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Archives for November 2008

Headrambles

headrambles front coverSince it’s not a very visual website you’ll have to excuse me for abusing the cover of the author’s upcoming book instead of my usual use of a logo …

Headrambles is one of those blogs that brings a smile to your face.

To be perfectly honest on more than one occasion its author’s ramblings have had me in fits of laughter – the kind of laughter that doesn’t mix too well with a cup of coffee (my monitor can attest to this!)

“Grandad” who pens the random rants over on Headrambles is one of Ireland’s older bloggers. He’s also one of the funniest, so I’d heartily recommend him to anyone with a sense of humour (NB: if you’re a politically correct nut you may not approve!)

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Boards.ie Ireland’s Biggest Forum

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You may love it, you may hate it, but you cannot deny that Boards.ie is one of the busiest and most popular sites in Ireland.

With over 400 separate forums covering every imaginable topic the site attracts thousands of visitors every day and clocks up several million page impressions per month.

The site has been running since 1998 and has one just about every award going.

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Change.gov

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Barrack Obama’s recent presidential campaign was very much online, so it’s only natural that his transition site would attract quite a bit of interest

If you’d like to find out about who is going to be involved in running the US for the next 4 years, then head on over to Change.gov (great domain!)

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Online Gifts With 4Gifts Direct

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One of the companies that won an award at this year’s IIA Net Visionaries was 4GiftsDirect.

I ended up using them last year for a couple of hampers as they were still delivering to Irish addresses during Christmas week. Most of the other sites offering hampers etc., had stopped taking Christmas orders several days earlier.

So what makes them special?

Their service “just works”.

You find what you’re looking for. Pay for it. Provide delivery details and that’s it.

No messing about.

It’s the way ecommerce is meant to be.

One of the handy features the site offers is the ability to choose gifts based on the type of recipient, so if you’re looking for a gift to cheer up your girlfriend, for example, they offer a nice range of ideas for that special someone

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Daft.ie Making Househunting Easy

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If you’re looking for a house to buy in Ireland these days you’ve probably spent some time on Daft. If you haven’t, then you really should.

Over the last few months I’ve been researching house prices. While I
tried as many of the online property sites as I could I kept finding
that Daft was more useful.

Why is that?

I don’t think there is a concrete and clear answer, but I guess it’s more down to the way the site is run.

The guys behind Daft, which has won numerous awards, seem to really
care about how people use their site. So when I mentioned a frustration
with their site’s search options they not only took the feedback on board, but actually contacted me to let me know that they’d implemented a change.

Now that is cool!

So I’d list Daft.ie as being both cool and incredibly useful (the guys
running it are also really cool, but that’s another story!)

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