Archive for December, 2006
Google’s Supplementary Hell and how to avoid it.
Friday, December 8th, 2006
We took on a new search engine optimisation (SEO) client this week and upon review their current standings in the search engine results pages (SERPs) I noticed they were in (cue deep echoing voice) Google’s supplemental hell. This led to me having to explain the distinction between the main and supplementary index in such detail, [...]
Spotlight on affordable housing in Leeds
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Affordable housing has been set as a target by a new taskforce set up in Leeds, to ensure that the city’s economy continues to grow. The working group will look at
the affects that a lack of affordable housing may have on the region,
such as hampering regeneration initiatives and holding back financial
growth.
Several plans have been submitted, [...]
Making searching easier for the visually impaired
Sunday, December 3rd, 2006
Earlier this year, Google released an accessible search for visually impaired users, a personal project of Google engineer Dr. T.V. Raman. This move came hot on the heels of Google abandoning “CAPTCHA”, which required users to type the letters that they see in an image. It proved to be hard if you had full [...]