Free £90.00 Adwords Voucher

Media City Way are a registered Google Partner and therefore get access to some great vouchers and promo codes for Google's well known platform Adwords.

We currently have 10 vouchers that offers you £90.00 in free Adwords credit. This is the perfect time for anyone out there who wants to know if Google Adwords is the right platform for you. All you have to do is leave us a comment below with your Business details (Name, Address, Telephone and Email) and we'll send you the Voucher Code, if you'd prefer to keep your details private then send us a direct email with that information on.

This deal is only for businesses registered in the UK as these codes will not work outside of the United Kingdom. Only 1 voucher code per business is allowed.

Use the code yourself or ask our SEO team to give you a helping hand or manage your PPC (Pay Per Click) campaign for you.

Add some flair to your site with Custom Google pins

Google as we all should know have a fantastic platform to show users where our businesses are based but businesses are yet to use their own branding on the Google Maps they use.

If a map is required Media City Way always go that extra mile and use the companies branding on Google Maps and today we'll show you how you can do it yourself.

You will need a Google Account to use custom pins

1. First of all sign in to your Google Account and visit maps
2. On the left hand side click My Places
3. Click the red CREATE MAP button
   3.1.   Fill out the title and description boxes
   3.2.   If you want everybody to see your custom map click Public
4. Now search and find your business location on using the search bar at the top
5. At the top left of the map you will see a blue pin
6. When you drop the pin in your location a window will open, fill out the title and description, we use the title as the Business Name and the description as the address and contact details.
7. In the right corner of the window a blue pin will be showing, click on this pin
8. A library of pins will be shown to you BUT to add your own pin click Add an icon (top right)
9. A window will pop up informing you of the sizes your image should be, now enter the URL of where the image is on the internet. For those people who don't have access to their own hosting accounts you can upload images for free on all major social network sites, we recommend you use Pinterest
10. Once you've typed the URL of the image and clicked enter your pin will show on the map, click save and then done on the left hand side of the screen.

How do I get my Custom map on my website?

We have noticed that it usually takes a minute or 2 for the custom pin and map to be saved so you can share it on your website, so wait a couple of minutes and then click the link button which is located to the right of the print button (above the EDIT button)  

Now copy and paste the iframe code where you want it to appear on your website, for further options click Customise and preview embedded map

If your unsure!

Don't worry we are hear to help, give us a call on 0161 669 4633 or get in touch via our contact page

What is Google Penguin and how does it affect your website?

The Penguin update released on the 24th April 2012 is the name Google gave to one of their algorithms. The reason for this update is to check if a websites ranking is genuine. This means is the website where it is in the rankings because it has followed correct procedures or is the website there under false pretences.

The Penguin update delves deeper into finding out why a website has been ranked where it is and if Google's Webmaster Guidelines have been violated.

A website can be punished by the Penguin update if Black-hat SEO techniques have been used, these types of techniques include: cloaking, misused IP delivery, buying links from link farms/schemes, plagiarising content and keyword stuffing, it is through keywords being repeated too much (on the page and in meta tags) that many search engines do not read or digest the meta tag information.

What can you do to stop your website from being downgraded by the Penguin update?

• Stop participating in buying links to your website
  
  
• Remove any keywords that have been repeated or hidden from view, remember a search engine crawler reads your website differently to how a human reads it
  
  
• Use a reputable company that understands search engines and their updates. This may not be as expensive as you think. Media City Way's SEO packages start from £60.00 per month and this includes everything your website needs to get you noticed in the search engines. Spend £100.00 per month and we will donate 25% of that money each month to a targeted pay per click campaign as well as performing extra analysis on your website.
  
  
• Do not copy content unless you are providing a link to where you got the content from, this includes other Websites, eBooks, eJournals and all other types of media.
  

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Have you noticed that your website has started to drop down through the rankings?

If so get in  touch with us and we will get your website jumping through the rankings once again.

All our contact details can be found here
SEO and Web Design contact details

Top Used Search Engines in the United Kingdom

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The team at Media City Way perform monthly research to keep up to date with new technologies and learn more about existing technologies. The beauty of Web Design, Development, Hosting and Search Engine Optimisation is that it is forever changing and we know just how important it is to keep up to date with the services we offer.

The image above shows the percentages of the top search engines used in the UK. It is easy to notice Google has the larger market share but its also interesting to ponder if Yahoo! and Bing will manage to increase their popularity. Feel free to leave us a comment on which Search Engine you prefer.

The graph above was been created by Media City Way, all information included in the graph is the result from our research and has been sourced from the following websites: newrelic.com and statcounter.com