So you’ve got your website online. Maybe it’s something you’ve built yourself, or maybe it is something that you have hired an agency to build for you. Either way, looking at the server logs (which is a must have feature for any online presence), you find that not many people are visiting your site. In fact, most of the visits are coming from you, colleagues and friends! One common incorrect assumption … read on »

With half the web development and online media community downloading Google's new "Chrome" browser, I shudder to think of the amount of bandwidth Google's servers must be dishing up right now. That said, if there is one company that has the infrastructure to handle it, it's Google. But what about "Chrome" itself? Well I've only had the pleasure of using Chrome for just under half a day now. There are so many over-hyped, yet under-performing, products released … read on »

In news that is no doubt melting servers around the globe (even Google's by the looks of things), Google has announced that tomorrow it will release a new browser - based on the Webkit rendering engine - named "Chrome". Google Blogoscoped made something of a unprecented media splash by prematurely releasing a 35 page "comic" about Chrome before its more offical anouncement. The comic was drawn by Scott McCloud, and goes into some of the browser's … read on »

Some interesting results regarding the web-searching habits of Asian web surfers (which includes Australia) has been released by comScore.  While us Australians are clearly dwarfed in numbers of total searches by our much more populous neighbours, we ranking somewhat highly for number of searches performed per month by visitor. There seems to be a correlation between overall economic development and the number of searches performed by an end user, with Korea, Japan and Singapore taking … read on »

And the online acquisitions just keep happening. Obviously not content with their online market reach after the failed buyout of Yahoo!, Microsoft has announced they are buying Ciao, which is basically a price comparison website for consumers. Microsoft has agreed to acquire a Connecticut-based research company called Greenfield Online, which runs both a website called Ciao for European comparison shoppers and an online survey system that helps businesses conduct market research. More at TechCrunch The reported … read on »