We all know that the Internet is the fastest growing, human-driven entity that the world has ever seen. The sheer volume of websites that now reside in cyberspace is vast and has grown exponentially just in the last 10 years. In that time, however, the biggest growth has been in 'social media'. Most people with an Internet connection have one or more social media accounts. Facebook, Twitter, … [Read more...]
100m GB Google Index & Counting
During a conversation with an web design client about the number of competing web pages in their given business sector, they asked: "So how many web pages are actually out there in total?" I had to be honest and say that I could not quote an exact figure and that, even if I could, it would be significantly out of date within a week! However, it prompted me to see what Google had to say about … [Read more...]
The Speed Race Is On
If you live in some parts of the UK, especially rural areas, you might be suffering just a tad of frustration when you want to view a website and seem to be waiting ages for the content to download. To be fair to the website owners and their web designers, it probably is not because of file sizes being too large to download but more likely to be the internet speed accessible by your desktop pc, … [Read more...]