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VPS Update – Need For Speed

Now that Google has admitted site speed is a part of their ranking factor for websites – read Matt Cutts article, he suggests this is not a panic issue – and given I saw results for myself in the additional speed verses rank I figured it would hurt to play with what was reportedly a quicker service recently – Linode…

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Short 2010 SEO Checklist For ISV’s

There were a number of changes in how the search engines deal with our web sites in 2009. What follows is a brief list of some of things that may warrant attention by ISV’s in 2010.

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Are You A Social Media Bull Ant?

Social media has it’s own native fauna that run around, with out the “flight” mechanism, with large pincers to grip their prey, carrying venom sacks with which to inject us with. Like the Australian Bull Ant this is a primitive species that first appeared millions of bytes ago – on UseNet. While primitive it’s an adaptable survivor. It’s survived the age of the NTTP server, the Dot Bomb Ice Age and is thriving deep in this modern inter-web era of RSS.It’s a ferocious consumer that will “follow” you and attack if you get to near or if it sees you first. Dropping a firecracker in a nest of them is devastating – to you! Attempting to squash them underfoot will result in a painful bite that may need more than an ice pack. There is no commercially available spray for treatment.

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2009 Epic Fail. Glad Its Over. Towards 2010

If 2008 was a good year, and in many ways it was for me, 2009 was an Epic Fail.  I mean EPIC. It began with good intentions.  An application to finish that was six months overdue and the core of my start-up.  By years end I’d made less progress than in the last six months [...]

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BoomerApp Promotion On A Brand New Product. 100% Rebate. Klik n’ Mix

A few weeks ago however a new service was launched from the people who brought the world Bits du Jour. That service is BoomerApp. While Bits du Jour hands our full licences daily BoomerApp is instead a rebate system where-by the customer purchases in the normal way and recieves a rebate form which they return to FastSpring Ecommerce or a local representive who…

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