There’s been an explosion of search engine marketing and optimisation of late. I’ve tried my hand at it – a meaningful URL here, a directory listing there – and a generous Google PageRank of 5 is the result.

Manchester-based PushOn are the real professionals though (and nice guys about it). They’ve made this funny no-nonsense video, which I found through Web-Strategist, to explain what they do:

By way of a reminder of the rescheduled BBC Manchester blog workshop happening this Thursday (6-8pm, New Broadcasting House), here’s a five-minute compilation of interviews with Manchester bloggers last year. You’ll see the faces behind spinneyhead.co.uk, eBench, stephennewton.com, cmnw.co.uk, eyeonmanchester.com and rantspace.co.uk:

Hello, I’m Mancubist. I use a Mac by day, PC by night. I’m both creative and businessy. What do you think of the Mac vs PC argument? I agree with Charlie Brooker.

I was actually looking for something else, but this stopframe video from eefee, a VJ and former Salford University student, was a good enough distraction. I particularly like the plane’s landing.