More and more people are meeting their partners online

There was a time when online dating was considered something only creeps or desperate people did when they had no other options. This has changed over the last few years, and online dating is now generally considered a good way to meet new people or even to find your soul mate.
Meeting people online is [...]

The importance of ‘reputation’ in online communities

Reputation is an extremely important part of any community, and online communities are no exception. In fact in the case of online communities reputation is arguably more important since it is that much easer to hide your identity online. A good example of an online community with an explicit reputation management system is ebay. After [...]

Google Analytics

The first thing I decided to do once the new site was ready is install Google Analytics. For those who don’t know, this allows you to track who is visiting your site, where they are coming from, and what they do while they are there. All very useful and interesting information. For anyone running an [...]

New BlackHatMedia Website

Welcome to the new website for BlackHatMedia. After many years our original website has finally been laid to rest. You may have noticed that the new site is built using WordPress, and there are some good reasons for this. Firstly, WordPress allowed us to build a professional looking site very quickly (it took only a [...]