Archive for February, 2012

F-Commerce Flop? Selling on Facebook

February 20th, 2012 by Lynsey

It’s interesting, we came across this article on the apparent decline in F-commerce for brands on Facebook – just as we had just been having similar conversations ourselves in the office (kicked off when we noticed that the ASOS F-commerce portal seems to have stopped working properly).
F-commerce is basically creating a mini-webpage within your Facebook [...]

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Google.ie Example of Google+ Personalised Search

February 17th, 2012 by Lynsey

Have a look at this, we are noticing these types of SERP’s on logged in Google accounts.
Anyone else experiencing results like this?
Search for “Irish Times” with personal results expanded.

Search for “Irish Times” with personal results hidden.

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Adwords Ad Copy Gems So Much. . . Snow!

February 10th, 2012 by Lynsey

So, looking for inspiration for your Adwords ad copy? Look no further than this example – while searching for “Ski holidays” on Google.ie, we found this beauty.
It’s nearly poetry….

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Google Scam Email?

February 9th, 2012 by Lynsey

Anyone else get one of these recently? These types of emails are not new, but we had to laugh at the nasty streeeeeeetched Google logo on this particular example.
Beware, Google aren’t about to give you £800K. Although it looks like the got the Google London address right.

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Taking Search & TV Very Personally

February 8th, 2012 by Lynsey

Myself and my hubby have been watching a lot of Netflix since the UK/Irish launch a few weeks ago. I have to chuckle when I see what Netflix recommends for us based on what we have watched already – if you are not familiar, Netflix creates a “recommended” stream of content based on what you [...]

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Happy Birthday Charles Dickens

February 7th, 2012 by Lynsey

Google are celebrating Dicken’s 200th birthday today with a Google Doodle – check it out.

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