Unless you prebooked your copy of the latest Harry Potter well in advance via Amazon there is no price advantage. Amazon UK is selling the book at the equivalent of EUR13.07 (before P & P), while all the local shops here are selling it at EUR12.99. It would probably make sense to buy it online if you were sending it as a gift to someone, but not if you were buying it for … [Read more...] about Harry Potter – Amazon price vs Local price
Adsense notifier updated
The recent changes to adsense naturally broke a number of applications that were interfacing with it, including the Allen G Hollman's Adsense notifier for firefox. Fortunately a new version has already been released that resolves any issues. Thank you! … [Read more...] about Adsense notifier updated
Organic SEO
The Organic SEO wiki seems like a good starting place for DIY SEO. It also has a useful glossary of terminology that you will encounter. … [Read more...] about Organic SEO
Google buzz
It's almost amusing to see so many bloggers talking about the latest Google updates. We all remember the famous "Florida" update. I posted about it at the time, as I'm sure did many others. Prior to November 2003 there was almost a predictable factor in SEO. If you played by the rules and did certain things you knew more or less where you stood. Page rank (PR) was important, … [Read more...] about Google buzz
Google PR update
It looks like there is a serious update of the Google PR at present. Since earlier today reports of new page ranks (PR) have been subject of discussion. Of course the update does not happen instantly across all data centres, so it is not that strange to find some people reporting a higher PR than others for the same site. The burning question for many though is whether PR is as … [Read more...] about Google PR update