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IIA Afraid To Follow?

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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?

It’s Award Season (Again!)

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It's that time of the year again.Web awards season is now open.So what do we have this year?Well if you're into commercially run awards ceremonies that require an entrance fee for nominations AND attendance, then there's the Golden Spiders. I've said enough about them in the past, so I won't bother wasting energy on them this year. Suffice to say that charging 150 euro for a … [Read more...] about It’s Award Season (Again!)

How To Vote in the Net Visionaries?

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I've just been looking over the list of nominees for this year's Net Visionary Awards and I've been trying to work out who I should vote for...Best Blogger - It would have to be a toss up between Keith and Grandad. I know a couple of the others on the list, but I don't read them regularly so I can't really vote for them.While it's hard choosing between Keith and Grandad I'd … [Read more...] about How To Vote in the Net Visionaries?

Net Visionary 2007 – voting now open

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Voting is now open on the Irish Internet Association's Net Visionary awards 2007.I've been nominated under the Internet Entrepreneur and Online Trader categories.You'll also see quite a few other familiar names on the list - which is great.The one thing I don't understand - and hopefully someone will be able to clarify it - is how some of last year's winners got nominated for … [Read more...] about Net Visionary 2007 – voting now open