ISPs to attend summit at Downing Street

Posted - 18th June 2013 in Internet News

The pressure has been on ISPs to change the current system in the lead up to today's summit at No.10.

by Danielle Middleton

Facebook linked to Google Reader replacement

Posted - 17th June 2013 in Internet News

As Google Reader nears its end, reports suggest Facebook could be creating an alternative.

by James Riches

Facebook to introduce hashtags from today

Posted - 13th June 2013 in Internet News

Facebook will today introduce searchable hashtags, enabling users to quickly find opinions and information on a range of topics.

by Ben Dudley

Larry Page distances Google from PRISM

Posted - 10th June 2013 in Internet News

Larry Page has firmly denied any suggestion that Google allowed the US government access to its servers.

by James Riches

Stricter approach to adult content access

Posted - 4th June 2013 in Internet News

ISPs have criticised the proposal for an opt-in policy for viewing adult content online.

by Danielle Middleton

The Great Firewall of China

Posted - 3rd June 2013 in Internet News

Restricted access only for China's Wikipedia users after a new blocking policy was introduced.

by Danielle Middleton

Rethink on web data plan rejected

Posted - 31st May 2013 in Internet News

Nick Clegg claims that the bill in its current form is "unworkable" and "excessive".

by Lauren Knowles

Wikipedia announces Nearby feature

Posted - 30th May 2013 in Internet News

Wikipedia Nearby launches for beta testing, providing quick access to information on local landmarks.

by Ben Dudley

Apple CEO hints at future

Posted - 29th May 2013 in Internet News

Tim Cook talks 'game changing' new products, wearable tech, and says Apple does not use 'tax gimmicks'.

by Rachel Hand

QR codes to help save car crash victims

Posted - 28th May 2013 in Internet News

Mercedes-Benz vehicles will soon carry QR codes, designed to help in the event of an accident.

by Ben Dudley

Google said to be planning $1 billion Waze bid

Posted - 24th May 2013 in Internet News

Unnamed sources have suggested that Google is on the verge of a $1 billion bid for map software company Waze.

by Ben Dudley

Schmidt says Google supports tax reform

Posted - 20th May 2013 in Internet News

Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has used a column in The Observer to suggest that the search engine is in favour of UK tax reforms.

by James Riches

New Google Maps features leaked

Posted - 15th May 2013 in Internet News

Google appears to have released details of its new Maps earlier than planned, with leaked screenshots seemingly revealing new features.

by James Riches

First ever website to be recreated

Posted - 30th April 2013 in Internet News

CERN are set to recreate the first ever website, marking the 20th anniversary of the internet.

by Ben Dudley

Google acquires news summariser Wavii

Posted - 29th April 2013 in Internet News

Google has purchased Wavii for a rumoured $30 million, and aims to use its natural language processing to aid Knowledge Graph.

by James Riches

BitTorrent Sync to challenge Dropbox

Posted - 25th April 2013 in Internet News

BitTorrent are set to challenge cloud-based file management services such as Dropbox, with P2P sharing BitTorrent Sync.

by Ben Dudley

New Psy video sets YouTube record

Posted - 23rd April 2013 in Internet News

South Korean artist Psy has set a new record for single day YouTube views, with his latest release 'Gentleman'.

by Ben Dudley

Google to focus on big bets in the future

Posted - 19th April 2013 in Internet News

Google to concentrate on innovation with big bets and moon shot projects.

by Lauren Knowles

Growing size of web pages revealed by Google

Posted - 18th April 2013 in Internet News

Google Analytics data has revealed the ever increasing size and speed of the average web page.

by Ben Dudley

Google Person Finder launched in Boston

Posted - 16th April 2013 in Internet News

In the wake of the Boston Marathon attacks, Google Person Finder has launched to assist the area.

by Ben Dudley

WordPress founder plays down botnet attack

Posted - 15th April 2013 in Internet News

Matt Mullenweg suggests issue has been blown out of proportion, and advises users to update their privacy settings.

by James Riches

Publishers predict digital revenue growth

Posted - 9th April 2013 in Internet News

An Association of Online Publishers (AOP) survey suggests the industry is predicting a 15 per cent increase in digital revenue for 2013.

