May 2, 2010

Privacy Awareness Week – Computer Protection Tips

Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 anti-virus, antivirus, Australia, Canada, chat rooms, computer identity, computer protection, facebook, Hong Kong, information theft, korea, malware, New Zealand, Online, Privacy, privacy safeguards, scammers, security, social networking, social networking sites, Software, technology, virus protection

This week is ‘Privacy Awareness Week’ 2010 and as such it is urged that we familiarise ourselves with our rights, obligations and best-practice in relation to privacy. The few recommendations below, from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, are related to Computer identity and information theft. They are well worth reading through: Make [...]

Jun 12, 2009

Twelve Simple SEO Basics (Part 3)

Gary Eckstein Search Engine Optimization 2 Australia, dmoz, google, internet directories, meta tag, meta tags, mybloglog, open directory project, reddit, robots, search bots, Search Engine Optimization, search engine optimization tips, search engines, seo, social networking, Sydney

In parts one and two of the dozen simple and effective SEO essentials the following Search Engine Optimization tips were described; fresh Content, text styles and formatting, descriptive URLs, sites linking to your webpages, Sitemap.XML, Robots.txt, Meta Tags and validating HTML. In the final part, the following are illustrated; Social Networking SEO, DMOZ, page load [...]

Jun 4, 2009

Most Popular Social Networking Sites

Gary Eckstein Social Media 0 backflip, blog, blogger, blogging, blogs, bookmarking, competitive advantage, delicious, facebook, gaia, Internet, linkedin, mister wong, myspace, myyearbook, Nielsen, product differentiation, sharing, slashkey, social bookmarking, social bookmarking sites, Social Media, social networking, social networking site, social networking sites, tagged, twitter, web

Nielsen this week released comparisons showing the enormous growth in the amount of time spent on the most visited Social Media sites from April 2008 to April 2009. The numbers are truly astounding. The Social Media / Social Bookmarking / Sharing industry is still in its infancy. We’ll definitely be seeing consolidation and / or [...]

Mar 24, 2009

Sydney diggs to Mixx with reddit

Gary Eckstein Social Media 1 addthis, digg, mixx, reddit, sharethis, Social Media, social networking, web, web 2.0

The Sydney Morning Herald published an article titled ‘Spread the News’, it which several of the social bookmarking and sharing sites were named and discussed. Overall the article is a good introduction to a few of the bookmarking and sharing services however I have this to add; None of the sites mentioned are particularly good [...]