10/01/12 Search Engines Are Winning the War on Content Farms

Largely as a result of the Google's algorithm update (code named Panda) 2011 saw low quality websites falling off the top of the search engine results.

Since then, Google has updated the algorithm a number of times, most notably with the September 28th Panda 2.5 update and the November 3rd Google Freshness update, which affected 35 percent of searches.

Over the course of the last year, a small number of our smaller site owners have felt they’d been unfairly penalised by Panda. The answer to this is to make sure you site contains plenty of fresh content, has good quality links pointing at it and the page content is relevant to your site. Basically you need to look at what can make your site an authority in your particular area so that Google values it.

04/01/12 Faster broadband speeds sooner than expected in parts of Devon

BT has announced that a further 45,000 homes and businesses across Devon will have access to faster broadband by the summer of 2012.

The company aims to upgrade exchanges in Crediton, Cullompton, Tiverton, Colaton Raleigh, Axminster, Ivybridge, Ottery St Mary, Seaton, Instow and South Molton.

The plans involve upgrading broadband speeds using copper lines rather than installing new fibre optic cables.

The scheme is part of major broadband improvements taking place across the South West. Cornwall is now seeing the roll-out of its £132 million superfast broadband programme.