John Lewis has announced that that last week was the biggest on record for the group’s ecommerce website, with sales up 40% on 2006 levels. The website, which is mangaged from a warehouse in Chelsea, now takes in more cash than the massive Oxford Street store in London - pretty good.
Dec
13
Google Analytics Updated!
December 13th, 2007
Lots of new features and a new interface at Google Analytics today - check it out Google Analytics
Dec
13
Server response codes and what they mean
December 13th, 2007
I’ve recently needed to check a clients website redirects due to an issue with their indexing. Just a gentle reminder that its always good practice to make sure your website is returning the correct codes to users and bot, otherwise indexing ans other SEO issues may arise.
Here’s my http header checking tool HeaderCheck for you to have a play around with, and below is a list of the most useful codes and what they mean.
Dec
11
Gmail is SLOOOW - heres how to get around it
December 11th, 2007
Is it me or is gmail becoming really, really slow. I use google notifier but an email comes through, I go to check it and gmail just won’t load.
Dec
4
The worlds first web server
December 4th, 2007
Here’s the worlds first webserver - at CERN, home of the web. Its a NeXT machine, from Steve Jobs’ other computer hardware company. Still looks quite cool. I saw a NeXT box for sale a while back, it was hideously expensive….