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Four Easy Ways to Create Content

30, Jul 2010

We all have days when we need to write a post or article, but just can’t think of what to do. In times like these, I like to dip into my bag of cliches and fire up one of four tried and tested methods for putting a post together: 1: Get someone else to create [...]

Worlds Oldest Twitter User Dies Aged 104

29, Jul 2010

Users of the popular social networking site may have heard of Ivy Bean, the site’s oldest user. Ivy enjoyed a cult following, cultivating online friendships with people like Peter Andre, Gordon Brown and Richard Wilson. Unfortunately the 104 year old passed away early yesterday, leaving the identity of the current oldest user unknown. All of [...]

Paying For Content? No Thanks!

28, Jul 2010

It’s official. British internet users don’t want to pay for extra content. Hot on the heels of The Times’ paywall failure comes research from KPMG. And it doesn’t make for good reading by anyone that wants to charge for content: 81% of UK internet users would stop visiting a site if it asked them to [...]

If You Only Do One Thing Today…

27, Jul 2010

… make sure you test your website. When was the last time that you gave your site a quick once over? If you’re like most website owners, it could be anything from a few hours to a few years. If it’s been a few months, then you could be missing out on leads. Changes to [...]

The Queen’s Family Snaps now on Flickr

26, Jul 2010

It looks like even the Royal Family are embracing social media sites. The British Monarchy now has an account on popular photo-sharing site Flickr. It’s not your typical family photo album, unless your idea of a typical family photo includes forced smiles and overly elaborate clothes, but it does provide an interesting look back at [...]

Official – Bloggers and Tech Reporters Run Out of Things to Say About Facebook!

22, Jul 2010

If you’ve read the FirstFound Blog, Optimise, or any tech/internet blog over the past few months, you’ll have noticed a recurring theme. Facebook. “It’s the second biggest site on the web! No, wait! It’s the biggest site on the web! It’s got 300,000,000 members! No, 400,000,000! And it’s the secret to succeeding in business!” – [...]

Pictures Paint a Thousand Words – and Generate a Billion Hits

21, Jul 2010

As Google gear up to make some changes to their Image Search, traffic data has been released showing that over a billion image searches are carried out every day. This comes as a boost for the search engine market leaders, especially as the young pretenders at Bing have increased their market share substantially. In the [...]

Is The Times’ Paywall Failing Spectacularly? Or Just Badly?

20, Jul 2010

About a month ago, The FirstFound Blog brought you news of The Times website relaunching as a paid-for subscriber service.  We ended that article with a question: Will you be willing to pay for online news? If you currently read The Times online, will you stump up or move on? Now, it looks like we’ve [...]

FirstFound Article Roundup

16, Jul 2010

In case you can’t wait until Monday for your next FirstFound Fix, why not take a look over some of the articles our bloggers have contributed to other sites. Will Twitter Make You The FirstFound? Being the FirstFound – SEO Steps That Secure Success FirstFound Social Sharing Tips FirstFound Reviews and Reputation Have You Chosen [...]

BBC Redesign News Page

15, Jul 2010

After months of deliberation, the BBC have redesigned their News homepage. The official release has described the new site as easier to use, as it places more focus on important stories and makes it simpler for users to share articles through social media. Which is all well and good, but we wanted some professional feedback [...]


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