Well it's been a few days since the last post here at Xivos. We've been busy with quite a few new projects for various clients. However we'll save those announcements for later. In the mean time, we've begun to trawl through our various photo collections and have started putting the photos online. Most of these photos will be considered pretty boring, but you never know, maybe some one, somewhere, will find a use for them! … read on »

Hot on the heels of Google’s Chrome’s “incognito” feature, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8’s “InPrivateBrowsing” and Apple’s Safari’s “private browsing” mode, Mozilla has announced that the new beta of FireFox 3.1 will also feature a similar technology. Since none of these new privacy features hide your browsing history from your ISP or the websites you visit, the only thing that is really erased is your online web-surfing habits on your own PC. … read on »

It’s always interesting to check out a new affiliate system, it helps us here at Xivos make informed recommendations to our clients. With out a doubt eBay runs one of the largest on the web. Initially everything was done through Commission Junction, but they’ve since taken it all in house with their eBay Partner Network. Normally most businesses would have little to gain from building their own affiliate scheme, … read on »

Love them or hate them, banner advertising is here to stay on the web. While other forms of online marketing – such as SEO and SEM – are usually far more effective, there’s only so much search engine traffic to go around, and the majority of websites still utilize banner advertising as one of their key revenue generation methods. Given the prominence of banners in online publishing, most end-users have learnt … read on »

Cuil hasn't had an easy start to life. First it was born with a silly name. As with many online startups, no one knows how to pronounce it correctly (it's meant to be pronounced "cool" in case you are wondering). Then came the spectacularly bad launch day. Despite Cuil’s own self-promotion as a would be Google killer, Cuil’s launch resulted in less-than-satisfactory search results, and was widely panned. Despite being initially overwhelmed by traffic, Cuil … read on »