The power of one – public pressure on politics

The power of the internet as a marketing medium has been embraced by the majority of political parties, and their members. In Australia, every major party has a web presence, and a growing number of national, state and local politicians have their own sites. Some have even entered the ‘youth markets’ of MySpace and YouTube.

Terrorist threats, knee-jerks, and real jerks

The latest comments by the Australian Immigration Minister, Kevin Andrews, with regard to the actions of Dr Mohamed Haneef, leave me with grave concerns for the future of personal freedom in Australia. For those that are not aware of the proceedings, Dr Haneef is an Indian doctor working in Australia, who was arrested as a

Top 20 marketing buzzwords

We all get bombarded with them every day, you can’t miss them – marketing buzzwords. The words and phrases that marketing types use to hype up their pitch, to make it sound better than it is. Marketing and sales speak could well be a whole sub-language, and something that future historians would choke on translating.

Australia SEO agency penalised by Google

An interesting development in the life of the Found Agency. Australian IT – Google penalises black hat tactics Lara Sinclair, MAY 10, 2007 Not sure what their clients must be thinking right now, but I’m sure there is a lot of damage limitation activity going on. The rumours and chinese whispers of the SEO/SEM market