As this is one of my last posts for 2006, I think it’s worth projecting forward to next year, considering what the biggest areas of Internet advancement will be and what businesses need to think about in order to maximise. I’d like to pinpoint three things that we should be looking at. The first is [...]

With the announcement that vodka.com is being sold for £1.5m it’s clear that emphasis on the right web name is still hugely important. However, with RSS becoming more mainstream, how much does the name of the site really matter? I think this view may change depending on whether you’re a marketeer, a salesman, a content [...]

Yesterday, I spent the day at FACT in Liverpool. I was producing a podcast for the Arts Council, who were presenting a one day conference for Arts organisations across the North West. The day was all about blogging, podcasting, RSS and e-marketing and it was interesting to see the spread of knowledge across the delegates. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]