I have to say I prefer YouTube over Google Video, although the audio tends to be out of sync with the video, it’s hard to locate the gems from all the crap, a lot of the comments are “if you liked that then check out this video” spams, and you can’t download the videos for […]

TV3 just built a new website. Congratulations, TV3! But, wait, there’s a problem! Let’s see if we can spot it… What’s wrong with this picture: 293K of HTML and CSS, and 131K of images has been able to lock up visitors’ PCs white text on a black background body text is small font size non-compliant […]

When my company’s website is brought up in discussion, I’m quick to spout the cliche about the cobbler who has no time to sew proper shoes for his own children. We’re entirely too busy with our clients to tend to our own website, and it’s been that way for way too long. One thing that’s […]

In the mood for a little crystal ball gazing? Then head over here and watch the short documentary that paints a picture of the demise of the Fourth Estate in 2014, thanks in part to bloggers, social networks, personalization, and a predicted Google/Amazon merger. I think they got it wrong about Googlezon though. I think […]

As you may know, Google has launched in beta Google Video, a specialized search engine of video clips and TV programming. They have recently started offering a video upload capability which you can find here. Google is being surprisingly agressive with seeking out video submissions. A Google employee from Google Labs this week sent one […]

Late last month I spoke at the “Successful Online Advertising conference in Auckland. One of the questions that came up during the session on paid search was around the tactics of gap surfing and bid jamming. A lot of people in the audience didn’t know the definitions of these terms; in fact, many had not […]

Since the launch of Google Search History, most of the search results we get are personalized. Personalized search, combined with local search, means no-one gets the same view of Google’s search results anymore. As a search engine optimization company, this makes our jobs interesting, to say the least. How do we track improvement in search […]

Well, it’s been six months since his last State of the Blogosphere address, but Technorati’s Dave Sifry has been busy tracking and mapping the latest trends, comprehensive results for which are to be found in his latest five-part blog post series. Part 1 on Blog Growth reveals the number of weblogs out there has been […]

Following on from yesterday’s post on link buying and how it’s a legitimate practice in many circumstances… I found a blog comment posted just a few days ago by Google engineer Matt Cutts (yes, I’ve been blogging a lot about him lately… honestly, I’m not a groupie!). Matt chimed in on a lively debate happening […]