As most webmasters are aware Google recently carried out its long overdue PR update. Most website owners witnessed very little change to their sites ranking, that said a small band of directory owners have seen a dramatic cut in their rankings. Two noticeable changes I found were on two heavyweights in the directory sector; Alive Directory and Bigweblinks, both sites were cut from a PR of 7 to 4. I imagine some people are very unhappy having paid a small fortune for a homepage listing on the Bigweblinks...

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Last night I watched a moving TV programme based on a concentration camp at Bergen Belsen, Germany. A few years ago I visited this place, I found it very interesting but also disturbing.

I have spent a long time living in Germany, I have to say I find the older generation of Germans rude, obnoxious and lacking in any kind of personality, some areas of the country are much worse than others. Bavaria is still considered an area that harbours the ethos of the Third Reich.
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One of the biggest mistakes made by people setting up a small online businesses is in the methods they use due to their lack of experience.

Every day fantastic ideas are born for online businesses, however due to the manner in which they are incorporated it means many are destined to fail.

This is how people generally develop their small online business.

1. The idea is born.
2. The services of a cheap web designer are commissioned.
3. After...

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I have to admit I have never been a big fan of the site-wide hyperlinking logo's designers add to their clients websites. I have heard many arguments on this subject and in the end I have always come to the conclusion that unless it is discussed prior or added to the contract the designer is wrong to do this.

I have heard designers say it is mealy like a tag you find on a piece of clothing, this to some extent is true, however all the tags on my clothes are discreetly tucked away on...

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A post made by Golfreak76 this morning, was the inspiration for my latest Blog entry. Golf asked the simple question, how can he improve his sites PR? He probably does not realise he has asked the wrong question at the wrong time, I will explain.

Owning a successful website should have nothing to do with chasing PR, it should be based around owning a visually astute website that incorporates basic fundamentals from its launch. Webmasters thoughts should be geared towards continual...

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