The Digital Ideas Blog

By Alexis Pratsides on 5th March 2010

By Alexis Pratsides on 15th February 2010

Though the collapse of the bubble has led to a difficult period for the bits-and-bytes industry, it has now returned to stable and sustainable growth coupled with vibrant innovation in many departments.

By Alexis Pratsides on 12th February 2010

How many times have you visited one of the many “professional” blog advice sites, and left with little more advice than the ubiquitous (and unhelpful) “build great content?”

By Alexis Pratsides on 10th February 2010

#MT-CO-CREATE Project – BEAD Web Design concepts for BEAD, a firm of architects in the UAE. The Design Process being followed is based on the MintTwist Method.

By Alexis Pratsides on 14th January 2010

Facebook Pages are increasingly becoming a “second home page” for businesses online.

By Alexis Pratsides on 8th January 2010

In the latest versions of Adobe Photoshop with the inclusion of Adobe Bridge the thumbnail view of PSD files within the windows explorer is no longer present.

By Alexis Pratsides on 2nd January 2010

The Remote Desktop feature in Windows 7 can be used to connect remotely to other computers, so that you can control one computer from another pretty easily.

By Alexis Pratsides on 23rd December 2009

I recently received the “Cannot copy files required for installation” error (with error code 0×80070017) when trying to install Windows 7 on my PC.

By Alexis Pratsides on 23rd December 2009

Google has signed a deal with Twitter and will begin displaying tweets in Google search results.

By Alexis Pratsides on 18th December 2009

MSN’s Bing search engine team published a list of issues related to obtaining inbound links that could either help or hurt your web site’s rankings.

By Alexis Pratsides on 16th December 2009

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

Twitter is one of several social media networks that is currently growing in popularity by leaps and bounds. While most social media sites are not designed with businesses in mind, Twitter is one system that can be very beneficial if you have an online business.

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

Building inbound links, also called backlinks, is a critically important part of any web site search optimization campaign.

By Alexis Pratsides on 4th December 2009

It used to be that any link to a web site was a good link and each played a strong role in a site’s ability to rank well. That is no longer the case and not all links are treated equally.

By Alexis Pratsides on 3rd December 2009

Selecting less popular keywords to drive more traffic

By Alexis Pratsides on 5th November 2009

Advanced Web Ranking is a search engine ranking software application that helps check the position of a website in search engines rankings. The web ranking systems allows users to pick region specific search engines.

By Alexis Pratsides on 31st October 2009

It is necessary to support search engine marketing techniques across different aspects of a website.

By Alexis Pratsides on 5th October 2009

The world wide web is constantly changing and to make sure your business keeps pace, it is important to be up to date with the latest trends and technologies.

By Alexis Pratsides on 2nd October 2009

By Alexis Pratsides on 30th September 2009

The trouble starts when you, being so close to your own project, see your website as much more than it actually is.

By Alexis Pratsides on 25th September 2009

Are you concerned that competitors can steal your website? What are the pitfalls for an offender, what are the legal comebacks and can you turn the situation to your favour?

By Alexis Pratsides on 9th September 2009

Copywriting and SEO are getting closer and closer. Here are some key points to note when writing copy (that is SEO friendly) for a website …

By Alexis Pratsides on 7th September 2009

Internet users can take just one-twentieth of a second to decide whether they like the look of a website, researchers say.

By Alexis Pratsides on 3rd September 2009

Remember all that time and effort you spent coming up with the right name for your business? You wanted the right name because your name is a large part of your brand.