Posts Tagged ‘Jack Hubbard’

Propellernet elects a Fun Minister!

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

voteThere’s never a dull moment at Rocket HQ.

Last Friday we ran our very first ‘Well Fun Party’ election. With a new Fun Minister and his deputy at the helm, fun and wellbeing at Propellernet is going next level.

A perfect way to end the week, the rocketeers gathered around the soap box to hear candidates make known their manifestos and pitch their promises, with claps of support and jeers of disdain, they listened intently to seek out the best team for the job.

Minds made up, everyone took to pen and paper and casted their vote- all of which were then counted by independent adjudicator Karen Smithson, who is also our Fun and Wellbeing Co-ordinator!

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Buying or Selling SEO Links? Look at the trouble you’re causing

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

piggy_bank_pound_coinsI’ve been musing for a while now over the irreversible chain reaction commercial dynamics behind search engines using media hyperlinks to determine authority and order search results.  Search engines, Media owners and brands all have their part to play in this merry dance, but ultimately it is media owners and backward thinking SEO approaches will be left without a chair when the music stops.

Google maintains a map of all internet links and uses it to determine webpage authority.  I explore the reasons why this is flawed and how it will have to change in my recent econsultancy blog post: “buying or selling links? Look at the trouble you’re causing.”

…Have a read and why not post your thoughts here or on econsultancy.