Search Engine News

08th May 2008

The news that Microsoft had their monumental offer for Yahoo! turned down has been received with resignation by the acting head of Microsoftâ€™s online services group in the UK; Chris Dobson. Read More

14th March 2008

Yahoo have announced that they have extended a deadline for director nominations. This will have the knock on effect of providing extra time for them to consider the recent take-over bid from Microsoft. Read More

04th March

In a week when the EU clamped down on web security Microsoft have woken up to the shock that the EU competition commission have fined the global enterprise a record $1.4bn dollars for failure to end anti-competitive business practices. Read More

04th Feb 2008

Microsoft's Â£22.4 billion bid to buy Yahoo! is set the most significant attack that Google has ever faced. Google dominates the search industry and as a result has chief control over the internet. This dominance has greatly frustrated Microsoft.Read More

28th Jan 2008

If you've just shelled out an uncharacteristically exorbitant amount of money on a new HD TV then you will probably be mortified to here that the Japanese have already developed new technology that is set to replace it. Read More

15th Jan 2008

Online music downloads are set to become cheaper in the UK as Amazon sign a deal to sell tracks that lack copy protection and Apple announce they will cut iTunes prices. Read More

7th Jan 2008

2007 was the year of Facebook, the Apple iPhone and the Nintendo Wii. So what's in store for 2008? Read More

21st Dec

Norwegian software firm, Opera, has filed a complaint to the European Commission against Microsoft for anti-competitive behaviour by bundling Internet Explorer packages with their programme. Read More

10th Dec

HMV have responded to predictions that the CD market set to decline by 10% per annum by embracing the gaming market.Read More

19th Nov

American web analysts Nemertes Research have predicted a bleak future for Internet users as high demand for bandwidth threatens to exceed Internet capacity. Read More

12th Nov

The Apple iPhone has arrived in Europe 74 days after being released in the US where sales have hit 1.4million.Read More

05th Nov 2007

As people all over the country prepare let off fireworks to celebrate the execution of Guy Fawkes the staff at High Position have their own reason to cheer. High Position have been named UK Organic Optimization November 2007 Winner.

29th October 2007

On Wednesday (24/10/07) Mark Zuckerberg sold a 1.6% stake in his social networking site Facebook to Microsoft for $240million setting the value of the company at $15billion.

22nd October 2007

On the 8th of October 2007 the Google share price crossed the $600 dollar mark. It represented a landmark to traders and exceeded the expectations of market analysts.

15th October 2007

Bill Gates right hand man Steve Ballmer has outlined the future of Microsoft as "advertising, advertising, advertising!"

12th October

good news High Position as market trends demonstrate record growth in online advertising for the first half of 2007.Read More

04th October

Have you ever wondered what is the truth behind Pagerank, why is there so much hysteria surrounding Google's PR, read about facts and fiction, what is it and why is it important and learn more about Pagerank.

7th Sept

High Position is proud to announce our appointment as the chosen search partner for Pillar Data Systems. Serving both the US and the UK sites with our dedicated compliancy and optimisation solutions High Position are assisting in the development of their core infrastructure to enable a search engine friendly platform for their natural search profile.

25th April 2007

Due to the fantastic success of our natural search process High Position have continued to deliver month on month success for their corporate clients, the staggering rise in natural search positions for these clients has driven an ever greater demand for our services and we are now proud to announce a new comprehensive PPC management service to the market.

7th Sept

25th April 2007

18th April 2007

Over the last two years there has been an increasing reliance on paid search as the sole route for driving visitors in from Google, the corporate world has now started to understand that there needs to be a balance between paid search and natural search. But what was it that drove the corporate world to ignore natural search and rely only on paid search. Shaun Parker gives an insight into the factors and explains why the balance between natural search and paid search must be right.
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02 Feb 2007

High Positions clients reap the benefits of a fully bespoke organic search programme.
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25th Jan 2007

Business continues to grow

High Position is pleased to announce the acquisition of The Idol to their structured search positioning service.

High Position have been secured as the official partner to The Idol with the express aim of maximising The Idol’s brand within the online insurance sector.

5th Jan 2007

The New Year is off to a flyer…

High Position sales and acquisitions have continued to grow with the latest client acquisition being one of extreme pleasure for High Position.

InfoSpace Inc, one of the original founders of search technology within the American market have chosen High Position to maximise their online brand, WebFetch.

The partnership will firstly maximise a complete delivery system and then manage that system to maximise the potential for growth for the WebFetch engine within organic search listings.

12th Dec 2006

Busy times at High Position

High Position is pleased to announce the acquisition of Lloyds TSB Business banking to their structured search positioning service.

High Position have been secured as the official partner to Lloyds TSB Business Banking with the express aim of maximising the Lloyds TSB brand within the online business banking sector.

29th nov 2006

High Position wins the Top SEO award for November…

High Position is pleased to announce their success within the American think tank Top SEO’s organic search positioning experts for November 2006.

