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Finding photos for your website can be difficult. Copyright means you can’t just grab ones you like from other sites – and if you do, there’s a bigger-than-ever chance you’ll get caught.

This recent story about a US family who discovered their photo was used by a shop in Prague demonstrates just that, and tools like TinEye (which is so impressive it deserves a post of its own) make it easier to find where photos are being used online.

How to find photos you can use

Going down the legitimate route isn’t quite as tricky as you might think.  There’s a vast range of free, high quality photos you can draw on – the secret is knowing where to look. Read on to find out where to go. Read the rest of this entry »

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IT security’s more interesting than you might think. Really, it is – remember all that fuss over lost CDs and stolen laptops? It’s also something you should think about carefully for your own website.

As you might have noticed, we recently launched a new security product on our main website: SSL certificates.

These provide the technology behind the padlock that appears in your web browser on some sites – so you’ve probably used an SSL certificate before, even if you didn’t realise it.

If you’re new to them, they can seem a bit confusing. That’s why we grabbed a few minutes with Paul Tourret, UK Managing Director of security company GlobalSign, and asked him to explain what SSL is all about. Read the rest of this entry »

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Microsoft hasn’t had the best of luck with its search engine really. As far as we can tell, since 2005 its Google competitor has been called MSN Search, Windows Live Search and – most recently – Live Search.

It’s a bit unfair to suggest that the only thing that changed in that time was the name. Microsoft’s developers have been working hard to out-Google Google. But when you’re trying to establish your brand as a serious competitor to the search giant, such naming confusion can’t be anything other than a hindrance.

Now it’s called Bing

Everything changed yet again a few days ago, as Microsoft ditched the Live Search name and unveiled Bing to the world. Yes, Bing.

At first glance it doesn’t look too different to Google. The simple home page has a nice photo that changes daily and there’s an obvious search box and a few other options. So far, so good. Read the rest of this entry »

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