Are you at the right Internet party?
There’s a party on the Internet…but is your business part of it? Or are you hopelessly trying to get people to come into your “lounge” for a nibble? Find out where the action is on this video.
Graham Jones
Don’t copy other websites
Do you remember that child at school who would curl their arm around their work so there was no chance of copying what they were doing? They were really mean weren’t they? They wouldn’t even let you take their exercise books home so you could copy their brilliant work for …
File sharing action shows how old fashioned lawyers are
Lawyers are currently issuing letters to people they suspect of illegally engaging in file sharing online. Two law firms are reportedly doing this and already big hitters in the online and mobile arenas, such as 02, are attacking the move. The law firms are arguing that the people they are …
Polish Daily News
Polish Daily newspaper just called for my comment on the catching of criminals via Facebook; it seems they just can’t stop boasting about their crimes on social networks…!
Facebook achieves world domination
When Willie Walsh took over as CEO of British Airways in 2005 he was handed a poisoned chalice. The former “World’s Favourite Airline” was no longer the darling of the skies. And the company was surrounded by negativity and a hostile press. Add to that a powerful staff union, disgruntled …
Write more blogs to increase your search engine position
The Keystone Cops are alive and well and living in the Thames Valley. A month since an incident in Henley on Thames, the police are now admitting they made a mistake. It appears that a branch of Lloyds TSB was being robbed at gunpoint. So four police cars and a …
Web Designer Magazine
I’m in this month’s Web Designer Magazine, talking about domain names.
Princess Diana’s “drunk driver” story has implications for your website
New “evidence” has emerged this weekend which suggests that Princess Diana’s driver, Henri Paul, was not drunk at the time of her fatal accident. Well, at least that’s what the Daily Express says anyway. Apparently, he was “set up” by the French authorities in a botched bid to end her …
Poor Bill Gates exposes league table nonsense
Shock horror..! Bill Gates is no longer the world’s richest individual. Instead, the Mexican telecomms supremo, Carlos Slim, has overtaken Bill to become the richest person on the planet, at least according to Forbes Magazine. He is half a billion dollars richer than Bill and is the first non-American to …
Blogging is not enough
Silence covered the room as the question was asked, but slowly one man at the back raised his hand to answer. “Ah good,” I said, “someone here has been blogging in their business. Tell us your story please.” The middle-aged, balding chap rose to his feet and stumbled out just …
The Advantages of Using PayPal As Your Shopping Cart
Any e-commerce application needs a good shopping cart to handle any purchases and payments for subscriptions. Of course you want the best shopping cart you can get for your blogs or websites, but there are so many options online, all promising you the world, that it can get confusing. Still …
How to make more money on the internet – forget your website
Women have a problem; there I’ve said it, I’ve got it out in the open at last – a bit risky for me on International Women’s Day, but it’s done. Their problem, of course, is men. Men have dominated society for thousands of years, resulting in a bias in thinking. …
Improve your website with teamwork
John Witherow is hard at work today, but luckily most of his work will be done by other people – his team. For John is the long-standing Editor of The Sunday Times and will be beavering away today so that we can get the paper in the morning. Luckily, he …
Think social, not company
Decision makers in small businesses are much more likely to look for information about your company in social networking sites, than on your own website or blog. That’s the significant conclusion you can draw from the Business.com study of how you can engage small business decision makers through social media. …
Just when you thought the BBC understood the Internet…
Mark Thompson, the Director General of the BBC, will doubtless have several nasty things said about him today. In the pubs down the road from TV Centre in Shepherd’s Bush, disgruntled staff will be slagging him off, no doubt. Newspapers tomorrow will be full of vitriol poured out against him. …