The first edition of the tabloid-size daily newspaper, The Times, went out free to Sunday Times subscribers. Since then, the paper has hit the streets and gone from strength to strength. At the moment it is on sale through street vendors, Pick ‘n Pay, and BP Express Stores. The transformation of the Sunday Times website [...]

A very positive change took place on The Times site last night. We successfully implemented a customised installation of Google Search on the site which replaced the Search 24 engine that had powered it since launch last year, making us the first major media company to partner with Google on site search in South Africa. [...]

I recently did a presentation to a potential blue chip advertiser on The Times and what we had accomplished online over the course of the past 9 months. As part of the presentation, I showed a graph which plotted our growth over the last 12 months according to audited figures released by Nielsen/NetRatings, which the [...]

Jason Von Berg from The Times recently interviewed musician and blogger, Steve Hofmeyr, and asked him about his views on blogging and Steve Se Spoeg Blok, his personal blog which is written in Afrikaans and currently one of the most popular blogs in South Africa. The interview is embedded below: Brought to you by: The [...]

Most publishers agree that it’s become essential to have their content indexed and listed on Google News. Google are pretty selective over which sources they choose to use and there is a strict procedure that each publisher needs to follow before they consider including you as a source. A while back I applied on behalf [...]