/feeds/cisrss.ashx?pid=7067 Welcome to the Connect Blog where you can learn about the wonderful world of Connect and all that happens here. en-gb Connect Internet Solutions What you need to know about the forthcoming changes to Google's Shopping listing service. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_shopping.aspx Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:52:12 GMT What can small ecommerce sites learn from the big players to improve their user experience and make more sales? http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/evolution_of_ecommerce_sites.aspx Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:54:41 GMT Will removing that social media ‘button soup’ get you more Likes in the end? http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/social_media_buttons.aspx Wed, 14 Nov 2012 11:22:21 GMT Are you getting less visitors because Google is presenting your optimised search engine results below the fold? http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_wants_us_all_to_pay.aspx Mon, 06 Aug 2012 09:25:00 GMT The Google Penguin update penalises keyword-filled, generic content; find out how to create valuable content that will make your search engine marketing less vulnerable in the future. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/sharable_content_post-penguin.aspx Wed, 06 Jun 2012 10:15:20 GMT Find out how to give your website visitors the best user experience regardless of whether they are on their phone or at their computer through responsive web design. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/responsive_web_design.aspx Tue, 17 Apr 2012 15:36:52 GMT Find out why you need to add Google+ to your inbound marketing tools today. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/why_google_is_important.aspx Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:03:33 GMT Read how regularly updating your content is going to be as important as search engine optimisation and paid advertising. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/seeing_through_a_pandas_eyes.aspx Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:14:18 GMT Google is no longer passing the query terms of logged in Google users that visit your website. What does this mean for webmasters and search engine optimisation? http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/sorry,_keywords_not_provided.aspx Mon, 07 Nov 2011 11:17:56 GMT Google has changed the way sessions are recorded in Google Analytics. Find out what this might mean for your website. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_analytics_sessions.aspx Fri, 07 Oct 2011 16:52:51 GMT By thinking about how bloggers and journalists misunderstand statistics, we can understand our own websites better. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_v_facebook.aspx Thu, 01 Sep 2011 11:31:24 GMT Looking behind the headline numbers and understanding your audience profile is key in selecting the right social media platforms for your business. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/is_facebook_the_right_platform.aspx Mon, 01 Aug 2011 12:02:07 GMT Ninjas not required; 6 questions to get your social media strategy off to a flying start without the hype. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/social_media_reality_bites.aspx Thu, 14 Jul 2011 10:12:59 GMT The popularity of mobile devices means that it is important that your location details are available to search engines. Here are seven ways that can help you get your website on the map. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/boost_local_search_traffic.aspx Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:33:10 GMT Now is the time to plan how your Twitter Followers and Facebook Fans will become customers and advocates for your brand. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/social_crm.aspx Mon, 23 May 2011 16:39:44 GMT The next version of Google Analytics is now in beta, offering numerous usability improvements and additional tracking capability. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/new_google_analytics.aspx Mon, 11 Apr 2011 09:32:50 GMT Recent figures from Comscore indicate that email usage is falling fast across age ranges; email marketers take note! http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/social_media_killing_email.aspx Wed, 30 Mar 2011 16:21:08 GMT QR codes can be included in your online and offline marketing collateral and are an easy way to attract the ever-growing smartphone audience to your website. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/attract_mobile_visitors.aspx Wed, 23 Feb 2011 16:30:00 GMT If you are using Google Analytics on your website, you can now activate Google Webmaster Tools by verifying your Google Analytics account. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/verifying_google_webmaster.aspx Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:49:53 GMT Learners and tutors mingled with councillors, library staff and business guests to celebrate learndirect's 10th birthday party. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/learndirect’s_10th_birthday.aspx Mon, 13 Dec 2010 09:37:43 GMT How to use Google Webmaster Tools to analyse how effective your search engine results listings are at getting clicks through to your website. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/dont_regret_missed_clicks.aspx Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:09:49 GMT Faster websites offer an excellent experience for visitors and can turn more visits into sales. Start optimising the speed of your website with three handy, free tools. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/tuning_your_sites_speed.aspx Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:17:08 GMT Adding a compelling meta description to your important pages may help drive visitors to your website from search engine results pages (SERPs) instead of them going to your competitors. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/why_is_my_perfect_page_ignored.aspx Mon, 11 Oct 2010 09:18:01 GMT A simple example to prove why Google Trends is an indispensable tool to help you choose the right keywords for your website. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/web_site_or_website.aspx Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:37:12 GMT Microformats, HTML5 and RDFa will be the new glue of the web, allowing semantically structured content to be used productively by search engines and other online applications. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/glue_isnt_sexy.aspx Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:15:44 GMT Savvy businesses have been setting up social media presences to support their existing websites for some time. Going forward, the real winners will be the businesses that truly understand how their different online audience segments access, consume and derive value from all this content. