Advertising, Google, Internet, SEO »

[7 Apr 2009 | No Comment | 517 views]
Search instead of URL?

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that especially on TV there has been an emergence of quoting search terms rather than giving out URLs?
3 prime exampels ive noticed are Act on CO2, More4 and Monsters Vs Aliens

Why? Im assuming

Shorter
Easier to remember
Good for SEO

The marketing teams must definately be earning their salaries because they’re going to have to be all round SEO experts because they dont want to put a tv advertisment out only to find a competitor has taken your top spot. Which moves me onto …

Advertising »

[3 Apr 2009 | 2 Comments | 3,886 views]
A Different Take On Advertising

Billboards, they’re everywhere.
The past few years these have grown enormously and still continue to sell advertising space despite the economic turndown. Im always surprised, as a graphic artist as to the flexibility and ingenius creativity some designers use to put on these boards. Prime example is McDonalds…

This billboard was made of a real lettuce garden growing out of the structure. This is fairly old but its ingenius and to my knowledge the first time a living thing has ever been placed on a billboard.
Lots of marketing departments of companies, especially …

Internet »

[29 Mar 2009 | 2 Comments | 2,391 views]
Mobile Internet on the rise!

On a article on the bbc website recently got me thinking, apparently mobile internet usage is on the up (article here)
As an owner of several websites, what does this new way of viewing information on the go mean for webmasters like me and you?
Well to start you will need to think about mobile browsers as well as the standard IE, FF and Safari complaint standards we all adhere to.
You also need to make sure the way the information is displayed is easy to access, navigate and be flexible. These are …

Graffiti, Property »

[18 Mar 2009 | 24 Comments | 37,923 views]
Banksy: Art or Crime?

One has to remember how though unfavourable to the masses graffiti should be deemed as important socially to remind us that we do have a right to “freedom of speech” and maybe members of your community who wouldn’t necessarily have a voice now has a medium to express their own views in a way that they’re good at, artistically. This is prevalent in hip hop culture where graffiti back in the 60s was used as a form of expression by political activists.
Just to prove how much graffiti has become part …

Google »

[10 Mar 2009 | No Comment | 741 views]
How is the recession effecting Google?

How is the recession effecting your adsense?
Online advertising is growing at an enormous rate so will the recession even effect Google as more companies look to spend their advertising revenue online rather than the traditional way of the newspaper for example?
With the $ not worth much will this increase Googles presence in countries other than the USA as forgeign businesses have more purchasing power?
What do you think? Care to discuss?