Urchin announced its acquisition by Google approximately 3 years ago.I'd been in talks with Urchin prior to the acquisition and had installed a trial version of the software. The main difference between the Urchin software and the SAAS was that one is installed on your server and reads your logs (a bit like Awstats) while the other uses a bit of Javascript in your pages to … [Read more...] about Urchin 6 Finally In Beta!
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Saturday SEO, EUBrowser and more
I'm meant to be doing some really boring domestic chores, so instead I've updated my post on Irish directories. There's a more recent one over here as wellRichard mentioned that a number of the EUBrowser squats have been droppedSomeone created a firefox search plugin thingy for searching domains from the Blacknight site - very cool!Now I really should get back to cleaning the … [Read more...] about Saturday SEO, EUBrowser and more
Google’s PageRank Update
Google's pagerank updates are always talking points. Once upon a time, not so very long ago, everyone focussed on PR as being the "end", but over the last couple of years that focus has definitely shifted.The latest update, which seems to have kicked in towards the end of last month, has left a lot of people very confused about things, though everyone seems to think that … [Read more...] about Google’s PageRank Update
Should we switch to a .com?
For the last few years we've been using a .ie domain to promote our business. Since we are now looking at overseas markets a bit more actively we've started using the .euWe didn't have the .com until yesterday....So now that we have the .com I'm left in a bit of a quandryShould we market based on the .eu or the .com? … [Read more...] about Should we switch to a .com?
Apache Mod_rewrite Tips
I picked up modrewrite.co.uk a while back, but wasn't 100% sure what to do with it.It's now been launched with Niall also providing content, so we'll see where it goes.... … [Read more...] about Apache Mod_rewrite Tips