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The problems of web design and Internet Explorer 6!

Darren — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 08:24:59 +0000

Found an article of interest today regarding the issues of web design / Internet Explorer 6 over at the national pages. The issues of catering for the aged IE6 are well known to web site designers, with hacks required to render W3C compliant websites, security issues and lack of support for transparent png images among the problems.

With the strength in the web browser market of Mozilla’s Firefox, IE 7 & 8, Opera, Safari and now Google Chrome, many companies look to be signing off on appeasing this aging browser, launched in 2001.

Facebook are the biggest news to date, reportedly ceasing to incorporate web site design hacks in their design, thus forcing users to upgrade. Considering the sheer number of websites out there, the cost of the extra design work to cater for IE6 must surely run into the millions globally.

I recently checked stats from several major websites for the share of website visitors using IE6. The slice is down to around 10 to 15%, depending on which stats you believe. Factor into this the fact that IE 7 and 8 sometimes masquerade in the stats as IE6 when in quirks mode, and the figure is even lower.

It seems it’s only a matter of time for IE6. To be honest, I won’t be sorry – it will certainly make my life designing websites in Bournemouth that much less problematic!

Search Engine Optimisation News

Darren — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 13:14:14 +0000

According to the Wall Street Journal, Time Warner Inc. have re-purchased the 5% of AOL stake owned by Google, the search engine giants. For 283 million bucks! That’s a lot of pay per clicks…..

What might Time Warner be up to I wonder? I’m not sure if this will have any impact on search engine optimisation but will be keeping my beady little eyes peeled for details!

Local Bournemouth SEO News

Darren — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 13:12:44 +0000

News on the search engine optimisation front with Microsoft and Yahoo apparently close to closing a deal, in a profit-sharing deal, according to Advertising Age.

Yahoo are looking to sell their search adverts on bing.com in addition to it’s own branded search sites, expanding their market share.

Microsoft seem to be trying to consolidate some more search market share by holding hands with Yahoo – and in the process take a few chunks out of the Google everyone knows and loves.

Let’s see what impact this joint venture has on the search engine optimisation industry around the world, and of course, here in Bournemouth!