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TODAY is BlogDay were you can take part in opening people's eyes to the many blogs out and about on the web.
It's a simple idea and involves pointing out five different sites that you may want others to see. Here's my five:
French Word-a-Day
Perigord Vacance
Travelling Online
Duddon Diary
Bitter and Blue
Hope you enjoy visiting these sites.
THE taxman cometh to eBay in an attempt to catch people making a living from the auction site and not declaring their earnings.
The Scotsman newspaper reports that investigators are going to trawl through feedback listings to see how often, and what items, individuals are selling.
If the items are particularly fashionable the tax authorities may think that they have been bought solely for profit and begin an investigation.
I HAVE been helping a friend of mine start a blog-style website on something he is keen to write about.
This is West Brom is being created by Anthony O’Hagan and despite having no journalism background he can write and has plenty to say about West Bromwich Albion football club.
And that is the key element of the site, Anthony is keen to write about his subject and if he can earn some money from it all the better.
If you have a question about setting up a similar site just leave a comment.
THERE is a lot of talk at the moment about Google Talk, the search engine’s move into telephone calls over the internet.
Their new service will pitch them against Skype for starters but ultimately the big telephone companies and other internet firms such as Microsoft and Yahoo!
For an in-depth comparison of the service take a look at Skype Journal.
THE British Library website is offering a range of services that will come in handy if you are setting up a business.
Over 600 online databases and 50 million patent records offer a fast and reliable response to a range of business and innovation questions.
ONE of the ways to earn money from your website is to run Google’s Adsense text ads on your site.
You receive a small amount whenever someone clicks on one of the adverts, so it is important that you look to get them in front of your visitors’ eyes.
AS competition amongst blog services heats up TypePad has announced a number of new features to their package.
The most important addition is the support of podcasts as they now provide an RSS2 feed that reads attachments within your posts.
FRANCE and food are inseparable and this connection has been taken on to the internet with a dash of French chic.
A beautifully styled website that firmly wears its artichoke on its sleeve is the Zucchini and Chocolate site, a French food lovers' paradise.
I HAVE started another website this time covering something I've always got an opinion on.
This is City deals with everything Manchester City, from match reports to transfer talk, City gossip to featuring other sites out on the internet.
I will keep it tightly focussed on Man City and hope to try out a little technical wizardry that I've rarely seen elsewhere.
More soon...