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A Goodbye Song for Google Reader Closing

A Goodbye Song for Google Reader Closing

You no doubt already know that Google Reader closing will happen on July 1st given that massive coverage it's had on Mashable, Daily Mail, Lifehacker and hundreds of other well known blogs and news sites.The alternatives to Google Reader have been covered literally everywhere  so I won't bore … Read More

Twitter Location Lookup Tool

Twitter Location Lookup Tool

Ever wanted to find people you follow on Twitter, or that follow you, within a certain city or location?I've wanted to do this a few times.I've got a ticket for Mozcon this year to which, incidentally, I MIGHT wear my kilt so people can laugh at the traditional Scottish attire whilst they l… Read More

What is a Static Site Generator?

What is a Static Site Generator?

I've been noticing a lot of chatter about static site generators over the last couple of months and they sounded like an intriguing topic so I decided to dive straight in and have a go for myself. What is a Static Site Generator and Why Would You Want to Use One? A static site generator is a tool… Read More

Free CSS Moustaches

Free CSS Moustaches

Not many people can say they haven't found themselves in desperate need of a CSS moustache at some point in time can they?Perhaps you were involved in Movember. Perhaps you wanted to place a CSS moustache tattoo onto a CSS forefinger. Perhaps you wanted to make one appear when a user rolls over… Read More

All Our Websites Are 100% Horsemeat Free

All Our Websites Are 100% Horsemeat Free

At Hit Reach we take the needs of our clients and the quality of our work extremely seriously.Due to all the recent news reports we felt compelled to be able to assure our customers that all of the websites we build and the SEO campaigns we conduct are completely Horsemeat Free.Just one of … Read More

SEO Vine Video Series Ideas

SEO Vine Video Series Ideas

With everyone speculating about how brands can use Vine effectively here's the results of a short brainstorming session for the SEO industry.Got an idea? Add in the comments.Idea 1: Beal Keels Where @AndyBeal films himself falling over at different SEO conferences. Idea 2: Barone's Trombo… Read More

Grow Your Brand – Always Be Consolidating (ABC)

Grow Your Brand – Always Be Consolidating (ABC)

If you’ve seen the film Glengarry Glen Ross you’ll already know the phrase; Always Be Closing or ABC for short.It’s a great film, which is fortunate as I was made to watch it, unpaid, in my first job in sales, but that’s another story.Come to think of it, I was also left in the … Read More

How to Make Your Website More Interesting and Linkworthy

How to Make Your Website More Interesting and Linkworthy

As the lines blur between Web Design, CRO, SEO, UX, UI, Content, and other disciplines there's one thing that's central to them all. Your website.We all know that on site activities like reducing bounce rates and increasing time on site as well as off site factors like social sharing and links … Read More

The road to influence. Be Liked. Be Trusted.

The road to influence. Be Liked. Be Trusted.

Overview I've enlisted the help of some clever people to determine the role that being Trusted and Liked plays within the realm of Influence.We’ve compiled a list of techniques you can start using straight away to build your own influence level (ignore semantics for now) and I’ll try to up… Read More

Algorithm updates, Spam and What to expect in 2013

Algorithm updates, Spam and What to expect in 2013

This is a contribution by Scott Mclay, author of one of the most popular link building posts ever on SEOMoz, gamer and builder of fast Beetles. I've heard Scott talk at a few local SEO events we both attend in Scotland and he's a clever and genuinely nice guy. You can follow him on Twitter here… Read More

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