Google has announced that it is killing off Google Wave, its communication and sharing application.

As with most ventures on the internet, they can start quickly and die quickly. Continue reading “Say Hello, Wave Goodbye…”

Link Building is expensive, in terms of the time and effort it takes to persuade other companies, businesses, social networks and bloggers to link to your website.

It would be a lot easier if websites would  link to yours, without you having to chase them.

The way to do this is to create link-worthy content.

Continue reading “Link Building – Revisited”

Paypal have made it very easy for businesses of all sizes to easily accept payments online.  It is fast becoming one of  the most common methods used on the web today.

It is simple to open an account and you can be up an running in minutes on your website.

One of the features that we particularly  like is the ability to accept online payments without owning a website. Continue reading “Use Paypal without a Website”

There have now been more than 20 billion tweets since Twitter first launched, according to tracking service GigaTweet.

The milestone comes just two months after the service hit 15 billion tweets and about five months since it reached 10 billion, indicating that activity levels on the microblogging service continue to accelerate.

While GigaTweet’s count is unofficial, Twitter indicated earlier this year that they’re seeing more than 50 million tweets per day. With Twitter recently breaking its own activity records during the World Cup, it is a good bet that the numbers are fairly accurate.

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With this level of activity is also a safe bet to assume that your business audience is on Twitter, so what are you waiting for?

Facebook are launching a new service.

Facebook Questions

Millions of people ask their friends questions on Facebook every day. What new music should I listen to? Where’s the best sushi place in town? How do I learn to play the piano?

Today we’re introducing Facebook Questions, a beta product that lets you pose questions like these to the Facebook community. With this new application, you can get a broader set of answers and learn valuable information from people knowledgeable on a range of topics.

To ask a question to the community, just click the “Ask Question” button at the top of the homepage. You can also ask questions about your friends from their profiles, similarly to how you would post on their Wall

To find out more go to Facebook’s Blog

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We are constantly asked ‘ How does Google work?’  ‘What is a spider?’  How does Google determine if my website is ranked higher than my competitors?

Who better to explain than Matt Cutts from Google in this very helpful video. Continue reading “How does Google work?”

Analytics is a great tool – but have you set yourself a goal for your website.

What are you trying to achieve with your website?  Determine this first and then use Analytics to measure your success.

Continue reading “Use Google Analytics to measure your goals”

It’s just like another battle between three main rivals, that is making the news recently, but the inexorable rise of Facebook is just about to deal the killer blow. Continue reading “Facebook, Bebo and MySpace”

It looks like Facebook is setting is targets firmly on Google, with a new way of thinking about search.

By cleverly weaving its service into other websites, Facebook is hoping that rather then searching the web the ‘old way’ via search engines like Google or Yahoo,  users will navigate through the web following their own connections and interests. Continue reading “Facebook v Google”

Setting up in business, buying a new business or reviewing an existing business, will require marketing skills and knowledge.  Many websites are created to launch new businesses, here we discuss the most common marketing mistakes.

Continue reading “Common Marketing Mistakes”