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Posts by JB:

A new Netscape for the less personalised Web

15th June 2006 10:02am by JB posted in Archived

My immediate thoughts on the rebirth of Netscape are that AOL are joining a selection of content providers appealing to the lethargic nature of Internet users.
I can see Netscape appealing heavily to those who are not web savvy enough to download a comprehensive aggregator and choose their own RSS feeds.
But RSS is a bigger issue [...]

A growing business is like a starfish

14th June 2006 12:55pm by JB posted in Archived

There’s a story going around that Starfish have incredible regenerative powers. So much so that when they lose a leg (or a ray) they grow one back. This may not seem that incredible – after all lizards can grow tails back and there are many other similar accounts in the animal kingdom. What is impressive [...]

Control lies where on the Internet?

12th June 2006 10:56am by JB posted in Archived

In a radio interview last week, Lawrence Jones was asked to explain what an Internet Service Provider does. Following Lawrence’s answer, Phil Wood, the host said - “so you basically run the Internet” and Lawrence’s response was “I guess so, personally we just have a small chunk of it.”
And in one sense this is true [...]

A parable for the Internet Industry

8th June 2006 10:55am by JB posted in Archived

Last night’s Optimising Your Online Presence seminar brought some of Manchester’s top businesses together at Cube and sent them away with fuel for success.
Clare Johnson of Digital Marketing specialists Adoofa, spoke first and gave marketers a great overview of SEO and PPC with emphasis on tried and tested techniques and avoidance of the ‘Dark Arts.’ [...]

Optimising Your Online Presence Seminar

6th June 2006 5:01pm by JB posted in Archived

Tomorrow night in Manchester City centre, UKFast’s MD Lawrence Jones is joining with Yahoo, Hitwise and Internet Marketing agency Adoofa to give tips to city businesses on boosting their online presence.
It’s going to be a hugely informative evening and having heard snippets of Lawrence’s talk, a lot of the information is very specific and could [...]

Web individuality

5th June 2006 3:44pm by JB posted in Archived

There is no more eclectic a community than the world wide web and it is a hot bed of innovation and experimentation. But in order to make money it’s a true test in individualism.
This weekend I heard the news that Fold.com was ironically folding. The Ajax based homepage that began in beta just 3 months [...]

RSS over Search Engines?

1st June 2006 10:05am by JB posted in Archived

Following on from yesterday’s post about ‘ransomware’, I’ve noticed that the news sites are now featuring the same story the MEN broke yesterday. However, before I found it through the search engines my RSS feeds delivered the story on BBC News, The Register and The Times Online.
So as RSS becomes more widespread, what does this [...]

One for the newspapers

31st May 2006 5:24pm by JB posted in Archived

It’s very rare to type a phrase into Google Suggest and be told that there are only 205 results. But such is the case for “ransomware.”
Even more astonishing is that ransomware was brought to my attention by the Manchester Evening News today. My daily browse of BBC Online, The Register and ZDNet.com did not bring [...]

Bringing the new web to the uninitiated

25th May 2006 10:30am by JB posted in Archived

How do you bring web developments like RSS, blogging and Wiki to a wider audience and encourage use even from technophobes?
There are still many businesses using the Internet only because they feel they should be a part of it. But efficient online contact with potential clients in this category is reliant on their embracing the [...]

World Wide Web Conference

24th May 2006 11:02pm by JB posted in Archived

The World Wide Web Conference 2006 is on this week in Edinburgh and the buzz today surrounded the ’semantic web.’
For many, the semantic web is the real Web 2.0. I’d recommend a read of a BBC report that discusses the developments. For many web businesses the wait is now on to see how ’semantic’ search [...]