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/where_are_customers_searching.aspx Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:51:02 GMT The Google Analytics Applications Gallery contains a growing number of tools to help you become more efficient with Google Analytics and get more from it. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_analytics_apps_gallery.aspx Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:26:08 GMT Find out which towns in the UK have the highest density of Twitter users. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/twitter_user_density.aspx Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:57:57 GMT MVC encourages developers to break their projects down into manageable, independent components to create code that is elegant, reusable and robust. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/model_view_controller.aspx Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:55:59 GMT Google Website Optimiser puts A/B Split Testing and Multivariate Testing techniques into the hands of all website owners. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_website_optimiser.aspx Tue, 18 May 2010 10:29:14 GMT Take our Google Analytics Health Check and see if you are getting the best from your analytics and your analyst. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/google_analytics_training.aspx Tue, 04 May 2010 12:07:46 GMT HTML 5 and CSS 3 are the latest standards that are hoped to form the bedrock for web design and mark up in the next few years. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/keeping_up_standards.aspx Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:14:18 GMT Google Buzz has been out for a few months now and has settled down after its dramatic and explosive launch. So was it Google's answer to Twitter? Or had they missed the bus? http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/buzz_lightyears_behind.aspx Wed, 14 Apr 2010 10:21:07 GMT Connect has tested the accessibility, standards compliance, functionality, branding and content of a website for the Department of Communities and Local Government (DCLG). http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/dclg_structured_testing.aspx Thu, 01 Apr 2010 09:54:53 GMT The Local Government Association has published its annual list of words for 2010 that public sector websites should avoid using. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/250_words.aspx Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:54:32 GMT With over 80 reports, it can be difficult to easily understand the data in Google Analytics. Here we highlight 3 reports in Google Analytics that immediately help you make your website better. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/test_blog/three_google_reports_to_act_on.aspx Fri, 05 Feb 2010 16:12:12 GMT A content management system lets the people who make the content for your web site, make your web site easily. Find out what to look for when choosing a good content management system. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/what_is_a_cms.aspx Tue, 02 Feb 2010 10:29:47 GMT Add a Google Sitemap to your website to automatically inform search engines about content changes and prompt them to index those changes, assisting your search engine optimisation. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/sitemaps_get_you_found.aspx Fri, 08 Jan 2010 10:31:10 GMT The new Google Chrome Beta offers a fast, user-friendly browser with an set of extensions that makes your web browsing an efficient process. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/shiny_chrome.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:37:34 GMT Using a robots.txt file correctly on your website effectively assists cooperating web spiders in indexing your content. Use it incorrectly and search engine spiders will give a wide berth to your whole website! http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/a_bit_of_an_enigma.aspx Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:15:02 GMT Adding Google Analytics to even a small web site and just viewing the standard reports regularly can help any web site owner understand if their site is doing what they want it to do. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/how_big_are_we.aspx Wed, 25 Nov 2009 11:12:00 GMT The Umbraco content management system makes it easy for non-technical staff to maintain your web site, whilst delivering real cost savings by reducing licence and long-term maintenance costs. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/umbraco_cms.aspx Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:04:04 GMT Adding images to web pages can be problematic, particularly for non-designers. Fortunately, an effectively implemented content management system can not only make this job easier, but reduce the possibilities for error. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/the_curse_of_gerald_scarfe.aspx Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:42:00 GMT Connect's newest learning centre in Ellesmere Port had its first birthday in September. Local learners were joined by the Mayor and Mayoress to celebrate their successes. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/meeting_the_mayor.aspx Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:19:23 GMT A good password should be like having a good lock on a door. It’s the difference between a good, solid five lever deadbolt lock and something that can be opened with a credit card. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/password_security.aspx Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:06:03 GMT Successful websites result from the marriage of great design and robust technical implementation. It is the web designer that brings the creative influence to a web project, working within the boundaries imposed upon them, to strike the balance between form and function. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/creativity.aspx Mon, 24 Aug 2009 16:22:43 GMT Doctors get asked at parties about people’s random ailments. Mechanics get asked about strange noises friends’ cars are making. So it’s not really surprising Web Developers get asked about problems with web sites. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/you_havent_got_mail.aspx Mon, 10 Aug 2009 17:05:02 GMT Sometimes, staying on top of which web software is best for running a content managed web site can seem like a full time job. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/content_management_is_often.aspx Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:24:33 GMT Features that have been removed from Windows Vista and new features included in Windows 7 which went in to Release Candidate on 5th May 2009. http://www.connectinternetsolutions.com/blog/if_it_is_broke,_fix_it.aspx Tue, 12 May 2009 11:07:54 GMT