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Twitter for the very young

Here's proof, if it were needed, of Twitter's ever-increasing omnipotence: babies can now tweet from the womb. Yes, back in February, we reported that dogs can tweet: in our estimation, this is a step further into the realm of... well, the rather...

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Does Google fix its results? We doubt it.

It's common knowledge that a good Google ranking can make or break a business, so it's no surprise that companies regularly get into a lather when they don't get the results they believe they deserve. The European Commission Competition Chief,...

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Case Study: 5Dillon.com

Case Study: 5Dillon.com

Case: 5 Dillon is a brand new boutique selling fabulous, high quality, new, gently used, and reinvented items at incredibly accessible prices. As the boutique is located in a small town there are limitations on the number of customers that may...

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Firefox 4 is coming: is your website ready?

With the announcement that the beta version of Firefox 4 has been released, it's that time again. Time to check how your own website looks on it, that is. While the browser is only in beta (ie, a work in progress), it is currently available for...

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Happy New Year!

While everyone seems to be intent on looking back over the past decade, the near future is looking very exciting, too. Rumors abound that Apple will be unveiling their next big technological product - will it set the world on fire like the iPhone...

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Case Study: Shiraz-Software.com

Case: Shiraz Software delivers state of the art printing solutions on all major platforms for all related large format printing markets with very strong after sales support.  As they did not previously have an independent website, instead they...

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Merry Christmas, one and all

Don't forget to track Santa's journey on Google Earth tomorrow! While you're waiting, and if you have small ones to entertain, you might like the games in Santa's village. Read all about Google's history tracking Santa as she circumnavigates the...

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Google flounders in Japan

We're so used to thinking of Google as the number one search engine, that it can be hard to remember that this isn't the case everywhere. In the USA, for example, Google's market share stands at about 71.5%. In the UK, it's more like 90%, which...

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Real time search is coming – are you ready?

The big news this week is 'real-time search' from Google, which, in a nutshell, means the inclusion of the very latest news stories, blog posts, tweets and other social media activity in their main search results. Now, more than ever, every...

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Case Study: Denbighunderfives.co.uk

Case: Denbigh Under Fives is a small pre-school near Ladbroke Grove in London located in a mews off a quiet side street. The pre-school wanted a web presence to promote themselves as they felt that many people were not aware of their existence and...

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Case Study: kensingtonphysio.co.uk

Case: Kensington Physio is an established physiotherapy practice located off Kensington High Street in London which has been in business for nearly 20 years. They had a website but it had become outdated both in its style and the information it...

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Amazon – on your high street

National newspapers are reporting today that Amazon may be moving to open up a number of "bricks and mortar" high-street shops across the country. It's an interesting development from a company that we've always believed has blazed the trail for...

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Spiralling budgets and dissolving deadlines

I'm sure we all have experience of projects which go over budget and run past their deadlines - but can you imagine a website that costs you over two and a quarter million pounds more than you'd bargained for, and launches almost four years later...

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SEO: “a tool to be used when appropriate”

Matt Kelly from the Daily Mirror has made a fascinating speech on the importance of content and character over SEO, as reported in The Guardian today. His basic point is that newspapers have been too keen to optimize their sites, putting more...

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