A month since its trial release, Google's Chrome web browser is gaining mixed reviews by web analysts. According to some users, Google Chrome is super-fast and easy to use; others complain that it is too bare, while competitors state their own products remain superior in the newly-congested browser market.   My personal tests of Chrome have been extremely positive, considering it is its VERSION 1 release. Google has again embraced the advantages of open source web development to deliver a product in a rare segment of the web they haven't yet cracked.   Creating a browser was a natural ‘next step' for Google.   Regardless of the browsers we - as internet users - have been using, we have been typing in the Google URL (www.google.com.au, www.google.com, etc.) more than any other URL worldwide. It was only a matter of time until Google decided that the place you type in URLs should also be owned by them.   Rather than creating a ‘me too', the techs a
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Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) is an essential ingredient to consider when selecting your web design company, as a poorly built website has ZERO potential for traffic!   You may have heard terms like CSS, Strong Tags, Titles, URLs, Meta Tags, etc without really understanding them. The key is not for you to understand them, but for you to make sure your web designers know them... and more importantly, use them!   Simply ask them what they are doing while building your website to ensure it is in a form able to be optimised. If they cannot answer, show them the following YouTube Video, which is of an internet celebrity known as the SEO Rapper who tries to make SEO tutoring interesting.     That is about as entertaining as it gets. But I honestly doubt it will be enough to teach a non-SEO web designer about SEO web designing.   I have had potential clients come into our KayWeb offices in Melbourne and Bondi Junction (Sydney) and ask me why th
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It is hindering to see web developers and SEO 'experts' still attempting to trick Google with their illegal search engine optimisation tactics. Illegal SEO tactics such as keyword spamming will do more damage to your website's standing on Google than good.   Recent Hitwise website statistics suggests Google's Australian search engine market share is a massive 88%. Therefore it is clear that impressing Google will assist your website's rise in search engine rankings. The fact that every tenth website visit is to Google means if Google rates your website highly, you will almost certainly receive referrals which could lead to crucial business.   So with Google as crucial as identified above, why would you want to piss it off?   This question is directed to those web developers and SEO 'experts' who feel dumping a bunch of keywords into an obscure area on a web page (keyword spamming/stuffing) will result in positive search engine results.   Technically, Google
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  KayWeb: KEYS to WEB TRAFFIC view presentation (tags: search seo kayweb 2.0)  
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Earlier this month, ICANN - the internet's global governing body - decided on an unprecedented expansion of top level domains (TLDs). This means the 21 variations of domain extensions currently available (EG: .com, .com.au, .org) are about to be monstered by what is essentially a free-for-all policy where one can select their own domain extension!   When this policy is brought into play in an estimated two years' time, McDonalds can have a domain like www.mcdonalds.mcdonalds or BBC Radio can potentially be found at www.radio.bbc. No .com, no ANYTHING standard is necessary.   Most who heard this news after the ICANN heads met in Paris for their 32nd conference replied 'Coooool', imagining all the possibilities...   But I am doubtful at how 'Coooool' this policy really is!   A domain extension gives a website a sense of belonging. .com.au stands for an Australian domain, .ca is Canadian, .cn is Chinese, and so on. The same crew at ICANN recently released .asia
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