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Google are doing their bit for charity in the run up to Christmas with a funky little extension for Google Chrome. The extension allows you to donate to one of …
Surf The Web To Raise Money For Charity – With Google Chrome Read MoreMatthew Barby (his Twitter pic) Link building is still a major part of an SEO’s job. Google says that we must build natural links – Google does not say that …
BrightonSEO April 2015 – Link Building Session – Matthew Barby Read MoreI was just browsing the web for interesting applications that can be installed onto my new linux box, and came across CheckGmail. This is a very simple tool that places …
CheckGmail application for Linux / Ubuntu Read MoreThe Gumblar virus is on the warpath infecting more home computers and more websites everyday. Unlike other viruses, it is not infecting computers with the sole aim of stealing credit …
Gumblar – virus Threat to the Internet – How to Remove Read MoreAnita Breuer, Ken Banks and Todd Landman Yesterday I attended a fascinating talk in London that was organised by the Institute for Democracy and Conflict Resolution, a part of the …
New Technology, Social Media and Human Rights Read MoreI have dabbled with Ubuntu (a Linux distribution) for a few years, but never had it installed as my main operating system. It sits on my spare computer as a …
Time To Try Ubuntu? Version 10.04 Lucid Lynx Rocks According to Matt Cutts Read MoreFor one of my sites I use some geotargeting code (plus a database of IP addresses) to show content to people in different countries – mostly for targeting adverts to …
Geotargetting Adverts by IP Address of Visitor Read MoreTweet I have been messing about on the Internet for a few years now. Due to my complete lack of technical skills I naturally fell into blogging and building up …
Yahoo Site Explorer has Left the Building, RIP Yahoo Site Explorer Read MoreIt appears that there will soon be a major shakeup in the way news is presented online. The Financial Times (FT.com) has announced that they are planning to start charging …
FT.com and other Financial News Websites To Charge for Content Read MoreI get a lot of stupid comments on my blog that never make it past the strict moderators eye. Some of them are really quite funny, sort of inventive bullshit. …
Annoying Spammy Comments on my Blog Read MoreJimmy Savile with his good friend the Yorkshire Ripper – Source: The Sun News Over the Years – Hindsight or Warnings? OK, today I decided to Google Jimmy Saville in …
Jimmy Saville, the Grey, Shadowy Figure in the Background Read MoreTweet Bank of America has slashed Google’s target price by 23% due to a large reduction in online shopping searches. The credit crunch crisis, and resulting recession, has meant that …
Google’s Starts to Suffer as Online Retail Declines Read MoreTweet Trying to open Facebook an getting an error message ion Chrome: Error 324 (net::ERR_EMPTY_RESPONSE): The server closed the connection without sending any data. Of course, this could be my …
Has Facebook Just Crashed and Burned or is it Just Me? Read MoreGoogle Analytics has a new tool in Beta called Intelligence. It allows users to set up alerts. At the moment we do not know much more. This is how it …
What is Google Analytics Intelligence? Read MoreAfter 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 …
Waitrose Press Release: Massive Investment In Its Website Read MoreGoogle has launched a new innovative service that allows people to utilize its voice translation technology to understand what their pets are saying. This is the sort of groundbreaking technological …
Google Translate for Animals Launched! Read MoreI was just reviewing some old contributed articles on one of my sites, and noticed that the URL provided by one author was no longer active (just a domain holding …
How To Succeed Online Rule 1: Do Not Give Up Read MoreTweet I have an up to date fully functional version of Windows Vista. Sometimes I open Internet Explorer to watch BBC iPlayer (it just seems to work better, and also …
Window Vista and Internet Explorer Read MoreOK, these are the pre-installed applications on the Android. These will be available as soon as you turn your phone on for the first time. Most are pretty basic. The …
Android Pre-Installed Applications Read MoreLinkedIn is now the major player in professional social networking. But other free or trimmed down alternatives are emerging. Here we look at three that are worth considering. Zerply Zerply.com …
Three Alternatives To LinkedIn Read MoreCloud Computing – The Sky Does Have Limits In recent years, many public sector businesses have sought to make use of cloudware (cloud technology) to become more efficient, boost their …
Is Cloud Computing Failing Our Public Sector? Read More“The US Justice Department has said that internet service providers should be allowed to charge for priority traffic. The agency said it was opposed to “network neutrality”, the idea that …
US backing for two-tier internet Read MoreIf you are reading this you are a web user and therefore you should be aware of the possible risks associated with Internet use. In the same way that if …
Are You Secure Online? Internet Security, Privacy and Your Future Read MoreI have been dedicating the last month or so to setting up a home LAMP server, to host PHP/MySQL sites and static sites and blogs using FTP. Now I need …
Open Source Templates – The easy way to start building your own Web Pages Read More