Some people's efforts at SEO are simply annoying. Spamming people after grabbing email addresses using some badly written bit of software is not the way to win friends online. Unfortunately some people obviously missed that message: Hi, I took a look at your site a couple of hours ago... and I want to tell you that I'd really love to trade links with you. I think your site … [Read more...] about SEO Spammers taking semantics to extremes
Stumbling – an alternative way to browse
Paul pointed me in the direction of another firefox extension the other evening called Stumble Upon The concept is very simple. You choose your areas of interest and can then "stumble" from one site to another using the little button in you firefox toolbar. As you view sites you can express your approval or disapproval. It's a great idea if you like finding new and interesting … [Read more...] about Stumbling – an alternative way to browse
Telling Adsense about your site
According to a post over on problogger, Google are testing a new method of allowing site publishers to inform them about their content and demographics. This could help bloggers who suffer from the "blog only adverts" syndrome. … [Read more...] about Telling Adsense about your site
Premature Literary Peaking
Dan Brown is not a great writer. He was lucky. He is now rich. … [Read more...] about Premature Literary Peaking
Blogging from your desktop on linux (Ubuntu)
If you have the inclination to write your blog from your desktop as opposed to via the web interface then you can. There maybe reasons why you would want to do this, though personally I am so used to using the web interface I can't see too much point. … [Read more...] about Blogging from your desktop on linux (Ubuntu)