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I was converted to broadband in 2003, when BT ran a promotion in the London Evening Standard. At the time it seemed most ISPs wanted to charge a hefty installation or equipment fee, and my finances didn’t run to hefty. So I was thrilled to spot – and accept – the BT offer that gave […]
Twitter recently announced that it has changed its title tags for profiles, making a big impact on how high these pages are ranked in search engines. The news can be either good or bad, depending on who you are! For those who want visibility, it will be a blessing. Others are going to have to […]
It’s easy enough to dismiss social networking service Twitter as a place for people who want to be virtual friends with celebrities, but you’d not only miss out on the chance to have people like Stephen Fry brightening up your day in less than 140 characters, you’d also be throwing away new business opportunities. If you want […]
There’s a lot of buzz about how social networks are the new email, and yesterday I read another interesting item on the BBC website on the subject. It reminded me of a situation I was in a couple of months ago. Being an ex-Nortel Networks employee with 12 years pensionable service, I was really upset […]
I’ve just got back from Technology for Marketing and Advertising 2009. Here’s a round up of some of the highs and lows from a slightly jaded online marketer’s perspective. What was interesting was how busy the show was. Olympia was really very busy. If visitor count alone were an accurate measurement of the health of […]
Some love it, others loathe it – but the truth is reality TV makes up a large percentage of today’s television programming. This marmite-like genre has been around for a long time now but it’s never had the presence it has today. The ones of interest to me are the few that receive ‘annual national event’ […]
Today Google has introduced an interactive ‘social’ element to their standard search engine results, a feature they’ve dubbed SearchWiki. (Note: the features of Google’s SearchWiki are only available to logged-in Google users) SearchWiki is a Google search results page update which has been on the horizon for a while now – limited testing made some […]
Watch out job recruiters are about! Recently I was reading a really interesting article on “Facing up to the Talent Crunch” which discusses how companies can take advantage of Facebook to enhance their recruitment efforts. The author states that “HR companies are looking for ways to successfully leverage the site for recruitment”. Fascinating, but is […]
Where would we be without the web? Ok, ok, I know that statement’s a bit of a cliché but seriously, I still marvel at having the world more or less at my fingertips via the internet. The memory of what life was like before is all but fading away. I’ve just returned from a fantastic […]
“We’ve already got a website, so why do we need a blog too?” It’s becoming increasingly important to represent your brand or business with a blog in corporate cyberspace today. There are a number of benefits to be had from embracing the technology, some more obvious than others. Here’s my ‘top ten’ list of why […]
