Over the past couple of months I’ve encountered a couple of examples of Google no longer ranking the main index page of a website for search terms that previously returned the page on page 1 of the SERPs. I’ve consulted with a number of knowledgable people who have told me that it looks like a […]

There’s a new tutorial on the Tonetek website aimed squarely at site owners: DIY SEO: Keywords and Keyphrases.
This neat tutorial will help small businesses and those wishing to carry out their own search engine optimisation to identify the words and phrases that are relevant to their site and their visitors and then to use those […]

Tonetek have release a few excellent tutorials covering the basics of XHTML and CSS, javascript and PHP. These nicely written tutorials are full of excellent examples and suggested exercises that encourage the learner to find things out for themselves. More are promised so it’s worth bookmarking the site and checking back.

This post exists simply to draw attention to: taboo4u.co.uk which is currently configured for a search engine test.

A number of recent reports have examined the changing ways in which technology is being routinely used by the young and the ways in which these technolgies are affecting physical development and musculoskeletal disorders.

It is not unusual for young gamers to spend up to 16 hours a day playing on their Playstations, Xboxes, Gamecubes or […]

This blog post from Matt Cutts entitled “Talk Like a Googler - Parts of a URL” got me thinking about the ways in which I have (mistakenly) referred to the various elements that make up a URL. The subsequent discussion thread also makes for an interesting read.
If you, like me, attempt to teach young students […]

There are some exciting technological developments taking place that should result in improvements to users experiences when using web based applications. One of these is Google Gears. Currently in beta testing Google Gears installs both a web server and a local, lightweight database engine (SQLite) on the users computer. With these components installed locally it […]