17
Apr
Google Pulling in Movie Information – SERP Overhaul
Is anyone else seeing the likes of this search result for Avatar and other movies?
12
Feb
Using Google Author Stats in Webmaster Tools
In the last week or so, there seems to be a large increase in the number of people seeing their rel=author status approved. I’m not sure exactly when but I’ve also been approved and now show up in the search results.
27
Jan
Distilledathon Taught me to Put the Wheels on First
As some of you may know, Distilled had everyone from all three of our offices in London for the whole of this week. It was an amazing week and I think the whole team learned a lot.
On Wednesday we had what we called a Shipathon, similar to a hackday but the idea being to ship anything that made Distilled better in some way rather than just development ideas. (more…)
08
Dec
The Five Minute Fondle
As some of you may know, Distilled recently ran a hackday with Coppafeel. In the space of a regular working day, one of the fruits of our labour was the infographic below. Coppafeel’s mission is to make more young women aware of the early breast cancer symptoms and hopefully help promote early detection. (more…)
30
Nov
Google Add Price Comparison to SERPS and PPC into Local Listings
I thought I’d throw up a quick post on a something I noticed today. This may or may not be news to you but I noticed some interesting changes to the Google local SERPS; specifically in the travel industry. The search term was “Cape Town Hotels” and the 4 main changes are as follows:
- Ability to selecting your required dates
- Live SERP price updates
- The ability for in SERP price comparison
- Google adwords integration with Google places
I’ll explain each below, but for the record, the search phrase used was “Cape Town Hotels” and using Google .co.uk. (more…)
19
Nov
How Music Travels – The Evolution of Western Dance Music
Click image to open interactive version (via Thomson Holidays).