David Jesse from eBay Ireland is just wrapping up his talk at the Irish Internet Association's annual conference. Peter Cobley from Yahoo! has just stepped up to the podium. The main conference hall is almost full, with several billion euro of e-commerce represented in the room. It looks like it could be a very interesting day with lots of "goodies" up for grabs :) … [Read more...] about Blogging from IIA Conference 2006
Brazilian Spam Anyone?
For some odd reason one of my blogs is being hit by "Brazilian" spam comments only. I say Brazilian due to the emails all being ".br". What I don't understand is why I'm: Only getting .br email addresses Not getting any other junk (see above) Very odd......... … [Read more...] about Brazilian Spam Anyone?
Alexa is Seo Porn
Eric Giguere's mention of Text Link Ads had me in stitches this evening. While he does actually like the system their emphasis on Alexa ranking provoked this reaction: Alexa is the SEO equivalent of a brown-paper-wrapped pornographic magazine. Sure, you'd like to believe that what's inside is real, but you know that there's a lot of airbrushing (oops, showing my age, I mean … [Read more...] about Alexa is Seo Porn
Choose Your Project Name Carefully
If you are involved in an open source project and still haven't decided on a name for your software then maybe you should take a couple of minutes to think carefully. You may end up infringing someone else's trademark or intellectual property if you are not careful! An example of this was one of the more recent WIPO decisions regarding the domain cpanelapache.com. If you visit … [Read more...] about Choose Your Project Name Carefully
Microsoft Forgets Apple and everyone else
Just reading the FAQ for the MSN adcenter: Microsoft adCenter is a Web-based program that can be used on any computer. You will need to make sure you have the following: o A working Internet connection. o Microsoft Windows 98 or later operating system installed. o Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later Web browser installed. and C. Which browsers work with Microsoft … [Read more...] about Microsoft Forgets Apple and everyone else