I posted a few weeks ago about how I was going to go on a diet and change my lifestyle. Yesterday marked 3 weeks on the diet, so I posted a "status report" / "progress report" (I work in IT - you'll have to excuse the IT-esque terminology!). What I didn't go into were some of metrics related to my weight loss / diet blogging. On the technology.ie podcast Conn and I are … [Read more...] about Captain Obvious Says Blogging Regularly Gets Traffic
Does Google Dislike The English?
From the "weird and disturbing" category comes today's "gem". At the moment if you type the following query into Google you will get some rather "interesting" results: what defines an english person And here's a screenshot of the results (click to enlarge): NB: I didn't manipulate this. Found via James … [Read more...] about Does Google Dislike The English?
Google’s Pharmacy Faux Pas Results In Lawsuit
The US government doesn't take to kindly to companies that facilitate advertising of illegal drugs. And by "illegal drugs" in this context I mean prescription ones. Google these days is a "good citizen" and is actively involved in a lot of DNS abuse circles including initiatives to stop the sale of prescription drugs across borders. Unfortunately, however, it wasn't always … [Read more...] about Google’s Pharmacy Faux Pas Results In Lawsuit
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Will Google+ (Plus) Finally Be Google’s Social Media Success Story?
Google has been toying with social networks / media for years. Remember Orkut? Or how about Wave? And those are just two of the ones that fizzled out.. Google+, however, seems to be "catching on" and might actually go somewhere. (Some reports are citing figures in excess of 20 million users already!) I'm naturally cynical, so I've been thinking about how Google will gain … [Read more...] about Will Google+ (Plus) Finally Be Google’s Social Media Success Story?