Image via Wikipedia Getting your site listed in Google is one thing, getting traffic to your site is another.What's the difference?Well basically Google pretty much lists every single webpage on the planet, so getting listed or included isn't really that big a deal.What you really want is people to go to your site and buy your product or service (or take whatever action you … [Read more...] about Google Rapid Inclusion Tool?
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IIA Afraid To Follow?
Image via Wikipedia It really irks me to see organisations like the IIA (the Irish Internet Association) knowingly setting all links in comments on its blog to be "nofollow. The "nofollow" attribute sucks. Sure, there are *some* circumstances where it can be useful eg. linking to a competitor for example, but if you moderate comments on a blog then nofollow is just inane and … [Read more...] about IIA Afraid To Follow?
IrishBlogs.info – Offline Temporarily
IrishBlogs.info is currently offline, as it has developed a rather annoying bug ie. the main page won't load and just gives me an unhelpful MySQL error.Hopefully I'll be able to get it up and running again soon, but I thought it best to take it offline for the moment...Please don't ask me when it will be back online, as I honestly don't know. The best answer I can give you is a … [Read more...] about IrishBlogs.info – Offline Temporarily
RSS Working Again
I really should not be allowed operate electronic equipment at the weekend!I discovered a short time ago that I had managed to remove my RSS feed entirely!Now that takes some doing.I'm almost impressed with myself...It's back again now, but I really do need to put aside some time to work out what I've managed to accidentally nuke.On a side note, I have to say I am impressed … [Read more...] about RSS Working Again
Minor Comments Policy Change
Image via Wikipedia I've made a minor change to my comment policy.As of today comments will remain open on posts for 300 days.It was previously set at 180 days. … [Read more...] about Minor Comments Policy Change