Hi Tony

Let me introduce The CogWorks to you.  We are a privately owned web/digital agency specialising in accessible websites optimised both for search engines and acessiblity standards.

• We are a privatley owned company of 5 staff
• We are based on Drury Lane in London
• We are specilalists in both back and front end development having built a policy management system for a Pet Insurance company and HSBC (www.hsbc.co.uk/insurance) and property management systems for various property companies such as Donaldsons (now DTZ) amongst a number of other systems integrations
  
• We have great experience in a number of different CMS's such as Immediacy, Site Core and Windows Sharepoint

We pride ourselves on understanding the needs of a client and developing a solution that the client is happy with that can be developed  in the future.  We love to retain clients and have been working with some of ours for 6 years now.

If you'd like to know more and would like us to come over and have a chat, please contact me.

Cheers for now

Adam Shallcros
www.thecogworks.co.uk
ashallcross@thecogworks.co.uk

On 11:43:30 29 November 2007 tonywhite wrote:

I want an agency that actually understands the workings of the web to design / develop a portal site. Its in the B2B space - so they must have B2B experience

They must understand that good design is not enough on its own - usability, accessibility, global branding, SEO/external linking are all just as important.

Finally, local (to west london) and cost effective would also be good

I suggst that the best way would be to search Try google  or better still try one of te latest ones that have ht the market.I just read this press review:

tyBit™ Launches Free Advertising & AIT Web Hosting

John Aldridge uses tyBit™ (www.tyBit.com) to search several engines simultaneously, and recently signed up for the adScriber™
Program for Free online advertising. “I just signed up and my ads are already displaying. I use open source Firefox and tyBit™
freeware, and now advertise for free.” He also signed-up for AIT web hosting services (www.AIT.com) to sell his Home Security
Products. “With Christmas Holidays here, I’m pleased to be a tyBit adScriber™ and AIT web hosting customer.” AIT is providing
Free search engine optimization (SEO) for its adScriber™ hosting customers to increase their natural rankings in tyBit™.

The adScriber™ Program provides tyBit™ subscribers with free advertising on tyBit™ which searches multiple search engines.
“This is an interesting approach to search advertising,” said William Presley, OSL Search Analyst. “Businesses can earn targeted
advertisements with increased search usage instead of paying money for ads. The more they use it, the more their ads are
displayed.” During Beta, adScriber™ ads are displayed on a run-of-site basis including video ads. “While not yet keyword relevant,
this allows small businesses unable to afford pay per click (PPC) advertising a chance to get started aka net neutrality. This is
obviously a market stab at Google’s affiliate or adSense™ model,” said Pressley. We had so many subscribers and adScribers™
sign up after the announcement that we actually had to double tyBit™ infrastructure because of the sudden load increase,” said
Clarence Briggs, tyBit™ CEO.

“tyBit™ is the all-in-one Web 2.0 experience,” said Sean McCoy, VP of Marketing. “It accelerates search, increases relevancy,
personalizes results, guards against malware, and integrates text, video and other media ads. It also ferrets local content based
on a subscriber's actual location displaying results in a single window-desktop, PDA, or cell phone like iPhone, Windows Mobile or
Pocket PC. This is why tyBit™ downloads and usage have exploded.” Recently, officials announced the tyBit™ loyalty program
which randomly awards cash to users. “If that money icon starts blinking in the toolbar, they’ve won $100 or more,” said Steve
Young, tyBit™ CFO. “Users get a superior search experience plus a cash-bonus.” Officials indicated the next release includes the
Ad-Management, Partner-Module and Grid Computing Betas, and a version that integrates into hosting and domain registration
control panels to be released by (www.AITdomains.com).

Officials said tyBit™ users get their own, Free personalized social-networking dashboard, like myspace.com or facebook.com,
with email, IM, video player, blogging, and more.  “I’m really excited about this offering,” said Heath Thieme. It includes anti-virus
and anti-spam features, contact lists, a calendar, and PGP encrypted email.”  Their approach to online communities is
unique. “Unlike other online communities that were built ad hoc, or around demographic origin like age, gender, or race,” said
General Manager, Kitti-Jo Finch, “our network dynamically builds communities around “common interests” based on
searches. Anyone, regardless of age, gender or race can be interested in football, mortgage rates, gaming or online dating.
Because we are building communities around common interests, we will build a large, sustainable subscriber base that will
continue to use this service well into the future. We have signed one online community as a partner and have inquires from several
others.” 

Company officials stated tyBit™ resulted from their dissatisfaction with the search industry's PPC & affiliate models susceptible to
click fraud. Their click fraud experience with Google led to class action litigation and suing the Fayetteville Observer Newspaper for
committing click fraud against its advertisers. Briggs believes the solution to click fraud and an Internet search alternative is
tyBit™. “Our partners aren’t getting their share of online advertising dollars but they have the subscribers said Briggs, the Army
Infantry Veteran. They want fairness, customization, accountability, their brand and transparency. We can deliver this with tyBit™
and a 40% revenue share - a deal you can’t find anywhere else.'' Briggs said that’s why tyBit™ won Best Product RU at the
Channel Partner Expo Show in Las Vegas and has jammed its partner pipeline with over 40 Telcos, Carriers, ISPs, media
companies, MLM, OEMs and various other subscriber-based organizations to include non-profits seeking to be tyBit™ partners.

On 11:43:30 29 November 2007 tonywhite wrote:

I want an agency that actually understands the workings of the web to design / develop a portal site. Its in the B2B space - so they must have B2B experience

They must understand that good design is not enough on its own - usability, accessibility, global branding, SEO/external linking are all just as important.

Finally, local (to west london) and cost effective would also be good

Hi Tony

Rather than tell you about my company I will tell you about one that has done a number of projects for me over the years and is the best I know and as well as being good they are also very approachable and a pleasure to work with - Justin Cooke @  www.fortunecookie.co.uk.

If you want accessibility one of their team, Julie Howell, wrote the BSI PAS 78 standard on the subject.  They will not be the cheapest but also certainly not expensive but they are quality.

If you want examples of their work drop me a line .

Check out http://digi-web.net and contact them to info@digi-web.net

On 11:43:30 29 November 2007 tonywhite wrote:

I want an agency that actually understands the workings of the web to design / develop a portal site. Its in the B2B space - so they must have B2B experience

They must understand that good design is not enough on its own - usability, accessibility, global branding, SEO/external linking are all just as important.

Finally, local (to west london) and cost effective would also be good