NVI blog: SEO, web design and social media

You may have noticed that for some searches, Google features a variety of results, such as news, images, and video. These are “blended” or “universal” search results.
They appear because Google takes your search query, runs it through its other search verticals (images, video, news, etc.), and if it finds relevant results, displays them amongst the [...]

Breaking news: the changing relationship between blogs and mainstream media Panellists: Richard Sambrook, John Kelly and Jonathan Ford
Chair: David Levy

I’ve made it, under cover at the Oxford Social Media Convention 2009, where a host of web boffins will elucidate the social, political, and economic effects of social media. I say under cover, because registration was full when I tried, and I’ve gone anyway to see what I can squeeze into. Wish me luck!

What do you call 19 SEO groaners? This blog post.
What’s likely to get your ship sunk by pirates?
Canonical issues.

An affiliate program, for the uninitiated, is basically an interface between you as an online merchant and affiliates. Affiliates are typically webmasters who want to “monetize their traffic” by placing your advertisements on their blog or website. Payouts to affiliates are typically based on performance, usually on a cost-per-action (CPA) or Revenue Share [...]