Archive for January, 2012

The Top Sporting Clubs and Individuals on Twitter Part 2

Published: January 25th, 2012

Part 2 into my investigation of the top official sporting clubs and individuals on twitter, sees county cricket, basketball, ice hockey, speedway teams and snooker players given a low down.

Previously I had looked into the top official sporting clubs in Football, Rugby League, Rugby Union, whilst I’ve also done the top 5 ranking male and female players in Golf, Tennis and Formula 1 drivers. See here

Highest Ranking LV County Championship Cricket Teams On Twitter

Cricket Team Twitter Username No. of Followers Ranking
Durham @durhamcricket 4,864 4
Lancashire @LancsCCC 8,747 1
Middlesex @middlesexccc 1,370 9
Nottinghamshire @TrentBridge 4,710 5
Somerset @SomersetCCC 5,374 3
Surrey @surreycricket 7,371 2
Sussex @sussexccc 4,432 6
Warwickshire @cricketingbears 1,643 8
Worcestershire @worcsccc 2,442 7
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Mobile SEO Strategies for Small Businesses and Big Brands

Published: January 17th, 2012

2011 was a big year for mobile, with Google mobile searches up by 400% on the previous year. In 2009, circa 7.8% of mobile users were searching on their phones, with the majority of these being based around social networking sites, blogs and location based searches such as ‘things to do in..’ and ‘restaurants in…’.

However 2011 saw a big shift in consumer buying trends and mobile users began using mobile internet to place bets and make purchases in their palms. More interesting still; mid last year in the US alone, 32% of users were spending over $100 in a single transaction and these figures are growing rapidly. 2011 saw sales of Smart phones considerably overtake those of PCs, 87.2% and 5.5% comparatively.

The numbers speak for themselves. For those who missed the band wagon the first time round, businesses need to start harnessing the power of mobile web and what better time to start than…oh a few weeks into a New Year.

2012 is exciting as 1998, when Lycos and Ask Jeeves were serious search contenders and nobody was quite sure where the market was heading; the same stands for mobile and those that invest now, will reap the benefits in the coming years.

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Is your SEO Company Damaging your Backlink Profile? Tips for 2012

Published: January 10th, 2012

Top five tips for 2012 to avoid having your domain blacklisted

We all know in SEO that links are a major part of SEO and that Social Media plays an important part of this as ‘Social Noise’ is treated as links by Google. However, do you know exactly what your SEO company is doing with your money every month? Do they understand modern SEO techniques or are they leading you blindly down the Google penalty path?

Over the past 6 months, we have seen a number of businesses contact us looking for a new SEO company to help recover websites which were hit by Panda during 2011. Unfortunately, a significant amount of these sites were suffering from Google Penalties for their primary keywords that will take years of hard work to resolve.

Five Tips to avoid Google Penalties in 2012. Is your link profile safe?

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Online Marketing Copywriter Jobs Leeds Vacancy

Published: January 9th, 2012

Online Marketing Copywriter

We are looking for a copywriter with previous experience to join our Leeds-based office. You will bring your existing copywriting skills and online marketing experience to help build the online presence for a variety of clients in the Blueclaw portfolio.

Reporting to the SEO Manger, you’ll be organised, imaginative and committed to researching new industry specific terminology to use within your work. We are looking for someone with experience writing for a range of different industries from construction and automotive, right across to cheese and toys. If this sounds like the variety you are looking for, then we want to speak to you!

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Link Builder Analyst Job Vacancy

Published: January 9th, 2012

SEO Link Builder

Due to expansion we are looking to recruit a number of link builders to the Blueclaw team. Reporting to the SEO Manager you will work as part of a team building relationships with webmasters of 3rd party websites to acquire backlinks. This position is suitable for those without previous experience, however previous experience will be a distinct advantage.

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