October 31, 2007

USA the Internet slowcoach

Despite having all of those companies and business people who have made so much money from the net, it would appear that the US is getting behind in the internet speed race.
This is in contrast to other countries having steamed ahead with new technology. Although there are no straight forward figures for anyone to actually [...]

October 30, 2007

Earnings from affiliate schemes

Having built a website and you have seen the traffic increase to what could be considered a reasonable amount, so is that it? Where do you go from there? The obvious route would be to see if you can turn this successful website into something that makes some money for you.
The two main ways both [...]

October 26, 2007

Great Bookmarking Tool

Bookmarking your sites can take a lot of time, this costs money as you could be getting on with something else that is more practical and worthwhile. But here is a nice way to manage all of your bookmarks in an easy manner with Only Wire and it is free!!
Not only does it do [...]

October 25, 2007

Petition to bring back TV Links

Zero Paid are launching a petition to save TV Links the site that was closed down by the UK Police. The 26 year old webmaster was arrested, but later released with no charge why? Well it would seem that the site contained no pirated material or anything like it, all it had was links to [...]

October 24, 2007

The Google Watchdog returns

A good resource for webmasters has returned with some more information that will inform and educate on the latest developments that are in the pipeline or that may already happened at Google HQ without many people knowing about it.
Its always a great idea to have the heads up on Google, as this can have an [...]

October 22, 2007

TV Links shut down

Some people may be familiar the UK based website TV Links, it was a great site that provided links to thousands of music tracks, TV shows, documentaries, films, and music videos, some of these are from Google and You Tube, I say was because the site is no more.
Apparently the site has been closed down [...]

October 19, 2007

Google helps manage site links

A site is what appears on a search, you may have seen them. They offer the searcher to go directly to a certain page on your site. But sometimes this is not what you want, because you need your visitors to look through your site, not go directly to one page and then disappear.
Well you [...]

October 17, 2007

How many Subscribers in a Feed?

This has become a hot topic, you would only need to read the comments to the posting on Google System to how there are those for Google and those against, which is how it should be. However in this case it’s about finding out how many subscribers there are on certain website feeds. This is [...]

October 16, 2007

Is Google a Friend or Foe?

It depends on your stand point. You have to sit back in admiration on what they have done, but where they are going is a completely different matter. You have to remember though that Google is not the same company as it used to be, they are now a money making machine and in order [...]

October 15, 2007

Webmaster Assists in Suicides

There is a huge rise in the type of site offering suicide advice and assistance, these are mainly located in countries that have either no or are neutral to the world’s laws and law enforcement agencies. This makes monitoring these practices almost impossible as the people behind these “Businesses” can literally close up and start [...]

October 11, 2007

Writing a Webmaster Business Plan

This is a really hard thing to do, especially when you are new to it. It is hard to know what to expect and a business plan can involve a little prediction here and there. The basis is as follows:
The purpose of your business
The products and services you will offer
Who your clients will be
The legal [...]

October 10, 2007

Every Webmaster needs a blog

Whether it is company or personal blog, the dated postings with links can have a great impact on search engine results, simply because of the constantly updated content and links.
Some people and businesses feel that blogs are ruining the internet and the search process. But they are probably people who do not understand how blogs [...]

October 9, 2007

Parasiteware can damage your wealth

When a visitor clicks on one of your affiliate links, you expect to be paid when the commission has been earned, but if the visitor has a form of parasiteware on their computer, then it is possible they you will not be paid!
This software will overwrite the information in the cookie giving the parasite the [...]

October 5, 2007

Page Rank to be Retired

Could it be possible that Google are thinking of or may have already decided to retire the famous Page Rank? The rumours as you would expect are full of what could happen and what may happen.
It seems to be certain that they will be removing the Page Rank from the Google Tool Bar; this may [...]

October 4, 2007

Webmasters going green

As if running a website was not hard enough, it seems that there is a growing pressure on webmasters and site owners to go green too.
A while ago it was just getting a site to work properly and look appealing was enough, and then along came SEO and so on. But even more challenging is [...]

October 2, 2007

Social networks to keep an eye on

Virtually everyone on the net has heard of Digg, Technorati, Del.icio.us, and Furl, but these are full to the brim with pages and members, but what if you could get in on the ground floor of the next Digg? Now that would be something worth looking into. So what are these sites?
Zimbio
SpicyPage
Bumpzee
Genwi [...]

October 1, 2007

Googles birthday goes unnoticed

It was Googles birthday the other day, nine years they have been around and it has only been the last couple years that they have actually been trying to take over the world!
The only indication of the celebration was the Google logo had one of their little letter changes, it was the forth “G” that [...]