PostsToday Google bought... 8th March 2011 2:11 PM ....but as a long term strategy? Perhaps they were so impressed with their black hat techniques they want to buy the expertise!!? Today Google bought... 8th March 2011 1:59 PM Today Google bought... 7th March 2011 9:05 PM Today Google bought BeatThatQuote.com for GBP37.7 million. It'll be interesting to see how they develop it further... ...and also what they'll buy next!! UK needs more female entrepreneurs to grow the economy 7th March 2011 5:38 PM “.....Ahead of International Women iPad2 Woohoo! 7th March 2011 1:50 PM Agree, it's good but buy an iPad 2 now or wait until next year for the inevitable iPad 3? What Apple hopes you didn't notice about iPad 2 - CNN.com Inbox says MLF threads have lots of new links? 3rd March 2011 8:12 PM “Wish you guys wouldn't use MLF as a shortcut...it looks like something else and makes me look twice!!  ”LOL Already learning more about you Ellie tut tut.. ... some people's minds!  Half of UK now on Facebook 2nd March 2011 6:06 PM That is really quite amazing.... Half of UK now on Facebook. What would be really interesting to know is how many of those are active users?  Telesales Staff 2nd March 2011 3:17 PM ....still turned into a softy! Something of a record! 28th February 2011 8:00 PM Good work Mike. Keep it up! The more relevant and useful your articles the more likely your visitor numbers will continue to go up. You never know, maybe you could start to make some money with Google Adsense on the side as visitor numbers start increasing.  What You Need to Know About Offshore Outsourcing 28th February 2011 4:58 PM “....From my corporate days, looking back, I wonder how efficient it was to outsource work to say India, and what the total cost was, when you factor in set up costs, ongoing education, high attrition, and rising Asian salaries. Be interesting to see some real numbers from a Blue Chip of say 10 years worth of outsourcing, and what the real costs were, versus the intended savings, and any impact to sales/customer service......” Would be interesting but ultimately if the cost goes higher the work will just move to another lower cost country. It's part of the global world we live in. I'm sure there could be customer satisfaction issues but the cost savings for the big companies are worth the loss of "some customers" (presumably).  Also, the apathy of many customers may mean that many are not lost even though they may not like it. |
