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Site review: Sky News beta

Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:43:00 UT

Sky News is in the process of updating its website.�It currently has a new beta site running alongside the old one.

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It has a bigger, bolder look, but is it an improvement on the old version?�

Online screenshot tools

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:30:00 UT

Every blog needs a few images here and there to make posts more visually appealing, break up the text or illustrate the points you are making.

Here's a selection of useful tools to help bloggers capture and edit�screenshots of webpages...

MySpace gets a revamp

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 07:55:00 UT

Social network MySpace unveiled the first stage of its redesign yesterday, starting with a new look�for the homepage.

Having been one of the more cluttered sites around, MySpace was certainly due for a revamp. So has it improved?

25 useful Wordpress plugins for bloggers

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:37:00 UT

Open source blogging platform Wordpress can be enhanced with the use of free plugins which can help you manage comments and spam, as well as improving SEO and user experience.

We've put together a list of some of the most useful plugins for Wordpress...

Site review: Last.fm beta

Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:30:00 UT

Online music provider Last.fm is currently in the process of revamping its website, with a beta version running alongside the old site.

We've taken a look at to see what improvements (if any) have been made...

Q&A: Sara Vincent of Media Corp on sport.co.uk

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 07:25:00 UT

Online publishing and ad firm Media Corp�recently launched sport.co.uk, with the aim of developing the site into a major web destination for sports fans.

We talked to Sara Vincent, the commercial director of Media Corp's publishing division about the launch of the new site...

Five online bookmarking tools

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:37:00 UT

For anyone doing research online, or just spending a lot of time browsing, bookmarking tools are an extremely useful of saving content for later or sharing it with friends and colleagues.

Here are five of my favourite bookmarking tools for your viewing pleasure...

Polar Rose widens beta test

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 07:32:00 UT

Polar Rose is a Swedish startup that has been developing facial recognition technology for image search since it launched at the end of 2006.

It has recently updated the look of its image search facility and made the image recognition plugin available for Internet Explorer users, so we've taken a look to see how effective it is...

Web editors: 5 reasons to love standfirsts

Fri, 6 Jun 2008 08:30:00 UT

Better search results, higher clickthrough rates, more targeted traffic, improved usability� why every web writer should embrace standfirsts.

Guardian launches new Web 2.0 sports section

Fri, 25 Apr 2008 09:49:00 UT

The Guardian's ongoing site redesign continues this week with the�launch of an all new sports section, complete with embedded video and enhanced photography.

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Five tips for online fashion stores

Mon, 21 Apr 2008 09:00:00 UT

Leon Bailey Green gives fashion retailers five tips to think about for increasing revenue and sales.

MySpace lines up music labels to compete with iTunes

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:49:00 UT

MySpace has teamed up with three of the four major record�labels,�Sony BMG, Warner Music and Universal, to make their catalogues available via MySpace Music.

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Amazon introduces shopping by SMS

Fri, 4 Apr 2008 10:45:00 UT

Amazon�this week�introduced a new service in the US that lets customers buy products from the site by text message.

With the new system, dubbed 'TextBuyIt', mobile users can text a product name, search term or ISBN number to Amazon, and will get the top two results from the search sent back to them.

Siemens ranked as top corporate website

Thu, 3 Apr 2008 14:14:00 UT

German firm Siemens has the best corporate website, while eight of the top ten websites are those of European firms, according to a study of 75 top company sites.

The FT Bowen Craggs Index looked at the effectiveness of corporate websites, and finds that more of these firms are now taking their web presence more seriously.

BBC website revamp continues

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 10:54:00 UT

The BBC has followed up the launch of its new homepage last month with a redesign of�the news and sport sections of the website.

Yahoo targets female web users with Shine

Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:39:00 UT

Yahoo has today launched Shine, a new site which is taking aim at women between 24 and 54.

LinkedIn adds company profiles

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:48:00 UT

LinkedIn has launched another new feature, adding profiles of 160,000 companies to the professional networking site.

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5 ways campaign websites can enhance their online presence

Tue, 25 Mar 2008 13:47:00 UT

Leon Bailey and Jonathan Hirshler look at how five of the UK�s most popular campaign groups can enhance their online visibility and presence.�

ITV to relaunch its online video player

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 12:30:00 UT

ITV's online catch up TV offering will be revamped in an attempt to compete more effectively with the BBC's iPlayer.

Though ITV launched�the service months earlier than the iPlayer, it has quickly been overhauled by the BBC's offering. Around 11m videos were viewed via the iPlayer in January, compared with just 2m for ITV.com �

The last mile - a rant about delivery

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:45:00 UT

Call me old fashioned if you will, but I still believe in the premise that when a customer places an order online, they should receive their goods within the timeframe highlighted by the retailer. Or better still, they should actually receive their order at all!

How about really stretching it and offering the customer the opportunity to choose a convenient delivery method and time?