my site?
Have you ever wondered how much of what you do is unnoticed?
Every day in the UK good work escapes praise. People get ignored and services get forgotten. Answers get lost and questions remain unanswered. It’s life..but it shouldn’t be, especially when it comes to your business’ website.
We’ve had loads of enquiries about getting your site [...]
Life Without Facebook
Just five months after announcing the 400 million mark “as of this morning, 500 million people…are actively using Facebook to stay connected with their friends and the people around them,” Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, said on Wednesday.
Speaking to The Guardian this week Zuckerberg talked about the future of Facebook, “If we succeed [in [...]
SEO & Social Media to renew their wedding vows
SEO and Social Media got married a while ago. The wedding was great, PR (the mother of the bride) got drunk and PPC kept quiet when the question was asked.
Not long after the wedding, baby ‘online reputation management’ was born. Everyone was happy and a long life together seemed on the cards.
The problem is, as [...]
How the Rauol Moat story shows the limitless potential of social media.
Quba account executive Jon Eaton discusses how the Rauol Moat case shows the power of Social Media in reporting live events and exposing the unknown.
In the three weeks since Rauol Moat went on the run 700 pages on Facebook have been created, tens of millions of tweets have been tweeted and upwards of [...]
Sheffield for UK City of Culture
In a few hours the winner of UK City of Culture will be announced. Sheffield is amongst the four finalists competing for the honour against Birmingham, Norwich and Derry, with the winning city’s economy looking to benefit in the region of £200m.
What I learned from a social media legend
Yesterday I attended the first day of a two day event in Doncaster called Learnpod10. The informal, podcamp (participant-driven conference) style event was intended as a space for education professionals and social media enthusiasts to “come together for a free and informal exchange of practice and ideas”.
The event was organised by Quba alum Rob Wilmot and the [...]
What is PageRank?
PageRank was patented by Google founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they founded Google way back in 1998.
It is an algorithm that determines how popular a website is, assigning a ranking to a page depending on how likely a user is likely to come across it by randomly clicking links on the website. [...]
The 5 Things I’d Change on Cartier’s Website
I’m sorry to break the news to my family in this way, but I’ve fallen in love again. I feel giddy and young every time I look into the face of my new romance. Without further adieu let me introduce this marriage wrecker…the new Calibre de Cartier 1904 MC:
After seeing the watch advertised I had [...]
Step by step guide to building a Social Media strategy for your business
A presentation on creating a Social Media strategy for your own business:
- Listening: why and how (free tools)
- Defining goals: what do you want to achieve?
- Tracking success: What to track and how (free tools)
- Content strategy: create a simple content strategy for your business
- Creating platforms: How to optimise your chosen platforms
- Engaging: Best practice for engaging with your community
What is Facebook’s Open Graph?
Facebook recently announced the launch of their “Open Graph” platform. The open graph allows Facebook to connect the disparate corners of the Web that other social sites are building. “Yelp is mapping out the part of the graph that relates to small businesses. Pandora is mapping out the part of the graph that relates to [...]
