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Google have receny launched a tool via google labs which allows you to discover exactly what the google bot extracts from your site when it scrapes your pages. This valuable insight into googles robots should prove invaluable to Search Marketeers.

What Google Bot Sees

Smashing magazine have released some fascinating vital stats on the behaviour of iPhone users and particularly what they buy.

Any budding iPhone app developer should review this information carefully before considering the nature of application they wish to develop.

Understanding the iPhone SDK and development methodology just got a lot easier.

Lynda.com have released a series of iPhone training videos walking you through from applying to be an iPhone developer through to developing and subsequently submitting an app to the iPhone App store.

Developing iPhone Apps using Objective C++ is complex. This superb series of videos eases you in with clear example based videos. This could be the best $25 any aspiring developer could spend.

This classic levels based strategy shoot em up wasn't aninstant hit. The frustrating first level which acted as a tutorial seemed dull and overly long. It was 20 minutes before I even got into the action.

Google have announced a major upgrade to Google Analytics which includes several improvements to the Goal Tracking aspects of the system. You can now track up to 20 Goals. It is now possible to define goals based upon

• URL Destination
• Time on site
• Pages/Visit

For Search Marketeers and SEO firms this represents a step forward in what it is possible to report to clients. The goal tracking was previously limited to 4 goals which on a large site was frustrating.

The New Magic Mouse promises to eclipse its predecessor the much hated Mighty Mouse.

For over 2 years I have unwittingly paying for phone insurance at £6 a month which offers very little in the way, I discover, of useful cover.

With an excess of £50 and owning a phone worth £110 in 10 months I may aswell have put the money in my own bank account as an insurance of my own, then I would be into profit.

The cover offered for use of phone minutes by a th

Getting Flex working with Drupal is relatively straight forward so long as you set up your flex project environment using these following these steps.

Install as3Corelib into the lib directory of your Flex Project

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        <![CDATA[import these into your flex project using the following actionscript

When you have exhausted all avenues of complaint and the company you have had bad service or has sold you a product you are dissatified with has not responded in a timeley manner, or refunded you to a level you are happy with, where do you turn? In the old days you might have gone legal or maybe asked Citizens Advice.