The Silkstream Blog

Recently we have recieved a number of requests for help setting up email accounts on the iPhone, this quick and easy guide will help you through the painless proccess.

Google TV is almost here! For those of you who haven't heard of Google TV, it's a platform which launches later this year (from guess who), which will see TV converge with the web in a seamless entertainment experience.

I don't know about you, but I find I'm increasingly searching for reviews about products and services prior to making a purchase online. It's become a key part of my decision-making process. Whether looking on TripAdvisor.co.uk for holiday tips or Google's seller ratings within Google's shopping results.

The old adage "a picture is worth a thousand words" conveys the notion of simplifying complex things with the aid of visualisation. Our brains can process large amounts of information much faster when looking at images, as opposed to reading textural-based content.

As some of our customers know, earlier this week we had to invoke our website hosting disaster recovery plan. We have performed several rehearsals for this contingency - but this time it was for real.

I've finally got my hands on the new iPhone 4. I'm not usually an early adopter but since stupidly falling asleep and leaving my old iPhone in a minicab (a long story) I've been obsessively using the stock updater (on O2's website) to hunt one down.

Having a high bounce rate is normally a cause for concern. But sometimes this metric can be misleading, as we've recently discovered with one client's website.

I managed to get my hands on an iPad a day early, Apple finally deciding we had waited long enough and started allowing the pre-orders to be delivered.

This week Google has started to show brand suggestions within its search results! I read about this yesterday and wanted to share it with you because it directly relates to the article I posted last month about the "importance of brand within search marketing".

We are receiving more and more enquiries from businesses who are trying to rank in Google for extremely broad sets of keywords - they have even bought domains which are composites of keywords! There is a perception that this will somehow make their website appear at the top of the rankings.

I received another letter recently from a company called the "Domain Renewal Group" which notified me of a domain name we own that's due to expire. I must stress, the letter may not be a scam, however it could appear to be misleading.