Charities: claim up to $120,000 free Google advertising per year

by Miko Coffey | 5th November 2010

It’s not as well-known amongst charities as it could be, but Google has a programme which gives non-profit organisations free credits that they can use for pay-per-click advertising on Google. It’s called a Google Grant, and it allows eligible organisations to spend up to $10,000 per month on AdWords campaigns, putting their organisation into the [...] Read More

What makes a good link from an SEO perspective?

by Miko Coffey | 19th February 2010

The external links that point to your site play an important role in where your site appears in the search engine results. You can think of it this way: every link from a relevant external site that points to your site counts as a ‘vote of confidence’ in Google’s eyes. In fact, it is agreed [...] Read More

New WordPress theme: CapitalBlue

by Miko Coffey | 27th November 2009

I have just finished customising a lovely clean, simple and easy-to-read WordPress theme for a new client, Capital Fire and Security. I like the clean lines and the way the blue and white make the photos really pop off the page. This project was another collaboration with the rather wonderful Katrina Dixon a.k.a. The Marketing [...] Read More

Saving ££ for a new small business client

by Miko Coffey | 17th August 2009

The latest launch in my increasingly long string of Squarespace websites is www.vandervord.com – a wedding photography website. In this case, the client already had a website that was built years ago, and it really needed a fresh look. But the real frustration for the client was having to go through a middle-man to update [...] Read More

5 months in: SEO results for travel site

by Miko Coffey | 25th February 2009

Last autumn, I worked with a client on an SEO audit & implementation plan for their website. They operate in the hyper-competitive travel industry, where appearing high in search results is absolutely critical to their bottom line. They aren’t one of the big players, so they don’t have the big budgets to compete on things [...] Read More