May
29th
2011
Open source search engines every developer should know about.
posted in: Programming
Open source search engines every developer should know about.

Search is a crucial feature of any website.  Even if your navigation is crystal clear, it still doesn't cater for those power users and return visitors that remembered a particular piece of content, or want to find collections of information stored on your site in the same topical areas. Typical...

May
27th
2011
daLockr – digital image tracking for the social web.
posted in: Reviews
daLockr – digital image tracking for the social web.

URL: http://beta.dalockr.com daLockr is a new cloud based photo based startup looking to solve the problem with image assets on the web.  Based in Stockholm, Sweden - the beta launched officially today, and the service offers a couple of interesting features for those looking to share copy s...

May
22nd
2011
Bjork unveils HTML5 interactive galaxy
posted in: Web Design
Bjork unveils HTML5 interactive galaxy

URL: http://bjork.com Pushing the boundaries of what we expect to hear and feel has given those working on musicians websites creative freedom, that if proposed for corporate websites, would never see the light of day. With music and art always being intrinsically linked we've seen this c...

May
22nd
2011
The personal touch from Google
posted in: Google
The personal touch from Google

It's my birthday today, and this was what greeted me when I logged in this morning- - a customised Google logo! Clicking on the logo redirected me through to my Google profile page (which is obviously where my date of birth is stored in the first place).  Thought it was a nice touch, but just s...

May
16th
2011
How big is Amazon?
posted in: E-commerce
How big is Amazon?

As someone who has always been fascinated with Amazon's long tail strategy, this fantastic presentation from French Agency FaberNovel perfectly illustrates exactly that. As the leading player in the e-commerce space, Amazon highlights just far big digital commerce has come, and the slideshare ide...

May
15th
2011
A kick ass guide to growing your website traffic online
posted in: Website Promotion
A kick ass guide to growing your website traffic online

One of the hardest things on the web has to be attracting an audience, and growing traffic to a brand new website.  It's where traditional businesses moving to the web as a platform often falter; whilst they succeed at growing sales offline - growing traffic and sales online is a completely differ...

May
14th
2011
Google Places offering 3D business photos
posted in: Google
Google Places offering 3D business photos

Google have turned the heat up another notch in their bid to attract users to Google places. The more formal introduction of Google business photos this month by Marrisa Mayer at  the Social-Loco conference shows that they are planning on ramping up the quality of information found within businesse...

May
11th
2011
Browser based Angry Birds lands on Chrome Store.
posted in: Google
Browser based Angry Birds lands on Chrome Store.

URL: http://bit.ly/itPM8M Launched today at Google's IO conference, Rovio's massive hit Angry birds has just been released on the Chrome web store, using HTML5, and the power of WebGL to deliver its gaming experience.  Sundar Pichai, Google’s senior vice president of Chrome commented th...

May
11th
2011
Google’s addiction to speed, and how engagement metrics will shape the web.
posted in: Google
Google’s addiction to speed, and how engagement metrics will shape the web.

Without a doubt you'll have noticed Google's recent moves in the search space focusing publishers on speed. It makes sense for them to encourage faster websites commercially for them, as lowering their bandwidth consumption, and easier quicker indexing if the web translates directly into savings of ...

May
09th
2011
Tap11 to form part of new Delicious platform
posted in: Facebook
Tap11 to form part of new Delicious platform

YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen today announced that they have acquired Tap11, the developer of a Twitter and Facebook analytics platform that allows brand owners and advertisers to monitor and measure the impact of social media campaigns. Tap11 becomes part of Hurley and Chenâ€...

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