What are the criteria for choosing a blogging platform? Over the last few weeks and months I've spoken to quite a few bloggers about blogging (strangely enough!) and in the process I've also become aware of the issues that many less technical bloggers face. When you decide to start a blog which platform is the most suitable for you? While I may evaluate the various solutions … [Read more...] about Choosing A Blog Platform
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Are you being targetted?
Since Google adwords introduced site targetting I've been very conscious as both a publisher and advertiser of the possibilities of what this meant. However it wasn't very easy to see whether ads were being sent purely based on keywords or the actual url itself. The adsense blog provides a handy tip for adsense publishers to work out what percentage of the ads is site targetted … [Read more...] about Are you being targetted?
eBay Phishers – New Angle
The latest batch of eBay phishing attacks are quite interesting. Instead of pretending to be from eBay they pretend to be from "Hilda" In a very nice bit of social engineering Hilda informs you that she's 87 years old and is trying to buy a wheelchair: "Hello, I recently placed a bid on item#5669378843 being a wheelchair for me that i really need do to my age(87 years old) and … [Read more...] about eBay Phishers – New Angle
Finding Irish Business Bloggers
In preparation for my seminar for the IIA I've spent some time investigating Irish business blogs and bloggers. Strangely enough today's Sunday Business Post also carries a piece on business blogging: Firms woo the blog generation Wow! That's great. I may be able to pick up some nice bits and pieces to add to my seminar. Oh how wrong could I have been. As Damien rightly points … [Read more...] about Finding Irish Business Bloggers
O’Reilly Has A Sense of Humour?
A very amusing post by fuzzix shows the choice of iconography by technical publisher O'Reilly when producing books related to Microsoft technologies. Comparing one of his examples (VB Script) with Perl is quite revealing: Which of the two animals looks more reassuring? … [Read more...] about O’Reilly Has A Sense of Humour?