Archive for March, 2008

Special offer from Netmotivated: Register .info domains for just £3.99!

Friday, March 28th, 2008

Now the Internet’s 6th largest TLD with nearly 5 million registered names, .INFO makes it easier for registrants to get the name they want in an extension that enjoys broad acceptance on a global scale. Netmotivated is currently offering a special deal on new one-year registrations for this domain. Get a ...

An energy efficient Google search site?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

The next time you want to search for something on the web, try going to ‘www.blackle.com’ instead of your usual search engine. The page you get looks remarkably like Google, and queries you type in are fed through to Google, but there’s one obvious difference. Instead of the ...

Do I really Need a Website?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

My answer will always be the same answer, Yes, if you are in business, no matter what type or how small, you should have a website, if you don't you could be losing business to competitors that do. However, it's not enough that you just have a website. You must have ...

Negative SEO - What Can Google Do?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Perhaps you've heard about "Negative SEO" or "Google bowling," where your competitors use spam techniques seemingly on your behalf to knock down your site. Ethically-challenged search marketers are once again bringing a black eye to the industry by intentionally using spam techniques to get their competitors penalized. And what can ...

Does your website look like spam to search engines?

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

Is your website nowhere to be seen in Google? It might be that Google doesn't like your website because it looks like spam. Check the following list to find out whether your website might look like spam or not. 1. Domain name factors that can indicate a spammy website: The ...

Eric Schmidt: MicroHoo Deal Could ‘Break’ the Internet

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

Google CEO Eric Schmidt tells Portfolio's Russ Mitchell that a Microsoft-Yahoo deal could "break the internet." Was he kidding? Apparently not. http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/03/eric-schmidt-mi.html

Are your AdWords results getting worse?

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

If you find ...

Changes to Billing Method for Web Hosting Accounts

Friday, March 21st, 2008

Netmotivated has joined forces with Secpay to handle credit/debit card billing and with immediate effect has ceased to use Worldpay as it's primary card processing provider. How does this affect you? ---------------------------------- Anyone who has purchased services with Netmotivated since 15th November 2007 using a credit/debit card will have generated a 'Worldpay Futurepay ...

Pay-per-click Spyware and Other Scams

Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Tips on avoiding and detecting If you thought click fraud was bad, consider this: your Google AdWords, Yahoo! Search Marketing ads and Microsoft adCenter accounts are new targets for spyware applications, hackers and scam artists. Read the full article: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articles/688/Pay-per-click-Spyware-and-Other-Scams/

How come SEO experts own sites do not rank well?

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Many of our website customers ask us about optimising their websites for better rankings in search engines. They are often courted by various Search Engine Optimisations 'specialists' trying to make them part with hard earned cash with empty promises of guaranteed high rankings. A question to our customers is always 'How ...