by Jason Roe
on 01. Dec, 2006
in Business, Technology
Link Building Strategies: Video – Prime Example “One of the exciting trends in link building right now is leveraging video to increase interest in websites, as well as creating another reason for someone to link to your site.” .IE domain name dispute Q & A – Trademark Case “If a .ie is registered and has [...]
by Jason Roe
on 30. Nov, 2006
in Technology
I normally don’t do fluff but here we go! Mobile Web Design: Tips & Techniques “We’ve examined the mobile web landscape. We’ve covered four approaches to developing for it. Our discussion now shifts from that of concept to one of execution.” Vo-ip calls on your Nokia Wi-fi mobile. “Truphone routes your mobile calls via the [...]
by Jason Roe
on 30. Nov, 2006
in Business, Technology, Web Design & Development
Dole.ie provides a one stop shop for job hunters, the site spiders and indexes many of the larger Irish job sites. One of the notable features that dole.ie provide is a RSS feed. Many of the job sites that it spiders do not offer this service. According to a post over on boards.ie Webmaster/Flash forum, [...]
by Jason Roe
on 29. Jul, 2006
in Business, Marketing, Technology, Web Design & Development
Following up from Michele’s post “Irish SEO – Where to Submit Your Siteâ€? I decided to have a look for a few more Irish directory sites. Here are the results of 10 minutes work. Some of the sites are free, some are paid and some I have absolutely no idea how you get a link [...]
by Jason Roe
on 08. Jul, 2006
in Business, Marketing, Technology, Web Design & Development
I’m glad to see that Irish users have started to latch onto the idea of text link ads. To be honest they are fairly cool. I have made about $54 so far from them. It’s like money for nothing. Payments have been made every month on time via Paypal. So what’s a link on my [...]
by Jason Roe
on 11. Jun, 2006
in Business, Technology
Brick and mortar e-commerce has stumbled over from the USA and landed in Ireland. “iSoldit� seems to be a fairly unique idea, its essentially an eBay power seller who sell item on your behalf. iSoldIt offers a walk in centre or shop where you can bring in items that you would like to sell on [...]
by Jason Roe
on 08. Jun, 2006
in Technology
A new firefox plugin called Google Browser Sync was announced by google. The plugin allows users to synchronise browser settings including bookmarks, history, cookies and saved passwords. Google has also provided a detailed FAQ for Browser Sync.
by Jason Roe
on 09. Mar, 2006
in Business, Technology
I found this article quite interesting. This highlights how far behind Ireland is on improving infrastructure. One can only hope that this investment might help to speed up the process of providing broadband to rural areas. Ireland has received EU permission to spend euro170 million boosting broadband in small towns across the country, the European [...]
by Jason Roe
on 30. Jan, 2006
in Technology
Smart Telecom has implemented a new policy on blocking outbound connections to SMTP mail servers. This policy affects all customers and means that smart users will no longer be able to send mail via private mail servers. Smart telecom insist that the use of the in-house SMTP server is available to all customers. A representative [...]