Yell and BT for SEO?
When it comes to getting your website designed and built, or your company promoted through search engine optimisation, you, quite understandably, wish to ensure that your business is handled by someone...
View ArticleInternet responsible for changes in memory function
Research recently published in the journal Science suggests that the Internet and computers are responsible for changing memory function. Psychological tests were performed, which indicated that a...
View ArticleMC Hammer launches own search engine
You may not have expected it of the man with the ‘Stop. Hammertime’ sign outside his house, but 80s rap star MC Hammer has launched his own search engine. Hammer announced his plans to launch his own...
View ArticleSupermarkets guilty of leaving SEO on the shelves
A new study has indicated that British supermarkets are failing to attract the levels of consumers they should be enjoying, as a direct result of poor search engine optimisation (SEO). The analysis, by...
View ArticleResearch asks, is search fair?
SEO marketers often bemoan the fairness of search engines in promoting their own products ahead of the competition. Recent research does suggest there could be some validity to such claims but, it is...
View ArticleCould Cyber Monday be headed to UK shores?
For more than five years ‘Cyber Monday’ has been cause for much celebration the other side of the pond, as online retail outlets benefit from a boost in sales between Thanksgiving and Christmas. With...
View ArticleFirefox slumps to third in browser rankings
The latest search engine rankings show that Mozilla’s Firefox browser has dropped to third in the list. It is now behind Google Chrome in popularity, though it is still Microsoft’s Internet Explorer...
View ArticleHalf UK employees to check emails on Christmas Day
Half of all UK workers are just as likely to be eagerly opening their emails on this Christmas morning, as they are their presents, according to a new survey published earlier this month. The study, by...
View ArticleGTLD revolution to change the face of SEO?
As things presently stand, there are about 22 top-level domains (TLDs); such as .com, and .gov. Alongside these, there are the country codes, (CCTLDs), such as .uk , .fr and .cn. Today though, (January...
View ArticleLocal business to be boosted by faster broadband
There was good news for local businesses and homes in Cheshire and Greater Manchester earlier this week, with BT confirming it is bringing faster broadband to more areas in the region. More than 30,000...
View ArticleOnline retail visits soar to 2.18 billion in December
The latest research from Experian is in, which reveals that there were 2.18 billion visitors to online retailers in the month of December, with Google taking the lion’s share of traffic. The importance...
View ArticleWhat next for SOPA & PIPA?
Last week was largely dominated by the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills in the US. Both are controversial legislations, so there was much protestation taking place online....
View ArticleSES comes to London
There is just a month to go until SES London opens at the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre in London. The leading event of its kind in Europe, it promises to be better than ever with many of the...
View ArticleActa comes in for Euro criticism
The European Parliament’s president has entered the ongoing row about the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta). The German premier, Martin Schulz waded into the argument by saying that he was not...
View Article“Pollroll” app launched by Ask.com
New apps are being launched each day but the most recent mobile app to come from Ask.com is creating quite a buzz. “Pollroll” is the name of this new app and is all about creating polls and sharing the...
View ArticleRegistrations for .uk domain names hits ten million
Nominet, the registration service for domain names ending in .uk, has announced that ten million web addresses now end in the top-level domain name. The company responsible for the milestone event has...
View ArticleInternet rated ahead of chocolate… but not sex
Recent research in the US has shown that retail transactions in the UK are rising at a faster rate than in any other country, with the total value expected to hit £221 billion over the next four years....
View ArticleIn-flight Internet set to come of age
Accessing the Internet in the air is nothing new, far from it in fact. It has been with us for over a decade. However, there are signs that it could finally become mainstream, allowing surfing whilst...
View ArticleCrumbs! Thousands of sites fail to update cookie consent
The widely reported new European law controlling the use of cookies on websites came into force on Saturday May 26th, but many UK sites have failed to comply. The new law had dictated that users of...
View ArticleThe next step for Captcha tech
The latest innovation by the man responsible for the Captcha online security checks has got a new project. Called Duolingo, its aim is to help people learn foreign languages whilst translating...
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