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WMG Clients Flying High after a Successful December

It was a happy Christmas for WMG and its clients this year as we bucked the trend of retail doom and gloom and helped clients achieve an average increase in revenue of 54% compared to December 2010.
Posted: 07 Feb 2012
Tags : Ecommerce | WMG

Best Practices on Google+ for Maximum SEO Benefit

Google + has been with us for a while now, though it has recently become more apparent how Google are planning to incorporate it into search. We've broken down some of the key points to get the most SEO value from it
Posted: 26 Jan 2012
Tags : Google | Social Media | Online Reputation Management

Welcome to London! The WebMarketing Group Opens New Office in the Capital

To celebrate a successful 2011, The WebMarketing Group opened a new office in London this month. We're pretty excited about it...
Posted: 20 Jan 2012
Tags : WMG

7 New Year’s Resolutions for Your SEO Efforts

A new year and new resolutions. Here are 7 New Year's Resolutions to keep your SEO on the straight and narrow in 2012...
Posted: 05 Jan 2012
Tags : SEO | Blogging

Top 5 WMG Blog Posts of 2011

A look back at the most popular posts from the WMG Blog in 2011...
Posted: 30 Dec 2011
Tags : SEO | Blogging

SEO Predictions for 2012 - Don’t Get Left Behind!

So it’s that time of year again. Festive cheer, sprinkles of snow and SEO predictions that could well leave us with egg on our face come this time next year. Enjoy!
Posted: 22 Dec 2011
Tags : Internet Marketing | SEO

How to Use Pinterest as a Link Building Resource

Pinterest is the new kid on the link building block, providing a great new platform and community which groups great websites in specific niches. We show you how to use it as a link building resource.
Posted: 15 Dec 2011
Tags : Internet Marketing | Link Building | Social Media

Top 5 SEO Posts from November

Check out our favourites SEO blog posts from November...
Posted: 09 Dec 2011
Tags : Internet Marketing | SEO

HMV Announce 2011 X Factor Winner’s Single: Fix, Mistake or Sneaky SEO?

HMV unwittingly published Amelia Lilly as the winner of the X Factor 2011 5 days before the final. But was it a mistake or some SEO trickery?
Posted: 07 Dec 2011
Tags : Internet Marketing | Google | Ecommerce

Movember Says Goodbye for Another Year – Jolly Good ‘Tache!

Check out the Movember moustaches from the WMG team after a month of hairy faces...
Posted: 01 Dec 2011
Tags : Charity

Cheerio Yahoo Site Explorer, It’s Been Emotional

Last week Yahoo finally lay to rest the tool which has kept SEOs up to speed with the complexion of the web since 2005. Yahoo Site Explorer has been used by Search Marketers for more than 6 years as the ...
Posted: 30 Nov 2011

You & The New Google Analytics: It’s Time to Make Friends

In April Google unveiled the new version of Google Analytics. This will become the default in January so we look at some of the positives and negatives.
Posted: 22 Nov 2011
Tags : Google | Analytics

Link Building Approaches: Everyone Needs a Brazilian Striker

Who is the Brazilian Striker and what has he got to do with link building? Read on...
Posted: 17 Nov 2011
Tags : Link Building

Social Media ROI – Virgin Show Us How it’s Done at Qantas’ Expense

Virgin show everyone how it's done by taking advantage of Qantas' mistakes and generating huge ROI from their Facebook page
Posted: 16 Nov 2011
Tags : Social Media | Online Reputation Management

Google Freshness Update - What's all the Fuss About?

Last week Google introduced a freshness update which is expected to impact around 35% of search queries. The update aims to build on Google’s previous Caffeine update and will result in much fresher results for queries which Google feels warrants the ‘freshness’ treatment.
Posted: 14 Nov 2011
Tags : Online Reputation Management | Google

WebMarketing Group at the SearchLove Conference

Ian and Chris, members of the SEO Account Team here at WMG, recently attended the Search Love conference in London run by the guys at Distilled and SEOMoz. here's what they got up to...
Posted: 10 Nov 2011
Tags : SEO | Conferences

Movember Magic at WMG: Attack of the Tache!

The WMG men are getting involved in Movember, a campaign run to raise money and awareness of men’s health issues, in particular prostate cancer. All that’s required is to grow a nice healthy moustache for the duration of November and collect a few pennies along the way!
Posted: 04 Nov 2011

What’s on Your Social Media Wish List?

Social media is a huge part of what we do these days and it’s become a viable marketing channel for sharing links and content, driving high basket-value traffic, attracting potential customers and ...
Posted: 31 Oct 2011
Tags : Internet Marketing | SEO | Social Media

WMG Making a Difference with 2011 Charity Runs

WMG staff have been helping to save lives this year with a number of different charity runs which have all received generous sponsorship from the WMG piggy bank.  We’ve supported many charity ...
Posted: 31 Oct 2011

The Best Practice for Link Directories

In the past 10 years, the world of link directory submissions have changed dramatically and submitting your URL to directory websites could actually harm your SEO efforts.  With the World Wide Web ...
Posted: 28 Oct 2011
Tags : SEO | Link Building