Firefox 3.5 jpeg colours bug?

Here’s an odd one,  I just looked at a website I used to work on and spotted a problem with the background of the header graphic not matching with a phone number graphic that’s been put on top.  Apparently it worked fine for one of the developers, so I checked in other browsers and obtained [...]

Online Marketing Show 09 – London Olympia

Just finished up at the Online Marketing Show at the Olympia and there wasn't really a lot to report, there was certainly an abundance of SEO and PPC firms but a worrying dearth of analytics firms there.  The only name I spotted was Webtrends which is a shame considering the ...


Not all link building campaigns are created equal

Link-building, the result of an irrational obsession with the 'green bar' can damage your health. Why? Two reasons: Your main focus should be on delivering a regular stream of good content, peppered liberally with good keywords, marked up in an accessible way. Link building obsessions can take your eye off the ball. The ...


Clicktracks rebranded – Lyris HQ Web Analytics

I was very surprised to read that the Clicktracks name is no more.  Following on from the aquisition of Clicktracks by Lyris, I guess it's unsurprising that they want it to be seen as part of a set of online marketing tools rather than an isolated product, a shame though ...


E-commerce survey – Price vs Reputation

An interesting article caught my eye on Friday with a simple enough and important message "Price is important online. But not as important as reputation".  Referencing a study by usability consultancy Webcredible, the results are used to suggest that "28% of the 1300 online shoppers polled are most likely to ...


Bing & Web Analytics Reporting

I've just been looking at last weeks web analytics data and I've spotted something that I expect will cause other people problems as well.  I'll use the example of Clicktracks because that's the web analytics solution that I use regularly,  I expect similar issues could arise with other analytics software. Here ...