Well it's not that often where we take time out to talk about some of our projects, but we're happy to say we've recently been contributing to the design, SEO and development of Annuation.com Although it's very much in a "beta" stage (yes, so very web 2.0), the site is coming along nicely. Yes, being a "beta" (that's another term for we really haven't got around to finishing everything yet) there is a lot of stuff … read on »

You would have had to be living in a cave not to have noticed all the hype surrounding the release of the 3g iPhone in Australia. When I say cave, I mean a cave 30 kilometers underground, sealed with 10 meters of solid lead wall. Oh, and the cave would also be on the moon. My Apple days long behind me, I looked at the phone with interest, but nothing made me feel the need to … read on »

Now I'm not going to name names, but lately I've observed that many Australian targeted websites are still using black hat SEO techniques to achieve higher search engine rankings. Sure there is always the usual amount of spam/splog based websites, but what is most disturbing is that sites which appear to be completely "white hat" are actually using black hat techniques. First and foremost, these sites are not really using black hat techniques when it comes to … read on »

For many years there’s been much debate whether blogging can actually be a financially viable past-time. After all, there are millions of bloggers but there is only so many millions of dollars to go around. Some successful bloggers make quite a bit of money from advertising revenue these days, but for the majority, their incomes are pretty minimal at best. In news that will no doubt give many professional bloggers a sparkle … read on »

I recentley got an email from someone offering SEO services. I wasn’t really interested, but decided to check out their website anyway (no the email wasn’t spam). Now I’ve worked with this mob before, but only for their pure web development skills. And low and behold, I check out their website, and it’s a textbook example of how to write for a search engine only, and forget that most humans are, … read on »