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Google’s recent announcement that they have completed their new web indexing system Caffeine looks interesting and has obviously come about as a direct result of my post about web search resources last week. I hold my hand up, just over two lines devoted to describing their search engine just wasn’t enough.

Their new faster and smarter web indexing system sounds exciting with the promise of more improvements in the months to come. It wouldn’t surprise me if they are planning to deliver search results before we’ve decided what to search for. Read the rest of this entry »

Whether you use Facebook for business, pleasure or both you may have noticed the recent discussion about concerns over privacy. These concerns have already led to people leaving Facebook with many more giving it serious thought. How can using facebook affect your privacy? What are the risks? What are the implications for businesses? What are your thoughts? Read the rest of this entry »

Have you got to grips with mobile web technology? If not, now might be a good time to start finding out more about mobile web, mobile web phones and other new devices.

It isn’t so long ago that some of us were laughing at the brave people who walked around carrying painfully large phones that were produced in the early days of the mobile. Well it doesn’t seem so funny now does it? Those people were actually ahead of the game. Read the rest of this entry »

These two items of news reported at Telegraph.co.uk will effect a lot of us. The first looks at the ongoing dispute between Adobe and Apple over Flash while there’s also news about the launch of a new ISP that aims to categorise around 3 billion web addresses with age ratings.

Apple Hits Back at Adobe in Flash Row

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A senior manager at Adobe has reportedly accused Apple of changing the goalposts with its developer licensing. This isn’t the first time these giants have clashed and there are serious implications for Adobe’s new iphone compiler software. Is this another thumbs down to Flash? Read The Full Story

New ISP With Age Ratings for Websites Launched

The launch of a new Internet Service Provider that will issue film-style age ratings to websites coincides with the recent announcement by Facebook that they would not adopt the much talked about “panic button” aimed at protecting children from potential abuse. Read The Full Story

Each week I’m going to be highlighting some of the web design and web marketing related news from around the internet so let’s start with Google who have recently announced 2 changes that will be of interest if you are a web designer or website owner.

Improvement to Google Webmaster Tools

The first is a nice improvement to the top search queries feature in the excellent Webmaster Tools service. If you use this feature you will know that previously only stats that reflected the average position of your site’s pages in relation to a particular search query were available. Read the rest of this entry »