Disclaimer: This blog post is in no way intended to serve as legal advice but merely an informative run-down of some of the main elements of the 'EU Cookie Law'.
So what is the EU Cookie Law all about?
In 2009 a European Directive – 2002/58/EC – concerned with the protection of privacy in the electronic communications sector was updated with Directive 2009/136/EC. This included a change to Article 5(3) of the E-Privacy Directive requiring consent for storage or access to information stored on a subscriber or users terminal equipment – i.e. a requirement to obtain consent for cookies and similar information recording technologies.
In the world of Search and Search Engine Marketing Google has always been the dominant force and when Google says "Jump", we all say "How high?" To be effective at marketing your services and products in the Search Engines, it is imperative that you stay up to date with developments of the inner workings of Google and its search algorithms and actively modify your strategies and SEO methodology.
Google makes regular changes and updates to its Search Quality guidelines in order to deliver users with the most informative and relevant search results according to their search terms, (and they are pretty damn good at doing that, if you ask me). Google reports on the more substantial changes that are made to its algorithms via the Official Google Search Blog - Inside Search. The latest round of updates is geared toward penalising websites that are "over optimised" according to Google’s Matt Cutts.
The Costain Annual Report 2011 went live this week showing the financial summary for the Costain group for the previous financial year. Bluegrass alongside the UK agency The College Group, developed for the third time the annual report for the group.
The buzz going on at the moment is all about how the US Government is attempting to control internet piracy. A new bill called SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) which has been put before the US House of Representatives, has sparked a fierce battle between the creative industries and the free speech lobbyists.
If passed in its present form this bill would affect sites like Google, PayPal, YouTube and even Facebook. Thanks to an infographic by Lumin Consulting, we can see exactly what is being proposed... [View the infographic in this blog post]
And just because today is Friday, we thought we'd share this picture with everyone.
How do you spot a serious Mac fan? Well easy really... he's the chap who casually takes his 27" iMac into a Starbucks coffee shop!!
Hope you enjoyed that as much as we did.
The team at Umbraco HQ have been working flatout to bring us a version of Umbraco 5 (Beta) to download and play with just before the festive break! So far it looks exactly the same to us from the admin users point of view. The majority of the changes are behind the scenes, where it is now using technologies like MVC, LINQ, RAZOR to make the magic happen.
We understand how important it is for client's to improve their digital presence. There are some great tools available to help you do so, amongst which, is Google Analytics. Google analytics is a great way to monitor your website's traffic and and to know where and what website visitors are searching for. Google have introduced something new to the world of analytics software - Real-Time Tracking (beta)! Now you can literally monitor what's happening on your site as and when it happens.
The 36 Boutiques New summer collection campaign has just been launched. 36 Boutiques launched this campaign to create awareness through a fun animated "strip the look" idea of their new summer collection and to drive drive traffic to their main site.
