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    In Praise of Nominet

    My opinion of most online resources is generally low – and usually a post by me is a pop at some incompetent fool – but today I choose to sing the praises of Nominet. From time to time I have had to deal with clients who get themselves into all sorts of scrapes with their [...]

    The Google Interface

    Never one to complain about Google in the past, I must admit to hating the new Google home page. The beauty of Google was always its simplicity – with the option to search sites from the UK when performing the initial search. Now one has to make a worldwide search just to get the option [...]

    How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/apr/20/google-google-street-view

    Domain Name Rip-Off?

    Suspicious happenings at my domain name supplier – I registered four domain names on December 20th – two of which were very important, the two others were bought “just in case”. I received confirmation and an invoice, but when I went to upload a new site a few days later I found that the the [...]

    Rupert Murdoch plans charge for news websites

    Rupert Murdoch plans to charge for all news websites by next summer, according to an article in today’s Guardian. To say I’m dissappointed is a bit of an understatement – but nevertheless it goes to show how a certain mentality never quite grasped the Internet. I, for one, won’t be giving any dosh to Murdock [...]

    Martin (Lazerzubb) Schaedel

      Laz and I I first met Laz on Search Engine Forums (Jim World) in 2001. Our obsession with Google and love of supercars quickly led to an enduring friendship. Many a night we’d be talking into the early hours, he talked about everything from his parents to the depth of the snow outside his [...]