Google has recently put out an update to their ranking algorith called Penguin. Here is a post from www.webpronews.com to tell you all about it. If you are interested in your website rankings and spend money on search engine optimisation, then this is a must read.
Posted by Andrew Thornberry on May 17, 2012 at 12:00AM in Geek Speak , Outraged , Business
Gee I love technology and the ways people use it sometimes.
Most of you will know of or at least will have used a CAPTCHA. That's those funny messed up words that you have to decipher on the bottom of a web form and type in what the letters are. If you get it right, you pass and your action is accepted and if you don't they tell…
Posted by Andrew Thornberry on December 12, 2011 at 12:00AM in Geek Speak , Business
Today, Apple announced the iPhone 5 - doh - I mean the 4S. We were all so hoping for the big 5 to come out, it was a little disappointing really. That said, the trigger to change the major version number on the phone has traditionally been a physical change in the look of the device - and…
Posted by Andrew Thornberry on October 05, 2011 at 12:00AM in Chit Chat , Geek Speak , Business
Don't Bite The Hand That Feeds
An interesting story has come out of Belgium in the past months.
A group of national newspapers has objected to Google scanning its stories to put onto the Google news service. The logic behind this is pretty obvious. They want people on their site reading the news - either paying via subscription and being subjected to advertisements.…
Posted by Andrew Thornberry on September 05, 2011 at 12:00AM in Outraged , Business
Did you know that according to a recent report by Deloitte Access Economics, in 2010, the internet contributed $50 billion to the Australian economy? This figure is 3.6% of our gross domestic product (GDP).
Now, when I first heard this, I thought 'Oh yeah, that's probably right - its still pretty small'. However the next part puts…
Posted by Andrew Thornberry on August 29, 2011 at 12:00AM in Business
Trust is on the up, loyalty dives
Despite the increase in online scams and malicious websites, internet consumers are 20 per cent more trusting of websites than they were five years ago, according to a new University of Melbourne study.
However, while surfers may be more trusting, online shoppers are 30 per cent less loyal to online businesses than in 2007.
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Posted by Andrew Thornberry on July 12, 2011 at 12:00AM in Design Talk , Business
