Posts in the News category

• Banner ads - who needs 'em!

  17 August 2006 by Clive Walker

  I have a few websites of my own that I operate on a minimal income basis. Over the years, I have tried various forms of advertising in an attempt to garner some income. The main aim being to cover costs. Well, after several years, I think I’ve finally given up on banner ads.

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• Podcasts for d.Construct 2006

  31 July 2006 by Clive Walker

  In preparation for the web development conference d.Construct 2006, I have been listening to the pre-conference podcasts provided by the organisers Clearleft.

• Income for website owners

  26 June 2006 by Clive Walker

  If you are the proud owner of a new website, you may be considering various income streams from advertising. Text links and other textual advertising, for example Google AdSense, are often better income sources than banner ads. Text Link Ads are one way of generating income using textual advertising.

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• Google spreadsheets

  06 June 2006 by Clive Walker

  Google has announced an online spreadsheet application on a limited trial basis.It's interesting to see more and more online applications like this.

• How to improve your AdSense income

  03 June 2006 by Clive Walker

  You may be making a few dollars/pounds/euros from Google AdSense on your website but wouldn’t it be nice to improve your income? Our experience is that giving your website a design makeover will often increase income AdSense levels…

• Comparing Apple Mac and Windows

  27 May 2006 by Clive Walker

  I worked at a client’s office last week and had the opportunity to compare Windows XP with Apple Mac and, in particular, Dreamweaver on both platforms.

• Check your colour contrast

  15 May 2006 by Clive Walker

  You’ve come up with a nice color scheme for your new website but does it have enough contrast? Does it satisfy W3C guidelines for colour contrast?

• Running Windows and Mac on the same PC

  20 March 2006 by Clive Walker

  The BBC reports that getting an Apple Mac to run Windows XP has been achieved. How long before this becomes a commercial product? This sounds like a sure-fire winner to me. I would buy one.

• Let your feet do the work?

  02 March 2006 by Clive Walker

  The BBC reports that Microsoft are developing a foot pad that will enable you to perform common computer actions using your feet

• RSS - really simple surfing

  24 February 2006 by Clive Walker

  Problogger has published a good article explaining RSS feeds and web content syndication. In other words, pushing out web content to your website readers.