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.htaccess URL Rewriting for SEO

One thing that people completely forget when planing their SEO campaign is just how important their url structure is to their on-site Search Engine Optimisation.
Google’s webmaster guidelines say the following: (External Link)
A site’s URL structure should be as simple as possible. Consider organizing your content so that URLs are constructed logically and in a manner [...]

Firefox 3.1 Beta 2 Introduces Private Browsing

After reading this article on Firefox 3.1 Beta 2’s new features which concentrates on it’s Private Browsing Feature, I thought I would elaborate a little on it’s other features.
The improvements and new features are as follows:

This beta is now available in 54 languagesThe offer for you to download your local version of Firefox and let [...]

Google Page Rank Calculation

The Google algorithm is said to be made up of several hundred factors which ultimately determine a page’s PR (Page Rank).
It is also said to be named after Larry Page, one of the founders of Google!
Google themselves describe Google PR as follows:
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast [...]

Website Developer’s SEO Page Formatting Guide

As a website developer, there are some guidelines that you should stick to. I am going to outline the most basic elements of SEO below - It’s a long document, so give yourself around 10 minutes to read it.
Read On…
Website TITLE Tag:
Your website TITLE tag is the second most important SEO element after your domain [...]

Milky Way Black Hole

Scientists have confirmed that there is a giant black hole in the centre of our galaxy, The Milky Way!
Using the European Southern Observatory in Chille, German astronomers have been tracking the movement of 28 stars circling the centre of The Milky Way.
What’s a black hole?
A black hole is formed when a star of sufficient mass [...]

Facebook Virus

120 Million users’ credit card numbers may be at risk as a mallicious virus infects Facebook users’ computers.
‘Koobface’ - as it has been nicknamed, spreads by sending a message, pretending to be from a facebook friend, to people’s facebook.com inbox.
It says something like: “you look funny in this new video” or “you look just awesome [...]

Blur Confirm That They Have Reformed

Blur have confirmed that they are to reform and will headline the Hyde Park concert in July 2009.
The last time we saw Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon, Alex James and Dave Rowntree together as the band Blur was their performace at London’s Royal Festival Hall in 2000.
Graham Coxon left the band in 2002 to pursue his [...]

Retail sales keep dropping!

A closely watched survey has reported that, for the first time in 13 years, retail sales have dropped in consecutive months.
This means that instead of sales rising in the festive period this year, they seem to have fallen.
The survey shows a 0.1% decline in October, and almost 2.6% in November.
An absolute contrast on Food sales [...]

X-Factor’s JLS fans hurt at free gig!

Five teenage girls were injured last night at a free concert featuring X-Factor finalist group JLS.
The fans were allegedly pushed forward as the 2000 strong crowd tried to get tickets to see the realist show boy band on Monday at the Fairfield Halls in Croydon, South London.
The ambulance service reported that four of the girls [...]

The computer mouse is 40 years old!

Today, 9th December 2008, the computer mouse celebrates it’s 40th anniversary!
40 years ago today Douglas Engelbart demonstrated the world’s first Computer mouse.
The first mouse that Dr Engelbart demonstrated at the Fall Joint Computer Conference (FJCC) was made of wood and had one only button.
He demonstrated how the mouse had two tracking wheels to track from [...]