32 post(s) written by John Pring.

Google in their seemingly never-ending quest to conquer every possible monetisable element of the internet, have added yet another featured box to their search results, above those returned organically. A search for ‘credit cards’ reveals… Read more

Over the last couple of months Google has been preparing to launch their own social networking platform; rumoured to be called Google Me. Whilst Google have already tried (and failed) to add a social media element to their plethora of online utilities… Read more

Music mogul Simon Cowell, judge on a myriad of over-the-top talent shows, has been suggested to be using SEO to manage his online reputation; ensuring any Google search of his name returns only positive results. – Although the Cowell camp denies… Read more

Mark Zuckerberg has quickly risen to become one of the most well known, influential names in social networking. But the Facebook CEO has taken one more step, or rather 18 more, to becoming even more powerful in the social media industry, after purchasing… Read more

It seems as though Facebook and personal privacy issues are never too far apart, with this week  being no different as a 2.5GB database containing names and public information on every searchable Facebook user appeared on torrent network site Bit Torrent…. Read more

Infographics are a relatively recent discovery for me, but they’ve become a minor obsession; I always hated bar-graphs and pie charts when I was young, but infographics have so much more creative potential. So this morning I decided to represent… Read more

The Queen is no stranger to social media; last July the Queen launched her twitter account, with a YouTube channel coming a few months later. Now HRH has decided to add a Flickr account to the list, under the name The British Monarchy. Hundreds of images… Read more

P&G, makers of men’s aftershave brand Old Spice, aren’t particularly well known for embracing digital marketing, or for interesting social media campaigns, or for anything other than making men smell like … well, older men. But,… Read more

So The Times’ paywall has been up since the beginning of the month, with the newspaper’s strategists insisting that they are better placed serving a smaller, dedicated following that are happy to pay for their news, rather that the general,… Read more