Archive for January, 2008

MySpace is to change

Thursday, January 31st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

The social networking website MySpace is to change the way it operates by letting external software developers create media sharing applications and games for users. This is seen as a direct competitive measure to combat the threat of Facebook which ...

Top Ten Technologists

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

The technology industry has seen unimaginable changes in the last 150 years; it is only recently that tech journalists have compiled a list of the most influential figures in the technological world over the period. Here are the top ten ...

SEO Mosaic Cloaking

Friday, January 25th, 2008 Posted in SEO | No Comments »

Some rather unscrupulous SEO specialists have now enlisted a new method of Search Engine Optimisation. It has been labelled as ‘mosaic cloaking’ and is an attempt by shady SEO workers to make cloaking activities less detectable by search engine engineers. ...

Big Lay-off For Yahoo Staff

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Internet giant Yahoo is set to make huge staff cut backs, in response to the recent dotcom crash. Investors have shown concerns over the company, claiming that they need to improve profitability and become more strategically focussed. The big cutback ...

The Death Knell for XP?

Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

When Windows Vista was released it was hailed as the future of computer software. It would be more user friendly, have more features and claimed to be more stable than its predecessor, Windows XP. The newest offering however has not ...

A World of Wii Warm Ups

Thursday, January 17th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

The Nintendo Wii can be seen as the true next generation in gaming. While its rivals Microsoft and Sony have focussed upon producing high power machines Nintendo have produced a gaming system that uses a revolutionary control system. This control ...

buying an expired domain

Wednesday, January 16th, 2008 Posted in SEO | No Comments »

A debateable issue for SEO’s when trying to build quality links for their clients sites is the business of buying an expired domain. The general idea is that a domain name can be purchased and backward links can be utilised from ...

Microsoft Software Under Investigation In Europe

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Microsoft’s market domination is once again being investigated by an official body. This time the European Commission is investigating Microsoft’s commercial practises. The Competition Commissioner, Neelie Kroes is following up claims that Internet Explorer (the Microsoft web browser) is tied ...

Do I need SEO

Thursday, January 10th, 2008 Posted in News, SEO | No Comments »

Chances are if your company has a website, search engine optimisation (SEO) will increase your customer base and profits. An estimated 93% of all internet traffic is conducted through search engines such as Google. Without SEO your company’s website will ...

Wiki Expanding Into Search

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008 Posted in News | No Comments »

Jimmy Wales, co founder of Wikipedia was not taken seriously in 2001 when he announced he was going to create a free encyclopaedia made up of public submissions. These people however were made to eat their words as Wikipedia has ...