Many of the more "hip" web types who have got bored with Facebook, MySpace, YouTube, Linkedin or eCademy are now raving about Twitter, as the latest funkiest thing for a nerdy type to be involved in.

And we do - I exchange pleasantries regularly with other Twits, usually the same people with whom I exchange similar pleasantries via most of the other online networking, um networks.

Andy Coote and I presented our impromptu talk this morning at Falmouth, with Andy (who is a master of the subject) telling people about the uses and benefits of social networking (Facebook, Linked In etc).

I presented on a few key points to look at to get your web site performing and selling better in the New year.

Tackily I described as a New years Webolution - well I thought it was funny at 11 last night!

Andy Coote (of Bizwords and eCademy Press) and myself will be giving a talk for the Falmouth Business league tomorrow, about how to make the most of your on-line presence to (despite the recession) grow your business in 2009.

Andy is a prolific Social Networker, being highly active on facebook, LinkedIn, eCademy and others, and he'll be talking about his strategies for making the most of social networking in his business.

Popular web site JournalSpace.com has suffered an unrecoverable loss, after the data files and database which contained the web site were lost from the server on which it was hosted. The site had 14,000 monthly visitors, a Page Rank of 6, and had been in business since 2002. Being Alexa Ranked 106,881 means that it was the 106,881th most visited web site in the world, and with in excess of 60 million web sites now in place that makes it a significant player.

We talk to people all the time who would love to drive more business through their web site, and of course in these recessionary times people are worried about the slow-down.

Now you could take us on, or some of the other good optimisation companies in the area to do a "proper job" on your web site, however for the smaller businesses around even these quite realistic charges are out of the question.