Searched, Designed, Developed. I-COM Blog

Here at I-COM we’re never happier than when clients are happy with the level of success they are receiving from our online marketing and SEO services. So we were really excited when we received this fantastic testimonial from the MD of one of our long standing clients: "I can honestly say... read more

I've come to the conclusion - link building isn't a million miles away from wooing a woman. Both can lead to prospective partners for life. Both require patience and understanding. In addition you need to be friendly, courteous and have a good ear for listening. So here's a little SEO training... read more

Some readers may have seen our "announcement" this morning about a new "premium" SEO service called the "SEO Red Button" which purports to get you to the top of Google for a single keyword (in fact, to remove all other listings but yours for the keyword) with the push of a red button by our SEO... read more

In my first post on link building I mentioned in some detail how you can find your online competitor's back-links using a free, simple tool from Yahoo! Now it's all well and good having a list of competitor back-links, but how do you know which ones are good quality back links and have been given... read more

In its simplest form, having content available on a page, in different languages, opens your website up to more traffic and to reach a larger audience. If you are reading this you may already have a website that needs to cater for different languages.Google reports that a survey revealed, 'users... read more

A report published in the Law Society Gazette revealed that the internet has become indispensable when choosing a solicitor. The YouGov poll of 2,266 people found that after recommendations by friends, internet search engines and online review sites were the second most popular way to... read more

Google Social Search

By Colin Skinner in Search Engine Optimisation on Thursday, March 18, 2010 @ 08:35

Late last year, the boffins at Google churned out another interesting little addition called Social Search. The idea of Social Search is that you sign into your Google profile and then input a search query in the form of a question and get an answer/response from your friends or personal... read more

As more mobile-devices connect to the internet and GPS becomes ubiquitous, delivering search results specific to your location is the next logical step for search engines. Personalisation of search is an obvious way to provide results that are more relevant to each individual customer's needs.... read more

One of the first steps in getting your business online is a building a website. But without a domain name - you will have no way of telling people where to find your website, however shiny and flashy it may be. When thinking about a domain name there is a lot more than just how it sounds rolling... read more

OK so it may not be as simple as that but, as one of the senior SEO Consultants here at I-COM, I thought it was about time I shared some of my tips and tricks that I've gathered over nearly 10 years of Search Engine Optimisation and link building. While we all know that social media... read more