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Future Reaches Digital 'Tipping Point'

Stevie Spring speaks of 'big story' as digital growth outstrips print decline for first time.
Posted: 24 May 2011 Tags : Industry News

Google Predicts Online Display Advertising Growth

Having conquered classified search, Google is targeting display advertising – a move that makes media companies nervous. Google’s Neal Mohan says display advertising influences people’s ...
Posted: 24 May 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Microsoft Buys Skype for $8.5bn in its Biggest Purchase and Gamble Yet

The once-dominant software company has agreed to pay more than three times Skype's valuation just 18 months ago. Microsoft's acquisition of Skype, its biggest ever, is an $8.5bn (£5bn) gamble to ...
Posted: 24 May 2011 Tags : Industry News

Sunday Times Launches 'Social' Rich List

The Sunday Times has launched a "social" version of its flagship Rich List as it ramps up its activities in social media. The listing, which sits outside the News International paywall, will ...
Posted: 24 May 2011 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Creating the UK's own Silicon Valley could be Cameron's Big Bang

UK Government to apply a strategic approach to philanthropy to boost the UK's position in the global giving league table, and Chancellor George Osbourne to visit Silicon Valley, backed Prime ...
Posted: 23 May 2011 Tags : Social Media

LinkedIn Shares Double on Debut

Shares in business networking website LinkedIn have more than doubled on their trading debut in New York, having been priced at $45 each. Its share price hit $122 at one point in the sort of debut rally ...
Posted: 23 May 2011 Tags : Social Media

Online Advertising Breaks Through £4bn Barrier

The internet now accounts for a quarter of all advertising spending in the UK, according to figures.  They show that the value of online advertising grew by 12.8% in 2010, breaking through the £4bn ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Tags : Industry News | Media

Google Launches +1 to Rival Facebook's Like button

Google is today introducing the most significant social feature to its search service yet, adding a one-click button to allow users to recommend sites and share those recommendations with their friends. Plus ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Tags : Social Media

Foursquare Users Double Since Launch of Facebook Places

Foursquare has doubled its users since Facebook Places launched says chief Dennis Crowley. Foursquare’s chief has denied that the launch of Facebook’s rival location service, ‘Places’, ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Tags : Social Media

Traffic to Sites Halved after Google Search Algorithm Change

It has been reported that internet traffic to some sites have halved after the recent Google search algorithm change. Towards the end of February, Google made a significant change in its search algorithm, ...
Posted: 12 Apr 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News

Social Media Drives 12% of all UK Traffic

Faceook and Twitter offer the most popular online content! The most recent internet traffic data released by Experian Hitwise reveals that social media websites account for over 12% of all UK traffic, ...
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 Tags : SEO | Social Media

Facebook is the Most Searched For Brand in the UK

Facebook is the most searched for brand in the UK last year, according to new research. Analytics firm Experian Hitwise has released its list of the top ten most searched for brand names in the UK for ...
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

EU Taking the Biscuit? UK Responds to New Cookie Legislation

Since the warning from the Information Commissioner this week that websites in the UK need to ‘wake up’ to new EU legislation on accessing information on user’s computers, many questions ...
Posted: 24 Mar 2011 Tags : Industry News | Media

Facebook Places Deals: social commerce goes mainstream

Facebook is expanding the frontiers of social commerce into restaurants and shops with a new app for mobile phones.
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 Tags : SEO | Ecommerce | Media | Social Media

Apple could become biggest firm in world by next year, analysts claim

Apple, the technology firm, is on the way to becoming the most valuable firm in the world by 2012, according to analysts.
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 Tags : Industry News | Media

Twitter 'in early talks with potential buyers Facebook and Google'

Loss-making micro-blogging site now valued at $10bn
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Media | Social Media

Yahoo! revenue falls 12pc

Yahoo!, the most-visited US web portal, reported that net income in the fourth quarter doubled to $312m from $153m a year ago, but revenue fell.
Posted: 10 Feb 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News

First Internet Marketing Company To Publish Actual Client Results From SEO

WMG announces results of a client audit to assess the ROI gained from SEO services
Posted: 02 Feb 2011 Tags : Company News | SEO | Industry News

Facebook and Google under pressure over WikiLeaks

Facebook and Google under growing pressure over WikiLeaks
Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Tags :

Mobile Marketing on the Rise

Mobile marketing is set to be the biggest growth marketing channel in 2011
Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Online Search Marketing Services See Click to Call Growth

More and more are using Google's click to call features to include a phone number in their ads.
Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Ecommerce

‘iPad 2’ set for April launch

Apple is expected to release a new version of its touch-screen, tablet-style computer, the iPad, in the spring.
Posted: 10 Jan 2011 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Media

WMG in Strictly Victory!

