Although Google PR may not be the holy grail for webmasters, it's still something that people use as a barometer. It may not be the only one, but it is still indicative of a site's overall "importance". While browsing a couple of the sites I manage this evening I noticed something quite odd. Sub-domains seemed to share the PR of the main site, so the Blacknight blog has the … [Read more...] about Google PR and Sub-domains
EU Fun and Games
I setup another blog to discuss the entire EU debacle. At the moment I am trying to transfer a domain between registrars and it isn't going too well :( … [Read more...] about EU Fun and Games
No Porn Please – ICANN Kills .XXX
So ICANN have now decided to say "no" to the .xxx tld. After fumbling around for the last few months the body that is supposedly in charge of the internet has displayed real democracy at work (or not!) Of course this is the same body that recently gave Verisign a license to print money, so it shouldn't come as too much of a surprise. Karl Auerbach sums it up nicely: ICANN … [Read more...] about No Porn Please – ICANN Kills .XXX
MSN Adcenter – First Impressions
I mentioned MSN adcenter a while back when Microsoft did a "soft launch". At the time I had IE7 beta installed on my windows desktop and found that I couldn't access the signup page. I've since dumped IE7 due to issues with various online services and so I decided to have a look at what all the fuss was about. Signing up costs a one-time activation fee of 5 euro. The signup … [Read more...] about MSN Adcenter – First Impressions
300 Irish Blogs?
IrishBlogs is now listing 276 Irish blogs! How long before it hits 300? … [Read more...] about 300 Irish Blogs?