It’s only been a few hours but I love Google Chrome. Right off the bat I noticed a big improvement in speed and stability over the other browsers. For work, I’m using Firefox because I rely on its web developer extensions, but despite it being in beta I expect I’ll be using Chrome for regular [...]
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How to spot an internet scam
August 13th, 2008 · No Comments · SEO, internet
I feel like the guys in Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink that could just look at a supposedly 3,000 year-old statue and say “fake”. But I’m beginning to see that there are a lot of people still falling for fake promises made by websites. Here’s a quick test that helps me when I have any doubt: go [...]
Tags:Blink·fakes·google·howto·internet·Malcolm Gladwell·scams·SEO
SEO scams
July 25th, 2008 · No Comments · SEO
In two days, I’ve been exposed to two SEO scams. One company offers first place ranking in Google for £650. Their small print says that if this doesn’t happen they’ll refund you but keep an admin fee of £75. What’s more, their “first place” seems to be in sponsored ads not organic results. You can [...]
Tags:first page·google·high ranking·scams·SEO
How to beat the big guys
July 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · goals, marketing, work
You can always beat the big guy. If you’re starting out in a business, there are always some people, some companies that are big names, and it looks like they’ve got all the bases covered. But you have two big advantages. First of all, when you’re small, you’re agile. You can change quicker than the [...]
Google’s new favicon
June 30th, 2008 · No Comments · design, internet
I’ve given it a little while to sink in, but I have to say I like it. There seems to have been a lot of negative reaction to this, which might seem a small issue, but it’s always strange when a well-established company changes some part of its branding. It reminds me of the changes [...]