Despite what all the search engine companies like to say, the technology behind image searching is very much in its infancy and it will be a long while yet before any algorithims – or computers for that matter – will be able to sucessfully recognise and image based on its content. Quite simply, our human minds are hard-wired – from a very early age – to recognise and evaluate visual … read on »

The rise of the internet has paved the way to millions of ways to reach out to other people. In the new millennium, the hottest craze that most people are going gaga about is the rise of social networking. Sites such as MySpace, Friendster and Facebook are gaining a wide variety of audience everyday, and most of us do not think that its fame will be out soon. Social … read on »

You may notice we're currently undergoing a site re-design. The old look was a bit cliched, a bit web 2.0 wannabe, so instead we're trying to implement a format which is both modern and at the same time, more usable. Our core goal is to improve usability for the many visitors we're now attracting. Inspired partly by water-colours, we're trying to move the new design to a much more open, free-flowing design which has a lot … 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 »

It doesn't take long for the average website owner to want to move away from a static HTML site to something that allows more functionality and complexity. Indeed today, most new webmasters would even start with a content management system straight out of the gate. Static HTML pages are great for simple brochure-ware type sites, but as soon as you want to add in any sort of interactivity (forms, commenting, … read on »