by James Riches

Internet speed slowed by biggest ever attack

Posted - 28th March 2013 in Internet News

A cyber attack which has been called the 'biggest in history' has slowed internet speeds around the world.

by Ben Dudley

Google seeks UK entrepreneurs

Posted - 25th March 2013 in Internet News

The Google Global Impact Challenge will award £500,000 each to four UK entrepreneurs.

by James Riches

Google boss urges global internet freedom

Posted - 22nd March 2013 in Internet News

Executive chairman Eric Schmidt wants governments to adopt a hands-off approach to internet regulation.

by Lauren Knowles

One billion monthly users for YouTube

Posted - 21st March 2013 in Internet News

YouTube has announced that the website now has a billion monthly users.

by Ben Dudley

Apple poaches Adobe CTO

Posted - 20th March 2013 in Internet News

Kevin Lynch, cloud expert and Flash advocate, will join Apple as vice president of technology.

by Rachel Hand

EA CEO John Riccitiello resigns

Posted - 19th March 2013 in Internet News

The CEO of Electronic Arts has stepped down, following weeks of criticism for the company's new Sim City release.

by Ben Dudley

Google Reader to be discontinued

Posted - 14th March 2013 in Internet News

Google Reader will be discontinued later this year, with the popular service coming to an end on July 1.

by Ben Dudley

Google fined for Street View data harvesting

Posted - 13th March 2013 in Internet News

Search giant will pay $7m, retrain staff and launch ad campaign in a settlement with 38 US states.

by Rachel Hand

Google Plus zooms in on images

Posted - 17th December 2012 in Design, Facebook, Google, Internet News, Online Marketing, Social Media, Social Networking

Images are at the heart of online communities - and therefore an essential part of digital success.

by Liane Baddeley

UK's September search story

Posted - 27th September 2012 in Google, Internet News, Search News

Find out what the UK has been searching for online this month, including royal photos, social media hoaxes and the new iPhone 5.

by James Riches

Google, simplicity and research

Posted - 31st August 2012 in Design, Google, Internet, Internet News, Search News, SEO

Is Google's focus on simplicity and popular content making it hard to find obscure information?

by Liane Baddeley

Google spring cleaning continues

Posted - 17th July 2012 in Google, Internet News

Google's July spring clean waves goodbye to Google Video and iGoogle, among others.

by Liane Baddeley

Google Plus Local offers new social angle

Posted - 19th June 2012 in Design, Google, Internet News, Search News, SEO, Social Media

Google+ Local may be the key to making Google+ a genuinely useful service.

by Liane Baddeley

Google Knowledge Graph: Changing the face of search results

Posted - 22nd May 2012 in SEO, Design, Internet News, Google, Search News

Knowledge Graph results for comedian and actor Eddie Izzard are shown on the rightOn 16 May 2012, ..

by Liane Baddeley

Wikipedia reveals differences between Google and Bing

Posted - 10th May 2012 in SEO, Internet News, Google, Search News

Source: Conductor.comDespite a study in February 2012 indicating that Wikipedia pages appear in 99 ..

by Liane Baddeley

Mobile web or Responsive Web Design?

Posted - 21st February 2012 in Design, Mobile Marketing, Internet News, Browsers

Same goal, different methodA boom in mobile technology in recent years means that the internet can ..

by Chris Au

Google+ first impressions - better than Facebook?

Posted - 15th July 2011 in Social Media, Internet News, Google, Social Networking, Facebook

Is Google+ better than Facebook?That's the question being asked by everyone in social media ..

by Richard Frost

The growth of long tail and Google Instant

Posted - 16th February 2011 in SEO, Internet News, Online Marketing, Google, Internet, Search News, Manchester

More people are searching for long tailsLong tails are less competitive and more likely to ..

by Richard Frost

theEweekly Wrap - Schmidt, Facebook Places and Yahoo

Posted - 20th August 2010 in SEO, PPC, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google, Twitter, Social Networking, Facebook

Schmidt on the social Google boss Eric Schmidt shared a warning with social media users this week, ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Android, Google and Twitter

Posted - 13th August 2010 in Design, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Twitter, Search News, Technology, Microsoft, Apple, Browsers

Android uprisingApple's iPhone woes continued this week after statistics revealed that ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Social media, Google Wave, Google AdWords

Posted - 6th August 2010 in SEO, PPC, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google, Twitter

On the social clockEmployers in the UK will be taking a long look at their staff's internet history ..

by Tom Mason

Social Media. Sorted.

