Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Chrome to release bug fixes

Friday, September 19th, 2008

Chrome released their new version on 17 September 2008, users will be getting updates over the next few weeks.

Fixes have been made to flash, javascript, fixes on a few plugins so crashes hopefully won’t happen as often or hopefully never.
Here’s the link which explains the fixes in more detail:

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2008/09/beta-release-0214930.html

comScore and Nielsen release June 2008 search data

Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008

comScore and Nielsen have released their search market data for June 2008. comScore gives insight into month-over-month growth while Nielsen’s report shows year-on-year growth. Let us  have a look at comScore’s data first.

Google dropped by .3% from May 2008 to reach 61.5% of the search market for June. Yahoo gained that .3% to rise to 20.9% for June. Microsoft gained .7% to 9.2%, while Ask.com and AOL dropped .2% and .4% respectively. Here’s a visual chart:

google vs yahoo vs msn (more…)

New design for WebGrowth

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Today marks a new era for WebGrowth, we have just launched the new design for our website. The idea behind the clean looking slide door wrapper is to enhance the visitors experience on the WebGrowth website. The new design of the logo symbolises the growth of WebGrowth from Cape Town to rest of the globe. This symbol of growth we wish also to spread with our clients as well!

Many thanks must go to Imar Krige of Solid Stuff who designed the logo, without his creative logo this website would not have been possible.

Well, now that the design is complete I can now get back to my proper job, search engine optimisation!

Earn As You Go website launched

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

The month of June sees the launch of Earn As You Go’s website, www.earnairtime.co.za. WebGrowth is excited once again to ensure this start up company has a successful online presence.

The target market is South African residents who have a pay as you go account and who would like to decrease their monthly phone bills. (more…)

Advertising on websites makes Nosense

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Over the last few months I have noticed thanks to a few influential forums that I frequent on a daily basis that the most commonly asked question is, “How do I make money from a website?” or “What type of website will bring in the most money?” ….. Oh dear… (more…)