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No-one expects the Spanish Inquisition, but even fewer people expect the Elephant of Surprise.
He’s a bit of a nasty shock, the Elephant of Surprise. You’re cruising the web quite happily, when suddenly – he appears on your horizon. The terrible thing is that you never know when he’ll appear, which is why he’s called the Elephant of Surprise. (more…)
Posted by Matt Jones
Social media has become a useful tool for jobseekers and employers who are looking for the best candidate for a job. To supplement your efforts to find work, social media can allow you to build a reputation as a thoughtful, trustworthy and respected member of the community. Employers occasionally use social media sites to check out a job candidate, rather than relying totally upon the Curriculum Vitae. (more…)
Posted by Matt Jones
If it walks like a duck, talks like a duck, and looks like a duck, chances are you’re going to be really surprised if it turns out to be a Chihuahua. In the real world, we can be pretty certain that things are as they seem, hence the oft-used, duck-centric saying misquoted above. On the internet however, (more…)
Posted by Carl Hopkinson
Think about going into a Chinese restaurant.
No, this isn’t a weird plug for the Coalition of Chinese Restaurateurs of Merseyside or Cheshire, but a thought exercise. Just think about the times you’ve gone to a Chinese restaurant for a meal. Imagine going into a restaurant that is quite flashy, but serves food that leaves a bad taste (more…)
Posted by Cheryl Mathews
Google has announced that it is to greatly expand the number of web safe fonts that web developers and site owners can use on their pages.
Up until now, anyone who was creating a new website or web application was strictly limited to just a few fonts that were considered “web safe”, such as Arial and Times. Any deviation from (more…)
Posted by Mark Glenning
If you were considering designing and building your own home, you would hire professional tradespeople to take care of the project, unless you were an expert in the building trade. Trying to project manage the building of a house, with all the complexities, without any experience or knowledge would be a complete disaster. Even if you are using competent builders and craftsmen, you would expect them to be skilled in their trade in order to build a high quality home.
Although many people take great care to ensure that only skilled trades people carry out (more…)
Posted by Jenny C
Facebook has claimed yet another victim who didn’t quite grasp that a public profile on the site meant just that – any member of the public can see it, including friends, family, general Internet surfers, police, fraud investigators and so on.
Hazel Cunningham enjoyed a dream wedding in Barbados, and posted her wedding photos on (more…)
Posted by Mark Glenning
US based department store JC Penney has hit back at claims which accused it of using black hat SEO techniques to manipulate its standing with Google.
David Segal, an investigative reporter with the New York Times, recently published an article which demonstrated that the company had hired search engine optimisation company SearchDex, which went on to indulge in some seemingly (more…)
Posted by Carl Hopkinson
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