Posted - 29th July 2010 in Copywriting, Internet News, Online Marketing, Twitter, Internet, Social Networking, Team News, Technology, Client News, Viral Marketing, Manchester

Social media marketing is important to us here at theEword. We know the discipline may be ..

by Richard Frost

theEweekly Wrap - Social media sorted, Facebook and Yahoo

Posted - 23rd July 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Search News, Facebook, Yahoo

Social Media ManchestertheEword unveiled the 'Social Media. Sorted' event this week. Hosted in ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Tweetdeck, Google and Facebook

Posted - 16th July 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google, Twitter, Facebook

Tweetdeck triumphTweetdeck, the social media monitoring software surpassed 15 million desktop ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Apple, Google and Facebook

Posted - 25th June 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google, Search News, Facebook

Apple of the dayIt's been a massive week for iPhone news. With companies desperate to jump onto ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Google property, WordPress 3.0 and Twitter downtime

Posted - 18th June 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Twitter, Search News

A place in the SERPsGoogle got onto the property ladder this week, launching its long-awaited ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Google, Apple and FourSquare

Posted - 14th June 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Search News, Microsoft, Apple

Lick of paintGoogle annoyed nearly everyone in the SEO industry this week after revealing a new ..

by Tom Mason

Search engine results celebrities

Posted - 8th June 2010 in SEO, Internet News, Google, Search News, Viral Marketing, Yahoo

Yahoo announced today that they have signed up international football icon David Beckham for a new ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Paid links, Facebook and Apple

Posted - 27th May 2010 in SEO, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Facebook

Pay warGoogle got its war paint on this week in response to the news that a major UK newspaper was ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - theEword video diary, PPC jobs and Facebook

Posted - 14th May 2010 in PPC, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Facebook

Diary of an SEO companyThis week theEword team started work on its very own video diary series. The ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Google changes, UK election, browser changes

Posted - 7th May 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Search News, Facebook, Microsoft

Spring SERPsGoogle continued its spring clean by revealing a host of new features on its SERPs and ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - SAScon, SEO copywriting and SM language

Posted - 30th April 2010 in Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Search News

SEO comes to ManchesterThe SEO Manchester community gather in the Bridgewater Hall this week for ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Google, Mobile Marketing, Apple

Posted - 23rd April 2010 in Mobile Marketing, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Facebook

Spiderwebs A Google Webmaster Help thread has shed light on how often the search engine's spider ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Bebo, The Telegraph and Apple's iAd

Posted - 9th April 2010 in SEO, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Internet News, Google

Bebo bye-byeBebo, the struggling social media network, is in danger of being closed down after AOL ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - MySpace, marketing and internet privacy

Posted - 1st April 2010 in SEO, PPC, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google

Don't stop believingFlagging social network MySpace has teamed up with hit US drama Glee in an ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Google and China, Twitter spam and Yahoo mobile

Posted - 25th March 2010 in SEO, Mobile Marketing, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Google, Twitter

Google's gambleGoogle followed through on its threat to stop censoring results from the Chinese ..

by Tom Mason

theEweekly Wrap - Manchester Masters, Foursquare and Facebook

Posted - 19th March 2010 in SEO, Social Media, Internet News, Weekly Wrap, Online Marketing, Google, Facebook

Sorry to see you McC-leaveToday marks the departure of Rick Roberts and Emily McCleave, the two ..

by Tom Mason

Happy birthday dotcom

Posted - 15th March 2010 in Internet News, Internet

Today marks the silver anniversary of the internet and 25-years ago, the first dotcom name was ..

by Tom Mason