Recommendations have always been an important part of any decision making process when seeking out what you need. And the art of recommending is officially as old as the hills, so it comes as no surprise that in this modern age, a recommendation still holds a lot of weight.
After posting my last article about the [...]
Monthly Archives: December 2007
Recommendations as Search Results
December 28, 2007 – 12:58 pm
The Rise (again?) of ‘Human Edited’ Search Results
December 28, 2007 – 11:42 am
2008 is going to be an interesting year in many arenas but I think one of the noticeable trends in 2008 will be the rise of human edited search results. My title reads ‘Rise (again?)’ as we need only look back to the last doctom boom when human edited search results (or editorially reviewed search [...]
Tracking Santa with Google Earth
December 21, 2007 – 4:35 pm
It has long been a tradition [online] for NORAD to track Santa online. Over the past three years, NORAD have moved to displaying the tracking through Google Earth so you can follow Santa geographically as he delivers the presents. This year is no exception, with Santa Tracking kicking off at 2 AM Mountain Time USA [...]
Nintendo Wii retains crown as ‘most wanted’ Gadget
December 20, 2007 – 6:55 pm
Nintendo’s Wii console has been the most searched-for product in the UK during the run-up to Christmas. New figures released by Hitwise reveal that Nintendo has outpaced nearest rival Apple to be the most searched for technology brand in the shopping category during November.
Searches for Nintendo Wii were roughly 13 times more numerous than those [...]
Alertme.com Alarm Kit Arrives!
December 19, 2007 – 7:39 pm
I was delighted to receive my new alertme.com alarm kit today. With packaging to rival that of Apple, the kit arrived with everything I need to install my own home alarm system, without all the fuss of expensive surveys, call centres of house visits.
The system is ingenious - you set up a bunch of sensors [...]
Online Christmas Shopping Overtakes The High Street
December 18, 2007 – 10:14 pm
With Christmas rapidly approaching, it seems that the prediction of online shopping threatening retail within the high street has become a reality. Officially, this year the British public will be spending more than ever online, buying presents during the festive period.
According to Nielson, around 70% of Brits will buy gifts online this year, each spending [...]
Last Posting Dates for Christmas
December 18, 2007 – 7:01 pm
Yup, Christmas is almost upon us, and do you know when the last posting dates are? Well 2nd Class was yesterday but what about first class? OK we can give you that one - its Thursday 20th for first class.
I knew that because I visited www.lastpostingdates.co.uk - a great little website that gives you the [...]
Google Updates Analytics
December 17, 2007 – 9:51 pm
Last week Google quietly updated its Analytics tool. The updates are quite fundamental, with a brand new tag now available to replace the current tags you may be running. The original tags they ran were old Urchin tags (Google Analytics was Urchin Analytics until it was aquired.) They looked like this:
<script src=”http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js” type=”text/javascript”>
</script>
<script type=”text/javascript”>
_uacct = [...]
What is Google Open Social?
December 14, 2007 – 2:40 pm
You may have seen a lot of talk about Google launching Open Social - so what is it? Well in a nutshell it is an API standard that other companies can use to open up their site and connect with other sites and apps. For people or companies looking to create an app to go [...]
Linkedin.com to become the ‘Facebook of Business’
December 14, 2007 – 2:40 pm
Linkedin.com - the leading site for business networkers and connections announced on Monday the launch of Linkedin’s Intelligent Application Platform - like Facebook, Linkedin is opening its site architecture to allow other developers to add in the their own tools, which will offer much greater personalisation of the Linkedin experience. The platform, based on Google’s [...]
