Until recently I was under the impression that search engine spiders conformed to "sane" standards. If a page returns a HTTP status code of 404 you would have thought that the page / link would be removed from the index. Seemingly this is not the case... I've now been advised that I should try to use either a 410 status code There are some interesting differences between the … [Read more...] about Telling Google that pages are gone
Recruiters Spamming
Dear Recruitment Agency Yes I post to mailing lists. No, that does not give you permission to email me as if pulling my email address from there was "acceptable". Thanks Michele … [Read more...] about Recruiters Spamming
More Domain Scams *sigh*
Yet another UK company is trying to scam Irish business with charming threats of domains being registered by others.. This seems to happen every 3 to 4 months... In any case I've posted a sanitised version of one of their emails on the company blog if anyone wants to read about it. … [Read more...] about More Domain Scams *sigh*
iPods and podcasts explained (in Spanish)
Today's El Pais digital has the inevitable article about Apple's latest releases. It also has a couple of cute Flash animations to explain how an iPod is put together and how to use iTunes to get content from El Pais. El Pais seems to be one of the better sources for funky Flash animations to go with the latest events. Now why don't any of the Irish papers do something similar? … [Read more...] about iPods and podcasts explained (in Spanish)
Webmaster Forum Logo Competition
I'm currently running a competition of sorts to choose a new logo for the Irish Webmaster Forum Anyone who'd like to give it a go is welcome The prize isn't monetary in nature, but you will get recognition and a nice link on all pages of a highly optimised site with a very targetted audience … [Read more...] about Webmaster Forum Logo Competition