Sep 15, 2010

Bing Adverts on Google

Gary Eckstein Internet 0 adsense, advertising, bing, Bing Adverts, brand positioning, brands, marketing, Microsoft, search engine, Sydney

I know this is not new however this surely remains topical; Bing, the Microsoft Search Engine, advertises on Google (i.e. Google Adsense). I was performing a search today for a map of Lindfield (in Ku-ring-gai which is part of greater Sydney) and noticed the ‘sponsored link’ as per the image. So, Bing is paying Google [...]

Mar 8, 2010

New Australian Training Website

Gary Eckstein Training & Assessment 0 Australia, business, contract trainer, Diploma, diploma courses, education, freelance, further training, I.T. Trainer, Management, management articles, quality management, RTOs, seo, Sydney, trainer, training, training education, training organizations

For my regular Website visitors you may have noticed a few changes over the past two weeks; my URL has changed to http://eckstein.id.au, the ‘look and feel’ of the Site has changed and the content has had a refresh (the blog posts remain the same however). The reasons for this are; The work I perform [...]

Nov 20, 2009

Sydney Swelters

Gary Eckstein General Technology 0 aids, annie lennox, Australia, cole porter, erasure, lyrics, music, sinead o connor, Sydney, thermometer, tom waits, weather

It’s too darned hot… Yip, it’s going to be a hot one here in Sydney today. Already it is humid and sweltering… Sydney, Australia Weather Forecast free online clock desktop clock Reminds me of that great song sung by Erasure on ‘Red Hot + Blue: A Tribute To Cole Porter‘ – It’s Too Darn Hot [...]

Nov 2, 2009

A Brush Turkey in Sydney

Gary Eckstein Sydney 1 Australian, birds, brush turkey, brush turkeys, bush, cane toad, rain forest, scrub turkeys, Sydney, sydney morning herald

I was interested to see the article this morning in the Sydney Morning Herald titled: ‘First it was the march of the cane toad … now the brush turkey is eating Sydney’. We have a few brush turkeys (also called scrub turkeys and bush turkeys) around our house; we live in the bush – officially [...]

Aug 31, 2009

Ku-ring-gai – Oppose the Crazy Bureaucrats

Gary Eckstein Sydney 0 bureaucrat, high rise apartments, killara, ku ring gai council, lindfield, st ives, Sydney, turramurra, wahroonga

I love Sydney and especially the Ku-ring-gai Council area which is leafy and beautiful. Unfortunately some idiot state government people have decided that Ku-ring-gai needs LOTS of high-rise apartments. Lend your support to Not so High in Ku-ring-gai or let your opposing voice be heard through the various petitions going around. Just in case you [...]