Firstly, Happy New Year! What are your online plans for 2010? Are you looking to generate more sales and enquiries through your web site? If so, below are five recommendations put forward by e-consultancy author, Kevin Gibbons. Kevin’s ideas mirror our own, so if you want to discuss in more detail, give us a call, [...]

The war is on and the kiddy gloves are off. With the increased success of URL shortening sites such as Bit.ly (the year’s fastest growing website) and Tiny, the big boys have decided to join the party.
It’s no surprise really, with the increase of Twittering and other social networking activities more people are sending shortened [...]

Although in the main we use open-source software for technical development - Joomla, Wordpress, Magento etc - we like to keep an eye on what our friends at Microsoft are up to. This is the second invite-only event we have attended this year, and a good opportunity to meet a range of industry specialists, from [...]

According to the FT today, Facebook have developed a secure, fast payment system to enable members to buy third party applications. Find out how Cite can help your company tap into this and other emerging social media marketing and digital pr opportunities by calling us on 0116 2549888 or filling in our enquiry form.

According to a report on Advertising Age’s website, http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=136847 Microsoft have shifted their attentions back to challenging Google and the lucrative online advertising market it provides.  As well as re-branding their latest search engine technology as Bing (previously project Kumo),  they are planning to spend a whopping $80 - $100 million advertising the service.
To put [...]

After much speculation, the Wolfram Alpha project has arrived. Hailed as a rival (and indeed, successor) to Google, the Wolfram Alpha is a ‘computation knowledge engine’ rather than a search engine and wants to change the way people use online data. The plan is to give users direct answers to questions, rather than directing them [...]

News that the internet is to be suspended for a period of 7 days next month has been greeted angrily by UK businesses. Government officials made the announcement this morning having worked closely in secret with technologists and ISPs over the past 6 months. “This inactivity will allow the major internet backbones (routers) to have [...]

At Mobile World Congress this weeks, Vodafone have launched a new phone based on Google’s Android operating system. Built by Taiwan’s HTC, the Magic feature a sophisticated browser, a 3.2 Megapixel camera, Wi-Fi, and GPS. The first “Google phone”, called the G1, was launched in September by HTC and is exclusive to T-mobile.
The BBC’s Rory [...]

Noticed any big changes to Google recently? Are you sure? The biggest change might just be the smallest. As this article on the BBC website explains, Google have update their favicon. As these articles explains, a favicon, is the tiny logo that appears next to the address of a website (in your browser’s address toolbar). [...]

Following on from last week’s blog about the rise and rise of e-tailing, Rory Cellan-Jones has an interesting article on his dot.life blog confirming the continued boom in online sales.
Statistics from Nielsen Online report that UK online sales were up by a staggering 37% by the end of 2008. Cellan-Jones goes on to state that:
‘…Amazon [...]