Miscellaneous

I say ‘social networking sites’ and you think of Facebook. They’re practically synonymous. Just as ‘Google’ has become accepted as a verb in our language, you can now ‘facebook’ your friends too. But what about the days before Facebook became a verb as well as a noun? Of course, there was Myspace, and Bebo (remember Bebo?), but even before that the UK’s granddaddy of social networking was flourishing.

Mobile web application development could empower a developing continent and its people to make huge changes to their health, education and employment prospects. But could the so called developed world learn from Africa’s journey into the mobile web and its technology?

Google Images can drive a lot of traffic to your site, but just how relevant are the search results? We recently discovered that our profile photos are showing up in Image results and for terms that you wouldn’t necessarily want to be associated with…!

Pay per click is by no means a newcomer to the world of advertising and search engine optimisation but the market itself may be changing as it becomes more important to consider the market and demographics being targeted. Thinking about the different search engines to target and formulating a PPC strategy is best left to a full service digital agency.

As Internet Explorer celebrates its 15th birthday this month and looks forward to the impending launch of its ninth incarnation, IE9, having picked up updates and revisions aplenty over the years, we take a look back at the history or the browser and ask if its future’s so bright.