Category Archive: Social Media

Google Loses Twitter Stream, Wins the Search Game (Opinion)

By John Doherty. Published July 5, 2011 in the Google+, SEO, Social Media category

Google disabled their Realtime search over the weekend because their contract with Twitter, dating back to 2009, has expired. Based off of a preliminary study yesterday by The Wizard of Moz, Google can no longer see and index based off of tweets. Some Continue reading »

Creating Awesome Videos for SEO

By Phil Nottingham. Published June 7, 2011 in the Video, Youtube category

Anyone can make excellent, high quality, link worthy video. I’m serious. Over the past 5 years or so, the exponential ramp of technological progress has allowed the creation of high-quality film to become a viable consumer activity — a hobby Continue reading »

Social Analytics: Recording +1 and Twitter button usage in Google Analytics

By Rob Ousbey. Published June 2, 2011 in the SEO, Social Media category

In the last two days, two giants of the web have released new embeddable features for websites.   Google +1 The first is Google +1, a feature to let users share pages they like. You can read Google’s information about +1 for users, Continue reading »

Distilled London Link Building Conference 2011 – Round Up

By Hannah. Published March 30, 2011 in the Distilled, Link Building, London Link Love 2011 category

Couldn’t make Link Love 2011? Don’t be sad. Here’s a round up of my notes from the conference – hopefully this will cheer you up a little. I will be seeing you at our next event though, right? You can Continue reading »

How to Optimise your Dating Profile

By Lexi. Published February 14, 2011 in the Social Media category

Online Dating Magazine estimates that there are more than 20 million users of dating websites, and in the United States alone, over 30,000 marriages a year occur as a direct result of free internet dating. Now here at Distilled we’re Continue reading »

ASA’s real-world campaign about online marketing

By Melissa. Published January 19, 2011 in the SEO, Social Media category

Way back in May 2010, I talked to an audience at SMX London about how the Advertising Standards Authority were expanding its remit to include ALL online marketing, as covered in their UK Code of Non-broadcast Advertising, Sales Promotion and Continue reading »

5 Tips for Dominating Page One Results With Social Sites

By Melissa. Published December 21, 2010 in the Social Media category

When you do a branded search these days, particularly for a well-known company, you often find various social sites* ranking for their name. But there are times when you know a brand is trying to go huge on social media Continue reading »

The 12 Days of Distilledmas

By Caitlin. Published December 14, 2010 in the Distilled, SEO, Social Media, Web Design category

Happy Holidays everyone! Here is a little Distilled treat designed by Leonie for you all.  Enjoy!

PubCon Keynote Review: Social Media is Not New

By Kate Morris. Published November 10, 2010 in the Social Media category

There is a huge trend in search conferences today – and that is social media. It’s the new hot and hip thing. Have you hired your Director of Social Media yet? Distilled utilizes social media for marketing and link building Continue reading »

Youtube SEO

By David Sottimano. Published November 3, 2010 in the Youtube category

Youtube SEO Experiment & Useful Tips Rank #1 on Youtube using these secret tips! Um..not quite, and as I dug further into the world of video SEO, I was falsely promised thousands of views, top rankings and lots of subscribers. Continue reading »