Monthly Archives: December 2008

CommBank Keeping Warm By Burning Money

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Alistair

While viewing http://www.news.com.au yesterday, I noticed an advertisement on the home page for Commonwealth Bank of Australia. The ad was for instant approvals and same day funds (working now), however clicking the ad presented me with a “Page Not Found” … Continue reading →

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Twitter Performance Problems, The Root Cause

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Alistair

The performance and scalability problems of Twitter have been covered to death, so I won’t wax lyrical about the different reasons that the micro-blogging service has had performance and uptime problems over the last year. With the advent of cloud … Continue reading →

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Search Engine Optimisation Via Dead Trees

Posted on December 1, 2008 by Alistair

I thought I’d undertake some professional development surrounding search engine optimisation, ironically in the form of a paper back book, named Get to the top on Google written by David Viney. As I work my way through the book, I … Continue reading →

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