WMG employee Tom Mcloughlin tangoed his way to a Strictly Come Dancing victory at a charity event in Leeds recently.
Posted: 22 Dec 2010 Tags : Company News

Team WMG Cross the Great North Run Finishing Line

19th September 2010 saw two of the Harrogate WMG’ers don their running shoes and take to the streets of Newcastle to take part in Bupa Great North Runs 30th Anniversary Race
Posted: 08 Oct 2010 Tags : Company News | Media

An Influx of New Talent at WMG

WMG is proud to announce the permanent employment of former interns Brook Chalmers and Rochelle Royal.
Posted: 05 Oct 2010 Tags : Company News

Facebook Mobile Reach 150 Million Users

Facebook Mobile breaks 150 million user mark - hot after breaking 500 million user high
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Tags : SEO | Ecommerce | Social Media

Online Shopping Hits Record High in June

Online commerce continues to excel with online sales rising consistently for the 5th consecutive year
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Where Google Wave Has Failed Others Excel

The plug has been pulled on Google Wave but the company continues to invest in social media acquisitions
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

Google Ads to Allow Advertisers to Use Trademarked Keywords in Europe

Google will allow advertisers to use trademarks as keywords - Google wins case and no doubt greater revenue in future
Posted: 16 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

The WMG Monthly Newsletter

Take the Google Rankings quiz to test your knowledge!
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Adwords versus SEO – a typical online retailer’s story

We picked up on this fascinating account of an online retailer, Michelle Wood,  and her experiences trying different marketing tactics to get her business off the ground. Now, it was published just ...
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Facebook levelling off – albeit at stratospheric levels

Latest stats from Experian-Hitwise show that Facebook is levelling off in the UK
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Google – should we be worrying about life after Google?

There’s been a lot of press about the various failures of Google recently
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Search Update - Google Algorithm Change – Caffeine

In June, shortly after the roll out of Mayday, the algorithm tweak that took into account long-tail phrases and page-load speed, we had Caffeine.
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Search Update - Google Algorithm Change - Mayday

Our clients are still asking us about the recent algorithm changes, and there have been a couple of important ones in the last few months that have affected online retailers.
Posted: 13 Aug 2010 Tags : Industry News

Domino’s Pizza – a Glowing Showcase for Social Media

Domino's Pizza makes full use of social media as marketing tool
Posted: 12 Jul 2010 Tags : Ecommerce | Social Media

Online Sales Rise by 22% - Best Rise in Two Years

Online sales continue to rise - boosted by World Cup
Posted: 21 Jun 2010 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Social networks continue to grow in popularity

Traffic to social networks in the UK beat traffic to search engines in May
Posted: 08 Jun 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Social Media

The Future is Ecommerce - Online Sales Growing

More than half of the UK population shops online and this keeps growing. 2010 to be the year of continued online success
Posted: 08 Jun 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News | Ecommerce

SEO Approved Status from The WebMarketing Group

Get your website fully optimised and SEO Approved
Posted: 02 Jun 2010 Tags : Company News

Brits spending more time online than ever

Breaking research shows that on average we spend a staggering one day a month online
Posted: 19 May 2010 Tags : Industry News

Ecommerce seen as the ‘green’ way to shop

Consumers believe online shopping has great green credentials and cuts down on carbon footprint
Posted: 18 May 2010 Tags : Ecommerce

Creative Use of Google Ads Lands Creative Dream Job

New York based creative uses PPC to land advertising job when industry gurus Googled themselves
Posted: 14 May 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News

The WebMarketing Group Announce Launch of SearchStart

SearchStart - our unique entry level SEO package is launched allowing customers to publish their company and product news
Posted: 12 May 2010 Tags : Company News

Google Revenues Rise as Brands Turn Online

Google sees a 23% rise in revenues as more brands turn online to develop their marketing reach
Posted: 19 Apr 2010 Tags : Industry News

Online Sales Continue to Grow

Online Sales Continue to Grow with year on year growth of 13% in February. Average basket value up 19%
Posted: 15 Apr 2010 Tags : Industry News | Ecommerce

Twitter Launches “Promoted Tweets”

Twitter opens up to advertising and allows brands to use "Promoted Tweets". UK Brands react with interest.
Posted: 14 Apr 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media

General Election makes most of social media as UK parties harness Web 2.0

PPC battles, Twitter feuds - political banter takes to the social media channels but traditional marketing such as email still important
Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Tags : SEO | Media | Social Media | Email Marketing

Social Media not a Threat to Email

Email is still a preferred means of communication despite growth of social media
Posted: 12 Apr 2010 Tags : Industry News | Social Media | Email Marketing

Conservative Party bid and win Gordon Brown

The Tories lead the way in effective PPC management and steal top search results
Posted: 23 Mar 2010 Tags : SEO | Industry News