Posts Tagged ‘ Education ’

Google holiday logos and Wikipedia growth

Tweet When looking at our Fast Moving Search Terms list a few weeks ago, I was surprised to see the term ‘walter gropius‘ at the top of the list for All Categories. Why the sudden interest in the founder of the Bauhaus, the influential German art and a design school (not the goth band)? Pursuing [...][ READ MORE ]

SEO for Mother’s Day

Tweet Mothering Sunday falls early this year, but searches for the term ‘mothers day’ have been on the rise for a few weeks, and last week were 6% higher than the equivalent week last year. The screenshot below illustrates the results I got when searching for the term on Google UK today (Tuesday 26th February). [...][ READ MORE ]

Students flock to ucas.co.uk and social networks following exam results

Tweet A-Level results were released yesterday with all the usual fanfare and criticism. Unsurprisingly, visits to ucas.co.uk – the homepage of the organization that administers university admissions – shot up as students went online to confirm their university places, or, in the case of the unlucky few, find a new place via the clearing system. [...][ READ MORE ]

UCAS Website Visits Soar Yesterday – Ranking at 37 Overall in the UK

Tweet Yesterday, students up and down the country received their A Level results and while the news is focussed on controversy over the record number of A grades, market share of UK visits to the UCAS website soared as disappointed students entered clearing. The UCAS website became the 37th most visited internet site yesterday based [...][ READ MORE ]