David Thode

Last week saw our office block receive its delivery of the Yellow Pages. In the past, the massive mounds of yellow information were quickly snapped up from the foyer, however we have noticed over the past few years that the mountains don’t get moved (where are you when we need you Usher?). A week later [...]

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Normally our blog posts are based around some awesome new piece of technology that Google is unveiling which will make everyone’s online life easier, however this post won’t be of the same vein. At the moment, when you are logged into your iGoogle account, Google will record your preferences in searches, and give you results [...]

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We’re a fun-loving bunch here at E-Web, and whenever there is an opportunity to have fun while raising money for a good cause, we are all over it. You could almost say we put the fun into fund raising! You may have noticed throughout the month of November, men were spouting strange growths on their [...]

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A little while ago we reported that Microsoft was thinking outside the box, and looking at using the Family Guy show and creators to promote their new Windows 7 in a different way. This lasted all of less than 2 weeks, with Microsoft announcing that they are pulling out of the partnership. After making the [...]

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In the ever changing realm of SEO, there are always a number of differing opinions: Links vs Content? Underscores vs Dashes? Are no follow tags valuable? One of the more controversial questions was always “what is the validity of Pagerank in determining ranks?”. Google has now come out with a definitive answer: it doesn’t matter. [...]

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In previous blog posts we have looked at how advertising may have to change in the wake of viewer’s watching habits changing. To help launch the new Windows 7, Microsoft have enlisted Seth MacFarlane and the Family Guy crew to create a specific show which will have product placement instead of ads. Microsoft has been [...]

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With all the talk that has been going on about competitors to Google’s crown, it’s excellent to see that the reigning super-heavyweight champ is not resting on its laurels, but adding new features. Whether these features continue the Google dominance, or signal desperate times will remain to be seen. Last week Google announced nine new [...]

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A New Yahoo!

by David Thode on September 23, 2009

in Industry News

Yahoo (for the sake of the article, I’m going to drop the “!”… it’s too frustrating to keep that up) has announced today that their latest version of Yahoo Search has been launched today, with much fanfare. This fanfare has been accompanied by a $100 million ad campaign. Rather than try and rehash their marketing [...]

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Google maps is looking at incorporating new technology into their already wildly popular system, which would allow users to see real time traffic issues, so they could avoid congestion. This system has already been trialled in the US, with some success, especially in the traditional gridlock locations such as Los Angeles. With the rise in [...]

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In a completely unsurprising set of data to come from a recent US survey, the number of people using the internet to watch TV has risen by 20%. In addition to that, the numbers indicated that the amount of time watching traditional TV has also dropped by 20%. The reason for this shift away from [...]

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