Irfan Malik's Blog

I wrote a post on how stupid spammers are a little while back. After which Spam levels went through the roof – with over 800 spammed comments to choose from here’s my greatest list of spam: 1. I am looking for a husband and you are a wonderful. Please visit me on <REMOVED> and we [...]

So what exactly is World Book Night. Well…It’s when a million (actual 960K) books are published and 20,000 volunteers give out books to people who wouldn’t be classified as book readers. Volunteers can chose a title from a selection of books available. It’s going to take place on Saturday 5th March. You can find out [...]

Last week was a week worth forgetting about – but I’m pretty sure I won’t. My problems began when my computer died on me…I literally walked out of a room with my laptop on for ten minutes and came back and she was no more… Backup Hindsight is 20/20 but I’m not. So first things [...]

OK it’s 2011 and it’s been 2011 for some time now (just over a week). So what now? Are we going to treat this year as any other? Are New Year’s Resolutions going to fizzle away by the end of the month? Well they do for many, that’s why gyms have great offers in January [...]

If you’ve ever blogged on anything or anyone one things for sure the spammers will come. Like thieves in the night – they’re poised to leave that comment on your blog for the sake of a bit of link love back to their freely listed web page. But not all spammers are the same – [...]

With Google getting more advanced and diversifying into random markets (automobiles cough) you can be forgiven for thinking that whatever Google touches turns to gold. It may well be the case in many instances. However, what do you think about good old Google Search? Yep, every time you search for something on Google (or any [...]

It may well be the season of goodwill but don’t count on cyber criminals dropping it all to sing carols door to door. Christmas is a time when online sales break records year after year, great for the economy and great for the beneficiary of that cheap aftershave set you got on sale online (whilst [...]

It seems every site owner wants the same thing. Essentially a page one Google listing for their website(s). But not just a page one ranking. They want to be above the fold in Google. In a nutshell being above the fold refers the portions of a webpage that can be visible without scrolling. Now there’s [...]

With so many thoughts and ideas travelling through my mind I’m slightly embarrassed to mention that one particular thought is squatting in the frontal lobe – and has in outstayed its welcome. Quite ashamedly we’re in a world where there are many less fortunate than you or I – yet my mind is focussing on [...]

For companies new and old in this day and age, managing and utilising ‘online’ technology effectively has become one of the major key elements of the ‘amalgam’ of a successful business. Starting off with the obvious such as Web 2.0 – ie web apps that share information interactively. Web 2.0 apps are now seen as [...]