Technology
Does anyone understand search optimisation for Bing?
This could perhaps be the shortest post I have ever published. In fact, the headline says it all. Should I be worried? If Bing is so good, why doesn’t Anthill appear when I specifically search for ‘Anthill Online’? And, of course, does anyone understand search optimisation for Bing?
Can you remember the first time you used a computer?
Do you remember the first time you used computers? If you’re under 30 that’s like saying, “Do you remember the first time you drew breath,” so obviously I’m talking to my older demographic. If the experience was not traumatic, you are a rare specimen, indeed.
Peter Henderson, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
Jumping ship to work with a larger, market-leading competitor was a disruptive change. The realisation that his entrepreneurial skills would be best utilised growing their business, rather than his own, did not come naturally for Peter Henderson, one of the few genuine “intrapreneurs” in this year’s crop of 30under30.
Adelaide bus commuters get free wireless entertainment platform
Margaret Thatcher once remarked that anybody over the age of 30 who used a bus could consider themselves a failure. Now, Adelaide commuters might be clamouring over one another to get on the bus thanks to a new free mobile entertainment platform.
How we used social media to grow the Cool Company Awards
While most published articles about social media as a tool for business development rarely offer more than anecdotal advice, we thought it might be interesting to actually ‘crunch the numbers’. As strong believers in the power of experimentation and quantifiable results, we used the exercise to measure and compare the impact of each tool on our web traffic and award nominations. Here’s what happened:
Samuel Yeats, 2009 Anthill 30under30 winner
While most people hang out with mates during lunch breaks in Year 10, Samuel Yeats was negotiating with the receiver of a failed telco to acquire its hosting customers. Nine years later, Yeats is now the founder and CEO of Ultra Serve, a leading Australian managed internet hosting service provider.
iPhone app review: Concert Vault
Concert Vault is a simple, free app that adds another dimension to the humble iPod concept. Lazy Sunday afternoons with the speaker jack plugged into the iPhone, listening to concerts you were too poor or too unborn to attend are a real treat.
Australia desperately needs a virtuous cycle of innovation
It says much about the schismatic nature of Australia’s economic strategy that the Federal Government invited public submissions on how to build a clever country in the same week that it signed a $50B gas export contract with China. Jordan Green outlines his vision for Australia’s knowledge economy.
Should we admire or slap Apple zealots?
It usually manifests as a long monologue that starts with: “Get a Mac – they are perfect” then trails off, without punctuation or breathing, into an extensive list of Mac failures and bugbears. When they catch themselves, they add, “But they are still brilliant. You should get one!”
Another small business social media FAIL. Do you agree?
Our bloggers have been critical of its longevity (Can social media sell anything but itself) and equally dazzled by its potential (How I used social media to put my CEO on the street). Of course, the following example (first published as a ‘Discussion’ on the Social Media Academy LinkedIn Group) had me from the get-go. Its author is Paul Rickett, Founder and Principal at VARKETING!.
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