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It’s said that pictures can say a thousand words – surely this must be every marketers dream! Content marketing was a bit hit in 2011 but in the ever changing world of digital marketing things are always moving, and we at B4D think that visuals are going to make a lot of head way in 2012. Read on for some top ways to get started.

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Much like navigating ice floes in the Arctic circle, designing a website can be hard work. Aside from the coding, the content and the time commitment, actually working out where everything should go is an absolute pain. How big should the logo be? Where should our comment box go? Luckily there is some method to the madness, and it’s not so maddening to work out.

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search engine optimisation, google plus

How about when you searched for something on Google, not only would it bring up all the relevant search results but also what your friends like?  Well this concept is currently being tested as we speak in the United States. Launched just under a month ago, it’s called Search, plus Your World and it incorporates Google+ into everyday search terms.

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web design trends 2012

We are one of the strong believers that the year 2012 will bring new trends in the web designing. In fact, in this highly competitive Industry, every web designer must welcome new trends in order to provide the best quality services to their clients. A professional web designer always looks for innovative ideas, new tools and new trends for giving an edge to his creativity skills. There is a saying – New trends come and go, but only few will leave their mark. It’s really amazing to watch the quick transformation of web designing trends each year.
Last year we did a pretty good summary, and hit the mark in quite a few places. Here, we are making another attempt to predict the new trends that may go and hit the year 2012. Read more…

Computer-Code

If you ask many people outside of the web industry they will likely say that all websites are built equal. I’ve heard such comments as “well some let you buy things and some dont, but essentially they are all the same”. Now go ask people inside the web industry and they will tell you that not all websites are built equally at all. The reason I love this industry so much and have a passion for defining and building the next new website is because of one main underlying reason Read more…

Chris Anderson at TEDYouth, November 19, 2011, New York, NY. Photo: Ryan Lash

If you need a jolt of innovation and enthusiasm on this blustery Bournemouth morning, then this is definitely the video for you. If you have not frequented ted.com or heard of the entrepreneur Chris Anderson then let me be the first to tell you that you are missing out! Let me also be the first to tell you that Read more…

Traffic_Road_At_night

Well not exactly 90% the real figure is 89% but that wouldn’t make for a great headline now would it! So as i’m reading through my various seo blogs and PPC blogs i stumble across this interesting little snipit from the google adwords blog about how studies in Aug 2011 show search ads driving 89% incremental traffic. Lauren Barbato, a member of the Google adwords crew conducted the study and writes Read more…

Social Media is all about Facebook… right? Wrong. Google has finally unveiled Google+, the company’s top secret social media layer that turns the Google search engine into one giant Google social network.

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Top tips to protect yourself online

While we have a lot of fun at our Bournemouth web design agency, (indeed, you could say we were born for it! Ha!) the Internet can be a serious business – especially when it comes to security. Chances are you’ve heard lately about the trouble caused by various ‘hacker collectives’ such as ‘Anonymous’, or even suffered from one of their high-profile hacks, such as the release of confidential data from the PlayStation store.

Anyway, now could be the time to wise up – why not try some of these top tips from OnGuard:

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SEO with Google and social media search has been around for a while, you have obviously seen the twitter results pop up in Google when you search for a specific keyword. Google have now made some modifications to their search algorithms that SEO agencies are looking to take advantage on.

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