YaCy – The P2P Search Engine

Posted by Andrew Brigham on December 2nd, 2011

Industry News, Search Engines, Technology

YaCy (‘ya-si’) is a new concept in searching – a decentralised search engine model.

Similar existing P2P networks operate – each node (i.e. user) who uses the software will contribute to the overall functionality of the search engine. Read the rest of this entry »

Sprite Cow: An Online Tool to Save Time Calculating CSS Background-Position

Posted by Dave Sellers on December 1st, 2011

CSS, Web Development

As a front end developer, I usually spend some time at the start of a new project slicing up the design to save out all the elements I’m going to need to use in my HTML templates. In addition to this I will also try and combine similar elements such as hover/focus/active states for multiple elements into single images known as ‘sprites’. Read the rest of this entry »

Could Google Make AdWords Interface Look Better?

Posted by Matthew Buckley on November 30th, 2011

Google Adwords, PPC

I regularly work on a laptop and this is the screen I see when I login to one of my accounts. (Just to be clear, this is the full view on a 15” screen, totally un-cropped and with the help section minimised.) Read the rest of this entry »

Coding on the South Coast – Full Frontal Conference 2011

Posted by chrismarsh on November 29th, 2011

Conferences, Web Development

On the 11 November, I attended the Full Frontal Conference in Brighton. If you’ve followed the Epiphany blog for a while and have a spectacular memory, you’ll remember I attended last year and brought back a wealth of tips and tricks for our web development team. Read the rest of this entry »

Tracking and the PPC Analyst

Posted by James Holding on November 28th, 2011

Google Adwords, PPC, Testing

Tracking is a vital part of any PPC analyst job. Without tracking, it is almost impossible to accurately judge profitability of any PPC campaign. Read the rest of this entry »