An Introduction… The internet is a vast expanse of data. Each web page is a document marked up in HTML so that search engines, browsers and other programs can display the data to a human. It is unstructured and linked …
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I’m participating in an event next Wednesday which iCrossing is hosting in association with Travolution called When Travel Brands Fight Back. I felt it would be great to set the scene a little ahead of times and maybe even start …
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Google has announced a significant change to its algorithm which promises to go further in separating the online wheat from the chaff – and in making sure good content wins out over the bad. High quality sites are now given …
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Google announced their new content subscription service One Pass yesterday. The timing was interesting – it came the day after Apple announced new rules for publishers selling subscriptions on its iOS platform. Essentially, the Google approach looks more attractive to …
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I didn’t go to SXSW this year, in fact i’ve never been , but like many I’ve been reading the news about what’s expected to do well this year. One of the start-ups that caught my attention among the buzz …
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This morning Bing senior engineer, Marvel Beets announced that they would start using Google’s Page Rank algorithm to return results in Bing. As of next week when people perform a search using Bing the results will be processed and returned …
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Update: Please goto the latest blog post for the number search results chrome extension They say the simplest ideas are the best. If that’s true, then this Chrome extension is the best one ever built. Inspired by Ben’s recent post …
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Please note we have an up to date version of this infographic – 2012 mobile market share infographic This map shows the popularity of different mobile browsing platforms country by country, with some interesting results. Apple’s dominance can clearly be …
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I don’t claim to be an avid Apple fan, although I have owned numerous iPods and currently use an iPhone which i’ve been very impressed by. However, like many people, my curiosity and liking of gadgetry tech drew me towards …
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