Trying to get sites to display identically across multiple browsers and multiple operating systems is awkward. This site probably doesn't display particularly well on all browsers, but I'm not a professional web designer / developer, so you'll have to excuse me. It's also not a corporate / business website trying to sell products or services to the public.Screenclick, however, … [Read more...] about Cross Browser Testing Makes Sense
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Geansai Gorm Madness
The "geansai gorm" (blue jumper in Irish) SEO competition has been flooding Irish sites over the last few days.Some of the entries are amusing, while others are a bit silly. However James has been doing a nice job of making it visual.He's got a headless girl posing with a geansai gorm for example, which begs the question - who is she?He even went to the trouble of getting his … [Read more...] about Geansai Gorm Madness
Rebuilding A Damaged Community Progress Report
A few days ago I mentioned the issues I was facing with the mess that was the UK Webmaster forum I'd taken over.Rome wasn't built in a day, as the saying goes, so I wasn't expecting immediate results. However a pleasant surprise is always a good thing, so I was delighted to see how quickly some of the issues were getting resolved.The most obvious area that needed attention was … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community Progress Report
Rebuilding A Damaged Community
I recently acquired a webmaster discussion forum that had been semi-dormant for a period of time ie. it was like a wild garden where the weeds had been left unattended.Looking back over the archives you can see that it once was quite a vibrant community, but that after the founder left to move onto other projects, or possibly a more demanding dayjob, the quality of the site … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community
Why Cuil Sucks
The launch of Cuil, which was a self-proclaimed "Google killer", got a lot of PR. Of course not all of the PR was as positive as the company's spin doctors would have liked.I was planning on posting about Cuil around the time of the launch, but between one thing and another it got put on the back burner. That was until I saw a post today over on TechCrunch where several … [Read more...] about Why Cuil Sucks