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There was some discussion on the Irish blogs group list some time ago about adding tags to posts. My problem with that was that I didn't want to make more work for myself ie. I like posting without having to jump through hoops to do "funky" things with my posts. A Wordpress plugin I'm currently testing should, at least in theory, make this a bit easier. You simply chuck the … [Read more...] about Tagging entries

The front page of this month's Computers in Business, the Sunday Business Post's monthly IT magazine, is dominated by the caption: Bosses who ... Blog - How Irish CEOs are using weblogs to boost business The actual article can be seen here. … [Read more...] about Business Blogging – Sunday Business Post

One of the things that make blogs so attractive is the way you can jump from one topic to another so seamlessly. They are all interconnected in some vague way, but there can be almost a sense of adventure exploring them. It reminds me in some ways of the early days when you could browse "neighbourhoods" on Geocities and come across some real gems. This evening I was reading Bob … [Read more...] about Blogging for a living. Pipe dream?

Google launched its site targetting service for adwords 10 days ago, so how well is it working? Is it having a tangible impact? Web marketing has the distinct advantage over print media in that you can track a campaign's effectiveness with a high degree of accuracy. Banner displays > visitor clicks > visitor buys (or not) Even before the advent of advanced web log analysers and … [Read more...] about Google Site Targetting – the first ten days

Chinese authorities have given bloggers until the end of June to register their blogs and/or personal sites or be taken offline. See full article in Taipei Times … [Read more...] about Blogging and Democracy