<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Latest Web Design News, Blog Post And Updates From Doublespark</title><description>Stay up-to-date with all the latest Web Design and Search Engine Optimisation news and headlines. Browse news stories and blog posts for the latest social media updates, online marketing tips, design intelligence and much more. We trawl the most relevant, interesting stories from across the web and other media, and update these pages regularly.</description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/</link><language>en</language><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:35:00 +0100</pubDate><generator>Contao Open Source CMS - Extension summarizeFeeds</generator><atom:link href="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/multi-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /><item><title>BrightonSEO 2013</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/brightonseologo-78fc1017.png" border="0" /><p>Last week we attended the brightonSEO conference in yes you guessed it, Brighton! The first day consisted of a full days workshop 'Advanced Link Building Techniques'. The second day consisted of...</p>]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/brightonseo-2013</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:35:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/brightonseo-2013</guid></item><item><title>Surviving Google’s Penguin Updates</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/panda-penguin-2be0c4cc.png" border="0" /><p>Every time Google announces an upcoming major algorithmic update, website owners start getting edgy. This is true no matter how big or small a website may be and whether the website owner practices black hat SEO or not. Horror stories about legitimate websites getting...</p>]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/surviving-googles-penguin-updates</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 12:21:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/surviving-googles-penguin-updates</guid></item><item><title>LinkLove London 2013</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/linklove-london-2013-small-63065394.png" border="0" /><p>Tickets booked for LinkLove 2013, as in previous years that we have attended we are looking forward to actionable insights from the experts.</p>]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/linklove-london-2013</link><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 09:34:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/linklove-london-2013</guid></item><item><title>Think Visibility - The UK's Best Search, Social Media &amp; Affiliate Conference</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/think-visibility-669125f2.png" border="0" /><p>Tickets booked for the Think Visibility conference which features some fantastic speakers from the world of SEO, Affiliates, Analytics, Usability and more...</p>]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/think-visibility-the-uks-best-search-social-media-affiliate-conference</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 09:17:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/think-visibility-the-uks-best-search-social-media-affiliate-conference</guid></item><item><title>From the top of Google to closing the doors - the importance of good external links and the dangers of poor quality links</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/goodbye-and-thank-you-from-the-childrens-furniture-company-d91c8577.png" border="0" /><p>There was recently an alarming story of a small company forced to close the doors of its business after Google demoted it into 'nowhere land'. Before we discuss what led to this disastrous event, we will explore the differences between...</p>]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/from-the-top-of-google-to-closing-the-doors-the-importance-of-good-external-links-and-the-dangers-of-poor-quality-links-234</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2012 10:23:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/from-the-top-of-google-to-closing-the-doors-the-importance-of-good-external-links-and-the-dangers-of-poor-quality-links-234</guid></item><item><title>The Psychology of Link Building Meet-up London 2012</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/richard-petersen-d59b2c35.jpg" border="0" /><p>Our in-house SEO & Social Media Guru, Richard attended the the Psychology of Link Building Meet-up London 2012</p> <p>It was Distilled’s second meet-up, this time they partnered with...</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/the-psychology-of-link-building-meet-up-london-2012</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/the-psychology-of-link-building-meet-up-london-2012</guid></item><item><title>Mike Essex from Koozai</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/mike-essex-821658e0.jpg" border="0" /><p>Mikes main focus in his talk was “Think people not website”. Discussing how competitive the SERPS are at the moment. Gaining a link from the Guardian is far better than hundreds of directories because it’s a trusted source. That said reporters don’t like....</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/mike-essex-from-koozai</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 12:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/mike-essex-from-koozai</guid></item><item><title>Annabel Hodges from OMD</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/annabel-hodges-1fe17250.jpg" border="0" /><p>Annabel is someone who isn’t necessarily bothered by rankings and is more focused on gaining traffic and building the brand. She advises people away from immediately requesting links from site. To also recommends submitting and optimising Google places listing which also work in conjunction with...</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/annabel-hodges-from-omd</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:50:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/annabel-hodges-from-omd</guid></item><item><title>Phil Nottingham from Distilled</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/phil-nottingham-d1171574.jpg" border="0" /><p>Phil was a bundle of enthusiasm and is a great believer of the benefits video can make to your SEO background. Maybe a bit bias based on his history in drama, film and theatre production Phil took us through the steps of making the most out of...</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/phil-nottingham-from-distilled</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:40:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/phil-nottingham-from-distilled</guid></item><item><title>New 'The team' photographs</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/the-doublespark-team-09757c68.jpg" border="0" /><p>Back in December, on the day of our Christmas party, we had a 3 hour session with our new photographer Chris, with Leigh taking on his usual role of Art...</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/new-the-team-photographs</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/new-the-team-photographs</guid></item><item><title>A New Year, a new website</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/doublespark-web-design-v1-682e9fc9.jpg" border="0" /><p>Our 1st site launched in September 2005 and served us well. After being in the planning stage for over 2 years and in development for over 8 months, today we formally launch our new site, New features include...</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/a-new-year-a-new-website</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:01:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/news/a-new-year-a-new-website</guid></item><item><title>What your website design says about you</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/website-designs-04e4c739.jpg" border="0" /><p>It is hard to believe that the first proper website went online as recently as 1991 and now there are billions of pages fighting for attention. Of course the Home Page is by far the most important as it is your company’s shop window.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/what-your-website-design-says-about-you</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:54:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/what-your-website-design-says-about-you</guid></item><item><title>Horses for courses - why web copy is different to print copy</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/web-copy-9085b9cf.jpg" border="0" /><p>The perceived value of copy has gone down over the last 10 years since the emergence of the Internet. The perception is that copy is cheap and that what was once considered a genuine skill is no more than a collection of key words, key phrases and Ad words.