Following on from the interesting post about Google vs MSN, I have to ask the hidden question there. Is there any point in search engine optimisation – especially paid for SEO.
At the end of the day websites fall into a few categories. Commerical Sites where some one wants to sell something (tangible product or service), ego sites where some one just wants to talk about themselves (blogs etc :)), information sites where some one knows something they want to share with the world and advertising sites where some one (normally a company) want a site just to show off how great they are. Continue reading →

Well, daring question I suspect.

For the last couple of years Google has reigned supreme in the arcane world of search engines. For most new websites “getting listed” on Google is the number 1 priority and, helpfully, the Mighty Goog offer lots of services to assist. (Sitemaps, stats tracking etc.) This is backed up by an almost relentless SEO industry in which business will either lie (guaranteed placing in Google) or be honest and admit they can offer nothing of value.
All well and good.  Continue reading →

Well, as previously mentioned I had planned to install a few server OSes on the windows 2003 server and the linux box. Well, thanks to a variety of work related issues I havent managed to do that yet. However I did try to manually instal apache on the Windows XP box.

I say try.

For some insane reason the installation was beset with problems. This is something which, on Linux, is easier than picking your nose. On my windows XP machine it was harder than putting a man on Mars. The insanity that comprises our SOHO network continues unabated.

I think the ideal solution will be to reformat every PC and do complete re-installs of everything. Makes you want to cry really….

This is a mildly interesting topic. Basically, because so many people leave their electrical gadgets on standby when they are not in use, it is using around 7TWh of energy – the equivalent to two power plants worth of production.

From my experience, this is something made much worse by PC users – who often leave their equipment switched on for hours at an end (overnight etc).

It is interesting to think that a little lifestyle change (switch off at night for example) could have an actual significant impact on your fuel bills and in the long run the whole planet.

Further reporting available at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/4620350.stm