Ian

Title: Director
Specialist Area: SEO, Analytics, AdWords, Conversion Rate Optimisation
Ian has been in the web industry since 1998, previously a director of a web agency in Nottingham and co-founder of Boom with Robert. He has also been a frequent trainer on the eBusiness Club programme since its inception in 2003.
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Bragging Rights: My band Heroes of Switzerland got an 8/10 review from Classic Rock and played by Steve Lamacq.
On My Bucket List: Visit Japan. Will need a rocket-powered aircraft first.
My Favourite: Guitarist. Hendrix. Incomparable.
Secret Skill: Able to fall asleep pretty much anywhere.
Super Power: 150 words a minute typing speed.
Secret Agent Gadget: HKS T51-R turbo. Not stealthy, but it gets you their fast…

Boom Gains Microsoft Advertising Accredited Professional Status

I’m delighted to report that on Friday, our Pay Per Click Advertising Executive, Katie Saxon, passed the Microsoft Advertising Accreditation Exam, making Boom a Microsoft Advertising Accredited Professional company, the first in Nottingham and one of only 72 in the country. Congratulations Katie, well done! We asked Katie to do this as Microsoft adCenter (Americanism [...]

What You Should Be Looking At In Google Analytics

A frequently asked question of us here at Boom is “What should I be looking at in Google Analytics?” With so much data and different ways of analysing it in Analytics, it’s no surprise that you can end up feeling lost and confused about what really matters. Analytics is a very powerful package and allows [...]

How Bounce Rate, Time On Site and New Visitors Are Calculated In Google Analytics

Explaining some common misunderstandings about exactly what these metrics tell us.

My Movember Moustache, Please Donate!

Ian has been sporting a fairly bad moustache all month and would appreciate a donation to Movember in support!

Anger As Google Hides Keywords From Website Owners

The last 24 hours have seen online marketers around the world venting their spleen at Google’s latest announcement: With immediate effect, all searches performed by users logged in to Google will be conducted via a secure (SSL) connection. This has the effect that organic keyword data is not passed to the website receiving the traffic [...]

Naughty NamesCo Selling A Waste Of Time

NamesCo’s Hyper Submit package is a waste of time and money. Find out why!

Call Tracking: Closing The Online Conversion Loop

Our call tracking solution shows you how your website visitors converted into phone calls!

Wikipedia Selling Links For $5000

Get yourself on the WikiMedia Sustaining Corporate Donors page for $5000 a link, your choice of anchor text.

Introducing Mr Boombastic!

Introducing our new mascot Mr Boombastic to the world!

UK Government Abuses Domain Authority for Commercial Gain

DVLA Registrations has moved to a direct.gov.uk sub-domain to benefit from domain authority, which has harmed competing companies. Is that fair?