August 15th is National Liberation Day of Korea, notable for being the only public holiday celebrated in both North and South Korea. When it comes to the internet, the two nations that form the region of Korea could not be more different. In last year’s ‘State of the Internet’ report by Akamai, South Korea was […]

Posted by John Murray

Two years ago I went on a massive rant about people who don’t think they need a website. I

Posted by Darren Jamieson

In a classic example of the social media site trying to be too clever and not giving due consideration to context, a Facebook algorithm meant that several posts about the recent earthquake in Lombok, Indonesia became adorned with celebratory images. August 5th’s 6.9 magnitude quake is now known to have resulted in over 130 deaths, […]

Posted by John Murray

At a recent networking event, I gave a talk about discovering ‘why’ people do what they do with regards to business. This is something I’ve been thinking a lot about over the

Posted by Darren Jamieson

I love a good bit of satire. Whether it’s old episodes of Spitting Image, Aristophanes’ ‘The Frogs’ or a bit of the Daily Mash – nothing beats good satire. The problem is, does satire remain as satire when too many people believe it? For instance, the spoof news website BFN was originally set up with […]

Posted by Darren Jamieson

Before I start this post, I must first apologise for the vitriol that is about to spew forth. John, our Content Team Leader, will have attempted to edit much of the hatred and anger from this but, if he’s caught all of it, the word count won’t be sufficient for a blog and you won’t […]

Posted by Darren Jamieson

Search giant Google is reported to be planning the launch of a censored version of its iconic search engine for use in China, where the Californian company is currently banned from operating. The information come from a

Posted by Alan Littler

Search giant Google has announced that it plans to roll out as many as 200 free public wi-fi hotspots in African nation Nigeria by the end of the decade. As part of the

Posted by Alan Littler

The fact that anyone can edit Wikipedia is both the site’s selling point and its Achilles heel. It means that the online encyclopaedia avoids the sort of elitist, academic approach that could freeze some users out, and that it makes full use of

Posted by John Murray

Two years ago we produced our first ‘brew cards’ infographic, to help explain the complex rules we have here at Engage Web for brew making in the office. Over time our rules have evolved and grown, partly to make the selection process more exciting and partly to counter for the rule-bending shown by our project […]

Posted by Darren Jamieson

In a world saturated with adverts, stories and statistics, and with the internet only a mere click away, there is a real danger of consumers being overloaded – trawling through so much information can be monotonous. A well-designed infographic, however, can set companies apart from their competitors and should also enhance brand awareness. So many […]

Posted by John Murray

As a result of the many different ways people can engage with your website we decided to produce this (slightly disturbing) infographic showing how your website can stimulate the ‘share cortex’ of the brain. Social media is such an important part of Internet marketing these days you need to take advantage of it to make […]

Posted by Darren Jamieson