EU Cookie Law: Making your Site Compliant

by Colman Carpenter | Jul 13, 2012 | News, Websites

It seems as though the dust is finally settling on the long-running EU Cookie Law saga. Certainly it’s a story with enough twists and turns over the last few months to prompt a number of blogs from me on the subject… Cookies & Your Website – 17th...

Why your website should be mobile-friendly

by Colman Carpenter | Jun 25, 2012 | News, Websites

The case for mobile-friendly Until recently I haven’t been strongly recommending that customers make their websites mobile friendly. Then something happened to dramatically change my view. Something I wasn’t sure would ever happen. What was this...

How a Traditional Business is Succeeding Online

by Colman Carpenter | Jun 7, 2012 | News, Strategy, Websites

Shopping for Violins As I mentioned in last week’s blog, I had originally intended to write about shopping for my daughter’s new violin. Perhaps a strange subject for a website mainly focussed on wordpress websites and social media, but bear with me. My...

EU Cookie Law: Implied Consent

by Colman Carpenter | May 28, 2012 | Marketing, News, Websites

EU Cookie Law about face Believe it or not, the ICO have done virtually a complete about face on the EU Cookie Law! The change seems fairly slight at first glance. In a new document providing guidance on the now-enforceable law, the ICO state that it is valid to...

Better Collaboration with Google

by Colman Carpenter | May 10, 2012 | Google, News

As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been raving about Google+, Google’s new social network ‘glue’ across all it’s products, for some time now. I’ve actually been a Google fan for a while – primarily because of the excellent...

Why Google+ is not “just another social network”

by Colman Carpenter | May 3, 2012 | Google, News, Social Networks

Sorry Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of content recently. Easter caused a bit of a hiatus for many people, myself included. During the Easter period my family and I had a short break in Madrid. It was great to get away from rainy old England for a short while...