Just discovered NHK World - http://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/ Saw their logo on a Japanese Tsunami video that was being shown on the BBC News. Looks like a good source of news from Japan. News from the site: “Japan’s Meteorological Agency says the quake struck at 2:46 PM Friday local time, off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture. The...
For the first time in years Google have placed something other than the simple search box on their home page. “Tsunami Alert for New Zealand, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii, and others. Waves expected over the next few hours, caused by 8.9 earthquake in Japan.” If you have seen the many images...
Just seen this report of changes to Talk Talk; “Now that our brand has changed to TalkTalk Business, we have decided to simplify our group structure and are moving all our businesses into one legal entity. We will transfer your contract from Opal Connect Limited to TalkTalk Communications Limited (Co. Reg. No. 03849133) which...
After hearing on the BBC News channel that Waitrose spent £10 million smackeroonies (pounds sterling) on its new website, I decided to take a look then blog it. Then a friend said “what?” (or words to that effect) and I felt that I should make some attempt to verify this information, so I googled...
Today Waitrose has launched its new website. Costing £10 million pounds, we have to ask, what does it do? That is a lot of money, in developer hours it is like employing about 150 people full time for 1 year. So, lets look at the new Waitrose site. First, SEO. Good to see that...
Another video of Google’s search expert Matt Cutts. In this one he provides tips to “make a great site” but speaks mostly about simple SEO. Once again he supports WordPress, and basically says that if you use WordPress you do not need to do anything else, as it is great for SEO. At the...
This is from 2007, but all still relevant today. Note, WordPress 3.1 is out now. But the other information is still relevant to small business owners today. Key Google Tips: Content is King – writing good content helps Always think about what users will type – have all the options on a page Provide...
This video is about 2 1/2 years old, but I just stumbled across it on YouTube. Interesting to see how the Webmaster Support team work, how laid back they all are, and nice to know that they are often there reading the problems, even if not always replying. Also nice to see that Matt...
I just had a very strange call from a company that first seemed to call itself Microsoft, but later spelt out their name to me as MICROTALK. I think this is them: microtalk.co.uk So funny. First, the line is so bad I can hardly understand the sales women. Sounded like she was calling from a...
Demand Media have been in the press a lot recently for two reasons: The “content farm” label that came about as a result of a Google annoucement and an SEO Expert assumption about eHow.com The fact that they are floating on the stock market. Well, as they have decided to float, their financials are...
Just came across this – Drupal Gardens - http://www.drupalgardens.com/ Like Ning, but using Drupal. More like WordPress.com really, but using Drupal. Many people have a free website for their personal blog or business. Generally they opt for WordPress.com, Blogspot.com, Google Sites or just make do with a Facebook page these days. Drupal is an open...
Microsoft seems to have a tough time really. They go to great lengths to make better software for the mass market, and people go to greater lengths to sniff out any security vulnerabilities and the publish them to the net. In the news today is a report of the latest security vulnerability in the Internet Explorer...
Sometimes I loiter about in non-techy forums, and today someone raised a point that has annoyed me a lot in the past too. Google is too good at listing some pages. OK, what I really mean, is that webmasters are too good at getting their spammy web pages listed in Google. The most annoying...
Just getting a quote for health insurance on a popular UK health insurers site. There is an opt out box before the quote that says: We would like to contact you about this quote and keep you updated with our products and services, which we think may be of interest to you. If you...
About a month ago Linkedin.com invited me to try out their advertising network, LinkedIn DirectAds. They provided me with a $100 voucher to use, so I thought that I may as well give it a go. I was careful not to exceed the $100 on my account, so set up a campaign to cost...
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