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5 Tips for Local SEO in Manchester

The internet made the world into a 'global village', but that's no reason to turn your back on your local customer base - here are five of our top tip ...

7th July, 2015

Digital Marketing

Chocolate and Politics!

Easter weekend – 4 days filled with chocolate, hot cross buns, walks in the sunshine and of course - love it or hate it - the election campaign! How ...

7th April, 2015

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Hi There! Please allow me to introduce myself…

I’m Brodie Mackenzie and I’m thrilled to be joining the First Internet team as a Digital Marketing Account Manager. My background mainly lies in P ...

31st March, 2015

Development

Make web forms mobile-friendly with autocomplete

Responsive web design is about to become an absolute imperative, as Google are now assessing websites for their mobile-friendly attributes, and will r ...

26th March, 2015

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How VAT MOSS affects web design

You may have heard about the new rules, commonly referred to as VAT MOSS, on the sale of digital products to customers in EU member states. From th ...

5th January, 2015

Development

Arrested development: When to redesign a website

It's easy to think of web development as a one-off, and online marketing as an ongoing process, leading many online brands to commission a relatively ...

28th November, 2014

Digital Marketing

The SEO Nightmare Before Christmas

If the spectre of festive SEO haunts you in the run-up to Christmas, then it's time to start getting scared, because for some people the holiday seaso ...

31st October, 2014

Digital Marketing

All aboard the Panda SEO rollercoaster – again

Just when it seemed like the dust had finally more or less settled from Google's rollout of its Panda SEO algorithm, the search engine giant has annou ...

3rd October, 2014

Digital Marketing

Boom time for online marketing as ecommerce intentions double

Online marketing is undergoing an unprecedented boom time, with many categories of ecommerce seeing buying intentions double and even triple. Accor ...

28th August, 2014

Development

For safety is not a gadget but a state of mind

At First Internet we have had to deal with security issues from time-to-time. We take the protection of our clients data very seriously and always end ...

11th June, 2014

Digital Marketing

Bing’s four steps to SEO and usability success

While Google remain relatively tight-lipped when it comes to individual ranking factors, Bing's senior product manager Duane Forrester has revealed hi ...

19th December, 2013

Digital Marketing

Strengthening the link between social media and SEO

There are various Webmaster Tools platforms to help you manage your SEO campaigns, but knowing how your social media activities interact with your mai ...

28th November, 2013