You may not know it, but you may be paying too much for your electricity or gas. Most people seem to think you are stuck with whatever provider you have, when in fact the industry was de-regulated a while ago, and you are now able to pick your own provider. Much like superannuation, this now means the average consumer has a choice.... and with choice (usually...) comes savings! I in fact used the website GoSwitch … read on »

Given the dominance of American-centric and Euro-centric websites on the internet, we Australians sometimes overlook some of the initiatives that are happening locally. The number of Aussie pure web plays that make it big globally are few and far between (Hitwise would be one of the few that comes to mind). But you don't  necessarily have to go global to make a great web based service, in fact there is an increasing focus on websites which deliver localized content. And what could … read on »

As its been reported everywhere from TechCrunch, the New York Times to some bark scrawling in the Amazonian rainforest, MySpace has launched its own advertising platform dubbed “My Ads”. While it’s not a particularly impressive moniker, it’s at least better than those Web 2.0 names which are irrelevant and usually unpronounceable. Social networking sites running their own ad platforms are nothing new. Facebook, probably MySpace’s only major competitor, has been running PPC … 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 »