2009 is almost over, just another few hours to go, and with it not only ends the year, but also the decade. Today also marks the ten year anniversary that IT sceptics and scaremongers alike predicted that the Millennium Bug would disable our computer systems, shut down our hospitals and generally cause mayhem to anything electrical throughout the world.
They believed that the switching of computer calendars to a new millennium would cause untold havoc, and that companies such as Microsoft hadn’t accounted for it in their software and operating systems.
As it transpired, the year 1999 rolled over into 2000 without incident and the whole Millennium Bug thing was forgotten about. What was also forgotten about was the number of bogus IT firms who charged (more…)
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As the job title ‘SEO’ is relatively new, you’ll find that most people won’t have heard of it, and you’ll certainly never find it on credit check forms when you come to fill out your occupation. So, if you’re a professional SEO, what do you tell people you do for a living when you want to avoid the twenty minute explanation of what search engine optimisation actually is?
One option is to say that you’re in Internet marketing, as this covers all manner of online work from SEO to PPC and online PR. However, many people, when the hear the term ‘Internet marketing’, conjure up images of you selling merchandise over the Internet in a sort of cold calling for the Internet role. Telling someone you’re in Internet marketing may lead to a lengthy description of your actual job anyway.
You could tell people that you’re in IT, as all forms of Internet marketing obviously use computers, and an SEO will have knowledge of computers, programming languages and servers. However, once again this often misses the mark because people will assume you (more…)
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Most people involved with Internet marketing have heard of Alexa.com, and most probably have used it once or twice (never usually three times though). Alexa is supposed to be a website that offers you statistics on your website, and other websites, relating to traffic levels and how popular a website is in relation to others on the Internet.
However, many people have fallen foul of these bold claims from Alexa and don’t realise that it can only record statistics from visitors who actually have the Alexa Toolbar installed on their browser… do you?
Of course, the people most likely to have the Alexa Toolbar installed are those who want to check their own stats, and because of the lack of widespread use of the Toolbar, simply installing it and accessing your own website a few times per day will (more…)
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If you have a Facebook account (and let’s face it, who doesn’t?) then you can become a fan of StuckOn on Facebook. When you become a fan, you can see our Facebook page (pictured below) and receive daily Internet Marketing posts on your Facebook feed without having to come back to our website to read them.
This is a great way of keeping in touch with the latest developments in SEO and Internet Marketing, directly on Facebook. It’s also much more convenient for Facebook addicts than subscribing via RSS feed or by following us on Twitter.
Creating Facebook pages is also an excellent way of using social networking to promote your business or brand online because you can reach a lot of people very quickly and can (more…)
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Facebook has a long and illustrious history of getting people into trouble for posting comments on their profile. It’s got people the sack, split up relationships and even caused divorce in its short time in existence. This time though it’s not the curse of Facebook profile and its public nature (that everyone seems to forget) that has claimed yet another victim, it’s the private discussion section of the website; something that should remain private.
Sonya McNally is a teacher and she was discussing her class with another teacher over Facebook, making the comment:
By the way, (class) 8G1 are just as bad as 8G2.
This seemingly innocuous comment caused offense to Kirsten Allenby-Moore, who reported her to the council. She wrote in a complaint letter:
I found the comments personally insulting as the (more…)
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