There are only four UK agencies recognised within this global report and High Position has come out on top.

Top SEO’s actually blind shop clients to assess a companies success under a number of criteria including customer service and success of programme. With this in mind High Position are extremely glad at their ability to stand toe to toe with other global providers in this truly worldwide market place.

“I am really pleased that the continued hard work of our team has been recognised by this respected organisation” says Stephen Dart MD of High Position. “Maximising our services towards our customers needs both with the potential of returns within search engines and the customer feedback provided has proved that our long term strategy is gaining wait and our excellent path to success for clients is now being recognised”

22th nov 2006

High Position continues to grow…

High Position are pleased to announce that the UK’s leading online ticketing agency Keith Prowse have chosen High Position as their official organic search partner.

Keith Prowse has instigated an all new web system utilising an external company for the build process. High Position have been taken on to firstly work with this agency to make sure the website is as search friendly as is available followed by an on-going management service.

“High Position will form the cornerstone of our ongoing online success” says Emily Prowse, Marketing Director Keith Prowse.

18th nov 2006

New clients for High Position

Denby Pottery

High Position are pleased to announce the continuation of service for Denby Pottery.

Denby Pottery originally instigated High Position as their official organic search partner in June 2006 for a 6 month trial. This trial has now been increased to a full ongoing partnership where by High Position are able to provide a structured and ongoing service to maximise the Denby online brand.

“The investment we have made with High Position has provided us with confidence around the value of SEO.” Says David Bolsher, head of Marketing for Denby Pottery.

12th nov 2006

High Position continues to grow…

High Position are pleased to announce the inclusion of the celebrity lawyer Martin Freeman’s website, Freeman Keep On Driving to its expanding client portfolio.

The website is undergoing a full re-design and wishes to include organic search positioning as a major contributing factor. Without this the excellent user experience will not be seen and therefore High Position have been taken on to firstly work with the design team and then to manage the entire organic search positioning service.

12th October

Missing a trick

The retail industry and search – is there something missing? Is the retail industry really missing the full picture when it comes to online visibility? As detailed in Technology Weekly 29 August 2006 » full story

05th October

Google and the China problem

How free is the Internet really? Google is now operating within the Chinese censorship laws and therefore what does this mean to us all?» Read more

The importance of Google and Yahoo news

29th August

Many people will now say that the Internet is their preferred source of information from Holiday related info to news and reviews to name but a few. Read More

How to Win Friends and Influence People

20th August

here are plenty of people that have used this age old saying but the following article really depicts how this can be aimed at search marketingRead more

301 Redirect Tutorial

11th July 2006

There are many types of redirects that you can apply to a domain name or a specific page within your website. Read More

Is Google Broken

23 June 2006

There is a growing volume of people who believe it is broken and there is now a strong undercurrent spreading that is leading to webmasters. Read More

19 June 2006

Long term partnerships

In the past most marketing scenarios are covered by a companies ad agency and online marketing has been dealt with a more short term or strategic scenario however this is changing.. More

The Queens 80th birthday celebrations

7th June 2006

Buckingham Palace are hosting a childrenâ€™s party in celebration of the Queens 80th birthday and High Position have been chosen as the official optimiser.

OMS data shows online spend booming

5th June 2006

Yet again research shows that organisations consider online media to be the area for increased spend. Read More

A blossoming relationship

There have always been the search agencies that say they partner with search engines. Read More

Searcher Behavior Research Update

There are often consultancy papers completed as to how search engine users view the results placed in front of them. Read More

Eye Tracking

One of the most important areas to understand is how web browsers look at a web page. Read More

Taking the strain

Everyone is now talking about driving traffic to your website however if the website is not hosted according to simple rules the website may not be able to manage the traffic driven to it. Read More

Small agencies take on the big boys

How often do we hear about small agencies winning multi-national clients? Read More

E-commerce a force to be reckoned with

We all realise that the internet has made huge inroads into traditional marketing.Read More

Overture rebrands as Yahoo! Search Marketing in Europe

Over two years ago Yahoo purchased the Overture website to make sure their hold on paid advertising via PPC was not only established but maximised. Read More

Whitehall branded internet 'Villain of the Year'

Once again information control has come under the microscope with the UK government pushing through legislation as to how Internet organisations hold personal detail.Read More

Googleâ€™s ongoing problems in China

With Google launching its services to China there are numerous problems arising. The question now is have Yahoo got a similar crisis awaiting? >Read More

Search engine marketing comes of age

Rebrands at search marketing companies point to an evolving sector and an approach to client strategy that involves more than the top spot of listings. Read More

Agencies seek higher returns

BMW should really stick to engineering cars, rather than web pages. Read More

Shady tactics in battle for internet hits

Google steps up its drive against 'black hatters' and unleashes Big Daddy against the cheats... Read More

Do search engines partner with agencies?

There have always been the search agencies that say they partner with search engines. Generally this is stated to give them an advantage in a bid process however, more often than not, this is a fabrication of the truth.... Read More

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