The Step-by-Step Guide to Google+ Local Reviews.

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With the shake up with Google+ Local Places, Reviews have become a big factor in your search rankings and results. As a follow up to our post on getting you started on Google+ Local, here is the low-down on Reviews and what they mean for your business.

A Step-by-Step Guide to the New Google+ Local.

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Google places has recently faced a complete Google-overhaul, and the web-marketing giant have converted roughly 80 million Google Place Pages into the new and improved “Google+ Local” pages, integrating the local feel to the Google+ platform. Its a pretty dramatic changeover, no doubt for the better – but like all big updates it can be…

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The Impact of SEO: A Case Study – Smart Inventory Service

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The work we are doing for London/south east property inventory firm Smart Inventory Service makes an excellent case study for the importance of SEO in designing a website: Since Codastar re-made our website and started a SEO and PPC campaign we have noticed a huge increase in visits to our website and last month had…

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Our Portfolio | Huxstep | Responsive Website Design

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Huxstep are a construction project management firm operating in London and Hampshire. They came to Codastar for a website that could generate new business, detail their services and allow prospects to submit their project details. We created a fully responsive site that can be easily viewed on any device. Each page is concise and to…

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Why Responsive Web Design is a must for your SEO.

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When it comes to SEO, Google really is the top dog. It has the largest market share of all the search engines, and as it has basically adopted itself as its own verb, what they say pretty much goes for all. So with Google stating that responsive web design is the ‘industry best practice’ it…

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Game of Google Thrones – The Battle for Retail.

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Until recently, all was calm in the realms of retail – peaceful, tranquil, not a White-Watcher or Wildling in sight. However, in their infinite (?) wisdom (??), Google have descended from their throne and declared war on their civil serving subjects.

4 New Google services and why they matter

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One of the great things about online search giant Google, is just how innovative they are. It’s clear that all areas of the company are constantly striving to bring more products and services to its users, as well as continually improving the way everything currently already works. There are new services added to Google’s offering…

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Minimal website design and higher Google rankings

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A major trend in web design is to have a very clean and simplistic home page with minimal text content. Instead the focus is on large typography, pictures, video content and large icons that lead the user to other sites and pages. Although this style is visually very appealing, it’s important to remember that Google…

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