So it would appear that BT internet users have had there internet habits tracked and documented without consent:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/04...rm_2006_trial/

At present such tracking systems, although available, are still highly controversial, and companies that are using them are under increasing attack within the media for using such systems. There is currently an open investigation by the Information Commissioner into the legality of these systems and,...

welshstew

Well the BBC have updated the news section.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/

I didn't like the old style left aligned version, but this version, to me, looks great.

However, looking through the code, it would seem that they have reverted back to tables for the main content layout, which for me is a step backwards.

Lets hope that this is an interim update and the tables will be gone soon.

What do you think?
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welshstew

So, Yahoo has announced that it will make much more use of the "sematic web" to return search details

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7296056.stm

What are your thoughts?

welshstew

for all those star wars fans

http://fun.drno.de/flash/yoda_film.swf

welshstew

in order for websites to be successful they must rank highly for search engines, sometimes locally, sometimes globally, depending on the site.

there are a number of ways you can geo-target your website to a local country:

• domain - TLDs often indicate where a site is located and will often rank higher in their corresponding local SE's
• IP addresses - often a cause of contention, but google themselves have started that in the absesnce of a TLD they do look at IP addresses
• google

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welshstew