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  • Googling leaves a carbon footprint

    Jan122009

    According to research by Harvard University physicist Alex Wissner-Gross, two Google search generates the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling water for a cup of tea. Ironically, searching the phrase “how big is my carbon footprint?” produces 7g of CO2 whilst boiling a kettle generates around 15g. Wissner-Gross said: Google operates huge data centres [...]

    Google showcases Chrome 2.0

    Jan112009

    Google has opted to support MAC OS X and Linux by releasing a pre-beta version of Chrome 2.0. Thursday saw developers getting the chance to look at its new features in Rwanda – a country which has previously been torn apart by genocide and now attempting a radical transformation from an agrarian society to a [...]

    Latest page rank 10 sites (Dec 08)

    Jan022009

    On December the 31st we saw the last Toolbar PR update of 2008, this update happens each quarter and at SJL Web Design we are always fascinated by the websites which manage to achieve the maximum of 10. Even though the amount of PR 10 sites has been consistently falling over the last few updates, [...]

    Google Page Rank 10 Sites (Oct 08)

    Sep292008

    It seems that over the last few page rank toolbar updates there has been less to document regarding page rank 10 sites. Over the last two updates we have seen sites like Apple, Microsoft and Nasa drop from a pr 10 to a pr 9. However with this last update we have seen even more [...]

    Google releases new browser ‘Chrome’

    Sep032008

    Early today Google unveiled a beta version of its new web browser “Chrome”. It offers the ability to drag tabs to and from the browser window to create or merge tabs, a ominous address bar linking both google search and web browsing, customisable home page and a incognito mode which allows you to search the [...]

    Basic SEO Glossary

    Aug182008

    There are a lot of terms thrown around when it comes to Search Engine Optimisation Lets start with the basics and sum up the main 4 phrases. Organic SEO This relates to the left side of Google or Yahoo, these are the results they rank highly due to a number of features based on their [...]