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/horses-for-courses-why-web-copy-is-different-to-print-copy</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 13:53:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/horses-for-courses-why-web-copy-is-different-to-print-copy</guid></item><item><title>Double the spark, double the bang?</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/microsites-seo-51684be2.jpg" border="0" /><p>If it is done well, publishing shadow websites or decoy websites or micro websites can drive more customers to the principal website.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/double-the-spark-double-the-bang</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 13:51:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/double-the-spark-double-the-bang</guid></item><item><title>Importance of page rank in SEO</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/page-rank-1e730fcb.jpg" border="0" /><p>Are you looking for some effective SEO tips and techniques that will make your site easily available to the potential customers? Consider working on page ranks as they are really important in determining the overall position or ranking of your website on the popular search engines.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/importance-of-page-rank-in-seo</link><pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/importance-of-page-rank-in-seo</guid></item><item><title>Being Up to Date With Content</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/blog-writing-0c90d8d8.jpg" border="0" /><p>For people who maintain blogs, it would be fine to write about anything you wish. But bear in mind, people today are after updated information. Preferably, you should have a reliable source such as Google or Yahoo news to which you can use as reference. You don’t have to rewrite what you read.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/being-up-to-date-with-content</link><pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:50:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/being-up-to-date-with-content</guid></item><item><title>Google Adsense: All About Ad Placement</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/google-adsense-bf58a483.jpg" border="0" /><p>If you happen to have a website and want to generate income from it using Google adsense, it would be wise to determine how you place your ads.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/google-adsense-all-about-ad-placement</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:49:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/google-adsense-all-about-ad-placement</guid></item><item><title>Can Directory Maximizers Really Drive in Traffic?</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/directories-5a1b8515.jpg" border="0" /><p>For people who want to get traffic in a hurry, some pay third party companies in directory submissions. Some charge a reasonable rate, sometimes at 4 cents per directory and considering that there are a large number of directories on the web today, it is bound to escalate.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/can-directory-maximizers-really-drive-in-traffic</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:48:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/can-directory-maximizers-really-drive-in-traffic</guid></item><item><title>SEO is An Art and Test of Patience</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/seo-d87f0ee4.jpg" border="0" /><p>So you have your site up and the next thing you want to know is for the whole world to know that you exist. How do you go about it? Well for starters, don’t expect an overnight success as far as obtaining a well-optimized site is concerned.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/seo-is-an-art-and-test-of-patience</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2011 13:47:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/seo-is-an-art-and-test-of-patience</guid></item><item><title>Avoid Using Excessive Web Design Scripts</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/website-scripts-1c2d76ad.jpg" border="0" /><p>Turning to the different scripting techniques to make your website stand out above the rest of website designs today may be something that will not always be good.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/avoid-using-excessive-web-design-scripts</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 13:46:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/avoid-using-excessive-web-design-scripts</guid></item><item><title>Advertisers will Find You</title><description><![CDATA[<img src="http://www.doublespark.co.uk/system/html/advertising-84fb7bae.jpg" border="0" /><p>While there are various commercial sites where you can generate income from your site, bear in mind that there are also private ones who may want to advertise on your site.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/advertisers-will-find-you</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:44:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/advertisers-will-find-you</guid></item><item><title>Choosing between Blog Sites or Websites</title><description><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to putting up sites these days, we can see a fair amount of people left with two choices, blog sites or websites. Some may ask what is the difference between the two since they can both be hosted using any domain and maintained using the standard ways of search engine optimization. Between the two, it seems that blog sites are easier to maintain since with software such as Wordpress or TypePad, you can easily just compose and save your blog entries and even add an image or two and you can start building on rapport on the web.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/choosing-between-blog-sites-or-websites</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 13:43:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/choosing-between-blog-sites-or-websites</guid></item><item><title>Domain Names can Make a Difference</title><description><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to being among the optimized and top preferences that will come up when it comes to searching for certain topics, people who are planning to put up websites should focus a lot on unique domain names. This makes it more user-friendly and easier find, especially if you want your target visitors to easily find you on the web.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/domain-names-can-make-a-difference</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 13:42:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/domain-names-can-make-a-difference</guid></item><item><title>A Closer Look at Web Accessibility</title><description><![CDATA[<p>Last time I posted about the importance of web accessibility. I mentioned how other users, aside from the disabled and partially disabled, could benefit from web accessibility. As a web designer though that is not very familiar with web accessibility you should realize that there is a pretty wide range of disabilities to address including.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/a-closer-look-at-web-accessibility</link><pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:10:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/a-closer-look-at-web-accessibility</guid></item><item><title>Website Construction is Like Jigsaw Puzzles</title><description><![CDATA[<p>When it comes to designing a website, people normally point at advanced programming such as PHP or CSS for reference. But there are software today that make it easier. There will still be the usual coding and commands that a site developed will have to get used to but generally, if you know logic, you can handle it yourself.</p> ]]></description><link>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/website-construction-is-like-jigsaw-puzzles</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:41:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>http://www.doublespark.co.uk/blog/website-construction-is-like-jigsaw-puzzles</guid></item></channel></rss>