Posts Tagged ‘google’

Speed for the people

2nd July 2009 10:35am by The Brigadier posted in UKFast, people

At UKFast we’ve been talking about the need for website speed in terms of its benefits for SEO and dynamic content for some time. But let’s not lose sight of the driver behind making your web presence quicker - people.
Society today is a demander of speed and the internet is no exception. Google says that [...]

UKFastTrack to find next ebusiness champion

30th June 2009 8:35am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Our exciting competition to help launch the next big online business success has begun in earnest with interest already reaching fever pitch.
The UKFastTrack offers budding entrepreneurs a golden opportunity to give their business idea the best possible start by providing £15,000 worth of top-class hosting support. This includes the use of our revolutionary new SEO [...]

UKFast launches UK’s fastest servers at the British Grand Prix

19th June 2009 2:21pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

UKFast is at the British Formula 1 Grand Prix today for the first of three days of fun with clients. However, it’s not just about enjoying top class motor sport. The fastest racing cars in the world also form the perfect backdrop to UKFast’s launch of the fastest servers available in the UK.
Today UKFast’s senior [...]

Chrome speed counts for nought without server speed

1st June 2009 10:20am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Google has reiterated the importance of speed in its search rankings just as it has announced a 30% boost in response times for its Chrome web browser portal.
Google, in fact, suggests that speed is the most important factor of all in determining search engine results making it therefore vital for online businesses to ensure they [...]

Google forges on as Yahoo throws in the towel

28th May 2009 11:10am by Dick Branston posted in progress

In the past week it has been suggested that search goliath Google is ready to anger some of the business world all over again by ramping up the ante on its controversial Adwords rules.
In May last year there was uproar when Google announced that it was changing its rules to allow paid search ad bidders [...]

twitting money

16th April 2009 8:22am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Big online news stories at the moment all seem to be about getting hold of the gold at the end of the rainbow from new media web portals.
In terms of pure visitor numbers the likes of YouTube, Facebook and Twitter are undoubted giants of the internet but all are yet to successfully convert their popularity [...]

estate agents harness Street View

1st April 2009 12:39pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

The inevitable tie up between property selling and Google Street View is now with us. I have come across my first press release from an estate agency claiming to have implemented Street View on its website.
whitehotproperty.co.uk, “the UK’s only dedicated repossession and part exchanged property website”, has announced that it has “added” Google Street View. [...]

Google street view polarises British views

24th March 2009 5:15pm by Dick Branston posted in progress

Google has launched its remarkable Street View service of British cities to a mixed reaction.
Supporters of the technology marvel at its cleverness and talk about how the service can revolutionise how people research cities to visit and houses to buy. Opponents argue it invades individual privacy and is a potential security hazard. And then there [...]

winning as a team

21st March 2009 8:17am by Dick Branston posted in progress

Today the 6 Nations international rugby union competition comes to a climax with Wales and Ireland battling it out for the title. At UKFast we are big supporters of rugby, including sponsoring Premiership side Sale Sharks, so we are very excited about today’s three match ‘Super Saturday’ extravaganza.
Part of what attracts us to support rugby [...]

brits prepared to be monitored to get personalised browsing

19th March 2009 11:07am by Dick Branston posted in progress

New research from Brand Republic has found that the British public are prepared to have their browsing monitored to facilitate a more personalised service from the search engine providers.
Apparently Google intends to monitor user habits in order to target ads and this has alarmed privacy advocates who believe such acts are too much of an [...]