Software can check on your ISP
A not for profit company the Electronic Frontier Foundation has released a smart piece of software which will show people exactly what is going on with the traffic problems if you are getting any that is.
The purpose is for website owners to be able to see where the traffic, or more to the point if [...]
A faster XP on its way
Service pack three for Windows XP will be coming out sometime in the first quarter of 2008, and the good news is that according to Devil Mountain Software, this will increase performance on average by around ten per cent, which is fantastic.
This statement will come to XP users as a bit of a surprise, especially [...]
Google now has “Body Search”
This is one is on the debatable side of search, it is supposed to bring together people in a very strange way, like the “Match my Organ” this needs little explanation expect that it has nothing to do with musical instruments!
On a positive note, there will be 3D images of the human body which relate [...]
Freelancers learn from mistakes
As freelancers we have all made mistakes, and we either learn by those or by what other freelancers tell us of there experiences, after all if we do not take any notice of these then being in business is going to be a short career.
So what do other freelancers advise?
1) Can you show [...]
November 22, 2007My Space Hacker tells all
Samy Kamkar, is famous for one thing, that is hacking into MySpace and now he is banned from even touching a computer keyboard, for he created “The Samy Worm” which was the first worm in the world to infect a Web 2.0 site.
The worm was not a dangerous or a malicious worm, but it did [...]
Google still number one for webmasters
Despite all of the ups and downs with Google, the most famous search engine in the world is still the number one choice for webmasters; they build, and market their websites with Google in mind, while disregarding the rest of the search engines.
The simple question to ask is why? And the answer is as equally [...]
Microsoft enter porn market
As strange as it may seem there are rumours that Microsoft is planning an X Rated affiliate programme this will go under the name of either “Porn Bucks” or “M$ Smut Cash” but we can take those titles as being in development.
It’s a wonder who will be interested in this business model or is it? [...]
What is great content?
There is a path to follow that will make your website show up in a great place on the search engines results for your desired keywords etc, but in order to get there, it is necessary to make the site conform to certain parameters in order to tick all of the search engine boxes, but [...]
November 15, 2007Generating website traffic
It’s a simple fact that no traffic to your website means no visitors and therefore it stands to reason that no money will be made. After all what is the point of creating a wonderful website if nobody is going to see it?
Paying for traffic can be expensive it all depends on your business, for [...]
Go Daddy integrates Google tools
The domain and hosting company Go Daddy will be piloting a new type of service which will see users being able to integrate the Google Webmaster Tools service directly without any need to download or install themselves.
The idea is that this will not only save users time and hassle in integrating the service into their [...]
Googles games means advertising heaven
Webmasters of games and other related sites may find that Google will have some great advertising opportunities soon with the purchase of the ad firm Adspace who place in game adverts; this is a serious advertising opportunity as the ads can be placed to appeal to certain groups of people depending on what the game [...]
November 9, 2007Traffic from search engines
The very first thing that needs to be done is submit your site to the search engines. Sure you can wait for the site to be spidered, but why wait, time is money and you are in business. You can add you site to any search engine that you want, but make sure that it [...]
November 7, 2007Free webmaster tool
Having a counter on the website is a very useful tool, it lets the other users know how busy the site is, and there is no pulling of punches when the exact number of visitors is there for all to see.
But these tools do tend to cost money, but not always, this is a tool [...]
Domain names made easy
Looking for suitable domain names can be a nightmare, you know how it is, you think of a really appropriate name and then check to if it is available and no of course not they never are, but with this tool there is a large field in which you just type your chosen names and [...]
November 5, 2007IE8 coming soon
At a recent web developer conference, the Mix07 which took place in Las Vegas, there was a little mention that Microsoft were intending to bring out IE 8 in under two years from when the IE 7 seven came out. IE 7 was released last October so it is over a year now and therefore [...]
November 1, 2007Google puts price on results
The French based blog, Zorgloob has discovered what the Google guys see when they do a search. The results returned are as normal except for the slight difference of a dollar value placed at the end of the listing.
The figures are said to be related to Adsense, but these figures also turn up in the [...]