The vast majority of UK residents connect to the Internet using ADSL broadband, a reasonably robust technology that piggy-backs on the landline (a wired phone line) for the house. That's all well and good, but the proliferation of mobile ... (more)
We were in Norwich recently and came across a familiar-looking child trailer. Sure enough it was a Chariot, but was actually the Captain model, in Cougar's 'City' category. Its solid floor makes it heavier and noiser than the Chariot, but ... (more)
David Blake IET talk: Heat Pump Choices - Video Recording at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kfhy1MLiuJM and slides at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1j7dPlq9UaPf4pzd37MWiZoCFaJMw7_c4/view?usp=sharing (more)
Mumsnet Mumsnet is an extremely popular website for UK mums and carers. There are some dads on there, but it's mostly mums. You need an extremely thick skin to avoid getting upset, so be warned! You may be interested to know that there ... (more)
Give your carefully created sitemap a mention in your robots.txt file. You simply use this format: Sitemap: http://www.mysite.com/sitemap.xml You can repeat this line many times, if you have many sitemaps (eg, a video sitemap as well ... (more)
Here's my compilation of the best humorous tweets I've come across on the web, in descending date order: @ () on » Reply » Retweet » Favorite (more)
It was once accepted that only websites handling financial data (such as customer credit card details) would need to implement security and get the padlock in the visitor's address bar - but not any longer. The padlock indicates that the ... (more)
Facebook has opened up its commenting system to all websites. What this means is that there is no need for a website owner to develop, run and moderate their own comments platform, and they will also be able to benefit from the comments being ... (more)
Read about creating Google video sitemaps (more)
Does your company have a local presence in many different countries, or do you run a site where it makes sense to keep visitors from different countries away from each other? There are a number of follow-on questions here. Does it matter ... (more)
Impartiality in the heating oil domestic market can be as slippery to grasp as the heating oil itself. Last time you visited a heating oil website that offered oil quotes, did you know which company was actually quoting you? And when you ... (more)