http://www.webbedit.co.uk/content/FrogBlog-paul-gardner-webbed-it Paul, a Webbed IT partner, wants this blog to provide a behind-the-scenes expose to life within a small internet services company that really does want to make a difference. Since the launch of our new site on 20th March I have understandably been keeping a keen eye on our stats for bot visits. Previously Webbed IT had a single web page and therefore only had inbound links to our home page (over 3,900 according to Yahoo) so I was interested to see how long it would take the main Search Engines to begin indexing our new pages ... today we are beginning to see some results. http://www.webbedit.co.uk/content/FrogBlog-paul-gardner-webbed-it/detail/128/Google and Yahoo index new pages within a week Sat, 29 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT When searching for a suitable host for your website it's very tempting to believe the myth that is 'unlimited bandwidth'. All we advise is that you seek out the 'acceptable usage policy' and decide what would happen if one day you were deemed to have breached this and your site was taken offline in an instant. http://www.webbedit.co.uk/content/FrogBlog-paul-gardner-webbed-it/detail/123/Fact: Bandwidth is not free, it costs hosting suppliers money Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT Phorm, a US firm, have developed a controversial set of tools which track your online surfing habits at Internet Service Provider (ISP) level and then deliver targeted advertising based on that data. BT, Virgin and Talk Talk have already signed up to trial the system which is getting some support from respected privacy campaigners Simon Davies and Gus Hosein. http://www.webbedit.co.uk/content/FrogBlog-paul-gardner-webbed-it/detail/120/Is it wise for ISPs to adopt Webwise Advertising? Tue, 11 Mar 2008 00:00:00 GMT