Spider Online have been commissioned by COSLA to review www.myjobscotland.gov.uk with a view to improving the user experience of the web site. This follows on from the successful SEO campaign that Spider Online has been running for the last 18 months. myjobscotland is the national shared recruitment portal for Scotland's 32 local authorities and processes around 300,000 applications every year and is a UK and international first in terms of scope and scale.

The Change

On Friday 2nd July 2010, News International implemented their controversial paywall system on The Times and Sunday Times websites. Paywall systems are not a new development; examples such as the Financial Times and Autosport already have such systems in place, however, these are generally constrained to niche markets where customers expect to pay to access specialised content about business or sport.

Google AdWords has dominated the online advertising market for the past few years; however, with Facebook’s 500 million users and reported revenue of $800 million in 2009, could their innovative platform become the next big thing? Google’s 69.7% search market share and their $23 billion 2009 advertising revenue may think disagree...

Really interesting article on How to design the recruitment area of your corporate website found on ONREC - Tony Harding our recruitment guru says "It is really interesting to see how many clients get lumped into the "group" website and as such get a site that is as much use as a chocolate fireguard. I believe a site for recruitment is exactly that - it needs recruitment led content, its own feel and a complete SEO structure that will drive your traffic, all jobs must also be displayed with plenty of areas to offer support.

The UK’s leading independent funeral plan provider has seen a huge increase in website revenue since its redesign by digital agency Spider Online Ltd.

I dont know when I grow up I want to be .................. Tony Harding says "not a chance I want to be an Astronaut, have to be a stand up comedian!" and as for our MD John Campbell "I always wanted to be centre forward for Kilmarnock" (having seen them play that might still be possible - Editor

What would you be?

Research from the UK’s only dedicated recruitment agency review website has found that the majority of Brits would like to be an astronaut if they could choose their ‘dream job’, closely followed by a doctor.

The new Desire from HTC has proved a hit with a number of employee’s at Spider Online, but in the interest of Spider’s Apple fan boys, how will the new Iphone compare...

Any iPhone users with lingering thoughts of finally running Flash video and applications had their hopes well and truly dashed last week.