A peek inside Google’s data centres

Have you ever wanted to take a peak under Google’s bonnet? Well now you can and in splendid Technicolor too! Google have kindly decided to spill the beans on life in a data centre with a photographic tour entitled where the Internet lives. And boy does it make for compelling viewing. Think Andreas Gursky meets Tron […]

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the web project goes bananas for Leukaemia Research

The Web Project’s Managing Directors compete in the Blenheim Triathlon to raise money for Leukaemia Research (now bloodwise). Nick Maynard and Mike Stepney from The Web Project joined more than 4000 triathletes to compete in the Mazda Blenheim Triathlon and raise much needed money for Leukaemia Research. After swimming 750 meters, cycling 20km and running […]

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SEO terms explained: Part two D-K

In Part One of the web project’s ‘complete SEO lexicon’ we covered the ABCs. So if you don’t know the difference between CPM, CPA and CSS then it’s straight into detention. In the meantime the rest of the class can continue from D-K: Deep linking Is the process of pointing links to pages ‘deep’ within the website’s structure, […]

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the web project sponsors day care centre in Malawi

Senga Bay is a small town in Malawi where good news travels fast. The web project first heard about Nyumba Ya Thanzi back in 2008 and we were so impressed with their work that we decided to provide a monthly donation. Fast-forward to 2012 and The House of Good Health continues to provide life-changing support […]

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How Yahoo’s Search Submit Pro signed its own death sentence

If you haven’t heard of Search Submit Pro (SSP) you aren’t alone. Over a decade ago Yahoo! was a key player on the search landscape and was busy working out how they could maximise revenue. They launched Search Submit Pro without the usual fanfare that would accompany an innovative product and smuggled it silently through […]

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the web project pledges support for HIV orphanage in Malawi

Having decided to help support a charitable cause it didn’t take long for The Web Project to find The House of Good Health in Senga Bay , Malawi . Known locally as Nyumba Ya Thanzi, the charity helps children with HIV to manage their disease by providing financial, nutritional, and emotional support. Nick Maynard from […]

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Dirty Domain Names…Are You Ready for .SX?

Cast your mind back to 2000 and you may recall a story about the tiny Polynesian island of Tuvalu netting an impressive $50 million for leasing their Top Level Domain to Verisign for a period of 12 years. Verisign figured they could market the .TV domain to TV stations and video-based websites around the world. […]

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SEO jargon buster: part one A-C

Greetings and a warm welcome to Dictionary Corner! Leaving the world of journalism behind and entering the mysterious realm of Digital Marketing meant learning an entirely new language.  At first the binary acoustics of ‘geek speak’ seemed as impenetrable as ancient Greek and were surely designed to keep people out of the SEO club. Spool […]

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the web project moves home

the web project expands and relocates as they continue to win new business. With a growing portfolio of clients; the web project has purchased larger offices with better transport links to the capital. “The web project keeps going from strength to strength” begins Nick Maynard (Managing Director) “and it quickly became clear that we needed […]

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The web project gets social and begins blogging

Oxford-based digital marketing agency The Web Project has added a consumer-facing blog to their website to deliver daily doses of ‘no nonsense’ expertise. “At the web project we have never quite understood why SEO and the wider world of digital marketing are shrouded in such secrecy. It simply doesn’t make sense” begins Managing Director Nick […]

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