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The URL explained

The humble URL. Humble, perhaps. But the URL just happens to be the very epitome of what the web is all about — being connected. Here I’ll explain the URL and how to get the most from them…

Search giants, law makers looking for some privacy

The search engines are again under the legislative spotlight. Their powers of data retention are being eroded further. But there’s a deeper problem — take away personal data and the future of web applications is imperiled…

Customized search with Yahoo! Search Gallery

In a style similar to Google’s Sitelinks, Yahoo! Search Gallery offers customized search results. The difference is, Yahoo! are letting you create your very own search results from the websites you like most…

Business websites: SEO versus Social Media, Part 3

Social Media does not and cannot benefit businesses in the same way that SEO can. I can’t stress this enough, because the evidence is all around me. And being both logical and objective, I have to follow the facts as they are and not how I’d like them to be…
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Semantic Web as the "killer app", Part 2

If the current iteration of the web is about Social Media, Social Networking and the ownership of our data, then the next iteration of the web will stand for the personalization of our data. But our data won’t just be personalized, this data will be smart enough to know when to go beyond mere data [...]