Whether buying or renting, the Internet is a great way to find a new house. Not only can mortgage providers be researched and found but Portals such as www.realtor.com, www.rightmove.co.uk and www.realestate.com.au provide a one-stop place to find available properties. Real Estate and the … [Read more...] about Google is best for Property Search
Review – Google Sidewiki is Very Good
Google Sidewiki has been launched. As per most things Google it is simple and painless to install and is free to use. All you need to do is download and install Google Toolbar with Sidewiki and then it is simple to add and read comments on every Web Page. What is Sidewiki Sidewiki shows comments … [Read more...] about Review – Google Sidewiki is Very Good
How to Get Better Search Results from Google
Google is by far the most popular Internet Search Engine. Google’s closest competitors, Yahoo and Microsoft Bing, have a far smaller market share of the Web Search market. The reason for Google’s popularity is that the search results returned in its Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) are more … [Read more...] about How to Get Better Search Results from Google
Green Day – 21 Guns Video and Lyrics
Time to watch a bit of Green Day 21 Guns ... Enjoy ... 21 Guns Lyrics Do you know what's worth fighting for? When it's not worth dying for? Does it take your breath away And you feel yourself suffocating? Does the pain weigh out the pride? And you look for a place to hide? Did someone break … [Read more...] about Green Day – 21 Guns Video and Lyrics
ITIL as a Framework
ITIL is not a set of instructions. It is a set of recommendations based on best practice. The ITIL ‘books’ describe how, at a high level, IT Service Delivery processes should be structured and interact. No two IT service environments are the same and IT service contracts vary greatly therefore it is … [Read more...] about ITIL as a Framework
Most Popular Online Video
The Nielsen Company released it's August numbers showing the most popular video brands: Top Online Brands ranked by Video Streams for August 2009 (U.S.) RANK Video Brand Total Streams (000) Unique Viewers … [Read more...] about Most Popular Online Video
Telco Stops Blogging
A few days ago the Telstra (an Australian Telco) Blog titled ‘Now We Are Talking’ closed. According to Telstra, nowwearetalking.com.au received over 4.5 million visits and 10,000 comments during its four years in existence. ‘Now We Are Talking’ has a Google PageRank of 6 and thousands of backlinks … [Read more...] about Telco Stops Blogging
Search Terms in URLs
I have just started reading Click by Bill Tancer of Hitwise fame. I am really enjoying the book so far particularly when Bill describes trends via search data analysis. The first chapter of Click is titled ‘PPC – Porn, Pills and Casinos’ which (no surprise here) shows various interesting data trends … [Read more...] about Search Terms in URLs
Webpage Load Speed as Competitive Advantage
Google has always prided itself on its very fast Search Engine Result Page (SERP) load times. Google continues to show the amount of time each Search has taken on the SERPs. In fact, one of the first items mentioned in Google’s philosophy is that ‘Pages load instantly’. The Google research people … [Read more...] about Webpage Load Speed as Competitive Advantage