BT’s Bad Phorm

Posted on March 5th, 2008 by Brian

Following on from Garan’s piece about Phorm, BT have announced a trial involving 10,000 subscribers. Read about it on The Register.

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Phorm, an opinion

Posted on March 3rd, 2008 by Brian

Garan has beaten me to it with a recent posting on his blog. He writes about some very important news for the majority of UK internet users.
If you want the internet to remain the relatively open and free place it is today and you want your browsing habits to remain personal, I suggest you read [...]

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Search Engine Optimisation

Posted on November 27th, 2007 by Brian

I had a call this morning from one of my web customers; they have been contacted by a company called something like “First Found” offering to make sure their website appears at the number one position in various search engines.
This is an old ploy which, I suppose, may work in some cases. Unfortunately the results [...]

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Google Page Rank Explained

Posted on June 5th, 2007 by Brian

Smashing Magazine explains the inner workings of Google Page Rank.
It’s a fairly long read but well worth the effort.

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Time Travelling

Posted on May 2nd, 2007 by Brian

Ever wondered what a website looked like or contained a few years ago? Well there’s no need to as WayBack Machine offers a way to do it.
Just enter the domain name in the search box and click the button. Click on the relevant date and travel back in time - be warned though, some sites [...]

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Get fit? Get Google..

Posted on April 22nd, 2007 by Brian

Steve sent me this little tip today.

Go to www.google.com
Click on “maps”
Click on “get directions”
Type “New York” in the first box (the “from” box)
Type “London” in the second box (the “to” box)
Hit get directions
Scroll down to and check, step #24

Good luck

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Google Charts

Posted on April 19th, 2007 by Brian

Google have added a, long-awaited, charting function to their spreadsheet facility. I have taken a stab at using it in my Spam Count audit.

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More Google Goodies

Posted on April 12th, 2007 by Brian

Google Notebooks are a new Google feature which makes it very easy to collect information snippets from your surfing.
This is great for all sorts of applications but in my case, a real boon for genealogy bits and pieces.
A nice little Firefox add-in completes the application.
Note: You’ll need to setup a Google account if you don’t [...]

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