Google

The world’s most powerful search engine has infiltrated nearly every PC and laptop in the West and promises to reach even further through expansion and monopoly. We keep you filled in on the news, issues and technical help relating to the behemoth company that is Google.

The Adverts are Back (for now)

Well, you probably noticed, if you are an aficionado of The World’s Greatest Blog – and aren’t there just so many of you out there! – that yesterday we added a little banner of advertising to the bottom of every post on this blog. This betrayal comes after I ranted and raved about many things [...]

Does Google Notice When I Fix Spelling Errors?

I was just tinkering around with the Remix Submission buttons over at Remix.vg (I made the button massive because people weren’t able to see the small one that was there before!) and noticed a couple of spelling and grammatical errors that were probably floating around at the bottom of that page for a long old [...]

The Originators and Pioneers

The Originators and Pioneers

I was asked to Google the phrase “The Originators and Pioneers” this morning by Roll Deep’s Twitter. So I did. And I thought “this isn’t really the Search Engine Results Page that I thought it would be,” so I decided to change that. Because I can. I reckon I will now be the originator and [...]

Buying Cheap Glasses Online

It’s time for another one of those Case Studies into the world of online retail that we all know and love so much. With the team at Deal85.com, we’re currently investigating the online glasses market – in particular, we are looking at who has the cheapest glasses available online, and how visible these online retailers [...]

London Fashion Week – Who Cares?

Yet again, I write a title that runs the risk of ostracising and alienating roughly everyone who will be searching around the internet for stories about London Fashion Week. They might well read the title, get very uppity, and not pay attention to what I am about to say, before writing a comment which largely [...]

Race Calendar

Another month passed by since the public launch of another website we have made. This time it is running that we are looking to make a finer representation of on the internet, in the form of our glorious new running event listing website Race Calendar. You can find Race Calendar at the rather sensible URL [...]

Google Search Firefox Results Different From Internet Explorer

Google Search Firefox Results Different From Internet Explorer

Well, its been some time since I wrote anything with a webmaster hat on. That’s not because I haven’t been webmastering – far from it – it’s because I’ve been doing so much of it that the last thing I’ve wanted to do it write about it. However, something has cropped up time and again [...]

World TV Download

World TV Download

Lot’s of people, it would seem, search for “World TV Downloads” in order to get hold of toolbars and software which will allow them to watch live tv over the internet. Quite often, people look for these World TV Downloads in order to watch premium content, such as major sporting events, or TV shows. The [...]

SEO Case Study: Clean to Go – Carpet, Upholstery and Oven Cleaning around Oxford, UK

As sometimes happens when you work online, particularly when you start letting slip that you spend time optimizing and ranking sites well in organic search engine results, this week a friend of mine asked for my opinion on a website. So here we have the opportunity to provide some good old free advice, promote a [...]

BBC Spends Our Money Advertising Glastonbury on Google Adwords

BBC Spends Our Money Advertising Glastonbury on Google Adwords

I know what you’re going to think “Rob, you’re always hammering the BBC, I actually quite like them! Their coverage of Glastonbury is boss, for a start (sic)!” – so before we get in to this, I will come out and say that I enjoy much of the BBC’s coverage, to the point where I [...]