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HMV's xmas figures are in, and sales are down 16.6%

HMV has been in stormy waters for some time, with store closures last year, but the new strategy of turning the brand into a technology retailer and not a film and music one appears to be working.

I guess its a bit like a supertankers trying to change direction, will it manage it in time, or will it follow Blacks and La Senza into administration

BBC News - HMV reports Christmas sales slump
“Hi Steve, I voted for being optimistic over the next year...”

Well if you can launch and survive in this climate, you will fly when conditions get better!
Why can't SEO's be performance based? 9th January 2012 1:53 PM
“...If someone wanted
Anyone using Klout? 9th January 2012 1:27 PM
“...I tried giving it a klout but that didnt work either”

lol

I think it's one of those vanity sites. You can look at your score and admire how well your doing in this social networking tangled web of waffle, but it doesn't actually do or give you anything.

Check back from time to time, watch your score rise, have a virtual pat on the back and then go and do some work
Post Panda SEO Tips 9th January 2012 1:22 PM
“But the I do another search and find that the top ranked sites still have reciprocal links and blatant link farms as a significant part of their seo portfolio.”

I known what you mean, and it does get frustrating, but Panda did seem to address a lot of issues, unfortunately there is a whole host out there still needing some attention.

I think we will see some bigger Panda type changes this year, so fasten your seatbelts...
Thought provoking title!

Interesting article on whether Goverments should intervene in the private sector.

Bail-outs will always be needed to fix capitalism
HMRC Tax Refund Scam/Virus 6th January 2012 8:49 AM
Watch out for a virus doing the rounds, your antivirus should catch it, but watch out for any so call tax refunds from HRMC, more plausible as tax returns need to be in this month.

Local SEO and Searches 5th January 2012 5:12 PM
“...you website should be hosted with in the same region of the local search engine. Other wise preforming SEO could be very difficult.....”

Can safely and categorically say this is 100% SEO myth.

People have been banging on about this for years, and its cobblers. We hosted MLS UK in Dallas for 3 years on dedicated boxes. Mainly because our UK experience was shocking.

We only reluctantly came back to the UK when transaction times became an issue. SEO and volume of traffic didn't make any difference.

Unfortunately, after burning through another crap UK hoster, we have ended up at Rackspace, where service seems to be on a par with what we had in the States.

But SEO and traffic, no difference. Its down to URL's, and country specific TLD, not geographic location. Or set it in WMT if you have a .com and only want UK traffic.
“...but I dont have the time or the budget to get it rolling as of yet. So for now its just gaining some age”

I know the feeling!! Currently have big 3 projects sat in the waiting pile

Need more spondulies and a cloning machine
“Any idea how they got the PR5 score but so few visitors? I'd love to have PR5 ”

No doubt a few decent inbound high PR links