So I have decided to give up freelancing and forge a career in a ‘proper’ job where one works 9 till 5 (or to 6 in some of the meaner companies). One of the first questions potential employers ask (well, ok, the 4 billion or so recruitment agencies) is…WHY?! Incase any potential employers are reading… Continue reading
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RIP Pagerank – No More Pagerank Updates?
Pagerank. It’s a little green bar that can mean the difference between your site earning thousands of pounds a month and nothing. Well, that has been the story up until now. An entire link buying industry has sprung up around the little green graphic. Google was “supposed” to update the pagerank of all the sites… Continue reading
Summer Holidays
Just returned from a fantastic week long break in Crete – home of the first advanced civilisation in Europe, the Minoans. Greek Myth also says it’s the place where Zeus was born and where the Labyrinth is located. It wasn’t all culture though…infact it was mostly not culture and consisted of relaxing in the sun… Continue reading
The CD Was Nearly Called The Compact Rack
The Compact Disc is celebrating it’s 25th anniversary today. The BBC has run an article looking at the history of the CD from development to the present day decline as new media takes over. Some interesting facts about the CD… The original disc was going to be 11.5cm in diameter but Sony insisted that the… Continue reading
Top 5 On-Page Optimization Tips
When most people think of search engine optimization (well ok, only those that are actually nerdy enough to know what it is of course!) they immediately think about meta tags, keyword density and doorway pages. Like many things when it comes to SEO, what once worked no longer does. Take meta-tags for example. Way back… Continue reading
Are You Making These Top 5 SEO Mistakes?
To the average internet user the acronym SEO is just yet another bit of gobbledegook internet jargon tossed around by web geeks and nerds. To some of us web geeks and nerds SEO is the be all and end all of internet promotion. The holy grail of appearing at number one spot on Google is… Continue reading
Let’s Go Galaxy Hunting
Ever fancied yourself as a bit of a galaxy hunter? Ever looked up at the stars and wondered if you are alone out there? Well, never mind the second question, but if you want to help classify over a million galaxies, then Galaxy Zoo could probably use your help. They have taken photo’s of around… Continue reading
What Sort of Facebooker Are You?!
It seems that if you are a 20 something in the UK you can’t have a conversation with someone for more than 5 minutes without the dreaded words Facebook being mentioned. Since it opened it’s doors to the general public in September 2006 it has seen a wild fire like growth in the UK. I… Continue reading
Windows Vista & The Memory Monster
My friend bought a new laptop the other day after his old died on him (shows a blank white screen on startup – anyone have any ideas?). So he toddled off to the local PC World to have a look at the laptops. I seem to remember a time a few years ago where desktop… Continue reading
Goodbye, I’m Going Home…
Good bye India, I’m leaving you for a smaller, richer country 🙂 It’s certainly been fun while it lasted, and we’ve had some good times and we’ve had some bad times. Remember the time I ate the dodgy food at the street seller and couldn’t leave the bathroom for three days? Stomach cramps, hot and… Continue reading