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Three is the magic number


March 9th, 2009 by Andy

Web 3.0 – the future online?

In the begining was the World Wide Web and it was kind of good. People (usually computer-geek type people like, erm, myself) built a few websites and it’s fame began to spread. Pretty soon big businesses cottoned onto the idea and corporate websites sprang up all over the place with everything from the chief executives biography to a list of their company’s widgets available to purchase. In those days to say you were a ‘website designer’ was to be treated with the reverance normally only reserved for Nobel Prize-winning rock stars, or even possibly the Pope. Untold riches were yours and beautiful women would fall at your feet (although, curiously, not in my particularly grimy neck of the woods at the time).

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Googlology


February 16th, 2009 by Michael

Internally berated for a touch of arrogance on a previous blog and rambling too much on most others, I should really tone down both the length and self-congratulatory nature of this post. Hmmm, maybe.

We are doing absolutely bloody brilliant in Google’s organic search listings on pretty much all of our preferred key phrases. Result, no ad costs, loads of new enquiries, huge income streams and a much brighter outlook for 2009. Thank you webbies, I love you all.

There you go, one out of two ain’t bad.

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Internet overhaul wins approval


June 26th, 2008 by Michael

A complete overhaul of the way in which people navigate the internet has been given the go-ahead in Paris.

The net’s regulator, Icann, voted unanimously to relax the strict rules on so-called “top-level” domain names, such as .com or .uk.

The decision means that companies could turn brands into web addresses, while individuals could use their names. A second proposal, to introduce domain names written in Asian, Arabic or other scripts, was also approved.

To read the full story http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7475986.stm

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