The Web Week in Review
Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:00:00 UT
While the launch of Google's Chrome web browser took up many of the headlines this week in the world of technology (and I had to include one story on the launch here), there was other interesting news.
Ten Firefox add-ons for SEO
Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:39:00 UT
One benefit of using Firefox is that it has a community of third party developers designing some very useful (and free) add-ons for the browser's users.
We've taken a look at some SEO-related examples....
Domain name tools for brainstormers
Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:29:00 UT
Choosing a domain name these days for a new web venture or microsite is an activity filed somewhere between painful and truly horrendous.
So what tools can you use to minimise headaches and the time spent on finding a domain name?
Six million .uk domains live, Nominet reports
Mon, 9 Jul 2007 14:11:00 UT
Nominet has registered its six millionth .uk domain name, with the national country code attracting a growing number of domestic companies.
The registry said a YouGov survey of 2,324 internet users showed people were six times more likely to enter a .uk domain name than a .com address when using a search engine.
International domains on ICANN agenda
Tue, 26 Jun 2007 12:02:00 UT
Overseas businesses may soon be able to register domain names with foreign characters.
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) is meeting in Puerto Rico this week to discuss allowing characters with accents or in entirely different scripts to be added to the internet system.
Google on duplicate content
Fri, 22 Jun 2007 14:51:00 UT
The issue of duplicate content is a thorny one that can affect sites' search rankings, and one that has even caught Google out in the past.
So it's good that the search giant's Adam Lasnik has written a post that throws some light on how it deals with the problem.
Keyword Creativity: An online opportunity for ad agencies?
Tue, 17 Apr 2007 07:04:00 UT
In 2002, AT&T made a major mistake. As part of the launch of its mobile initiative m-life, the company purchased television advertising during the Super Bowl coverage. Nothing wrong with that along with the Oscars, it attracts one of the biggest audiences in American television and is seen as a creative showcase for the best in American advertising.
But what AT&T missed was how its advertising affected later search behaviour.
Microsoft clamps down on UK cybersquatters
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 16:54:00 UT
Microsoft has performed a clean-up of dodgy domains in the UK, taking action against several companies it says have earned illegal PPC revenues by registering URLs with misspelled variations of its brands.
Google adds Docs & Spreadsheets to Apps package
Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:53:00 UT
Google has added Google Docs & Spreadsheets to its Google Apps On Your Domain offering, in another sign of the search giant's slow, mythological creep toward a Web 2.0-style Office rival.
Google Apps allows site administrators to issue users with white-label installations of Google's Gmail, Calendar, Talk, Start Page and Page Creator services, with apps accessible from the owners' domain name rather than on google.com.
Beckham's US move sparks domain name frenzy
Fri, 12 Jan 2007 18:25:00 UT
With the recent news that David Beckham is to head to the footballing backwater that is the US Major Soccer League, opportunists have been snapping up domain names related to the news.
According to domain name management firm NetNames, cyber-squatters started buying up every conceivable combination of the words 'Beckham' and 'Galaxy' as soon as the news broke. Within an hour, most variations were registered.
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