A few bloggers have picked up on a vague rumour that Adsense maybe introducing much more advanced and refined geotargetting later this year. From a publisher's point of view this may be good news, but from an Irish advertiser's perspective it won't make any difference. More refined geotargetting may work in other countries but in the Irish market it is technically impossible … [Read more...] about More Refined Geotargetting for Adwords / Adsense
Planet Fixed
Apologies to any bloggers or readers using the IrishBlogs.info planet. I turned off email notifications the other day (I was getting tired of deleting them) so when it all stopped working for the first time since launching the site I wasn't even aware. Thanks to Damien / Iced Coffee for pointing it out … [Read more...] about Planet Fixed
Podcast Hosting
I was contacted earlier this evening by a prominent Irish podcaster who was interested in my thoughts on podcast hosting. While I would normally have replied to them directly via email I thought it worthwhile to share some of my (random) thoughts in public. When a number of the Irish podcasters got together late last year to discuss setting up a podcasting body I signed up … [Read more...] about Podcast Hosting
Online Real Estate Vendor
While talking to a friend last night the conversation swung round to that of analogies and how best to explain "our" world to the non-technical. Using an analogy can help, as for some people the concept of websites, hosting and domains is far too intangible and abstract for them to comprehend. Hosting companies sell or rent online real estate (space). They can help mark out … [Read more...] about Online Real Estate Vendor
Apple Victim of Own Success?
Apple users love to tell the rest of us how secure and user-friendly Apple computers are. However this may soon change, as Apples have been hit with the second security issue in the last week. OSX/Leap-A was, according to some reports, the first virus designed specifically to target OSX. It has now been followed OSX.Inqtana.A which is a bluetooth worm. … [Read more...] about Apple Victim of Own Success?