A few days ago I mentioned the issues I was facing with the mess that was the UK Webmaster forum I'd taken over.Rome wasn't built in a day, as the saying goes, so I wasn't expecting immediate results. However a pleasant surprise is always a good thing, so I was delighted to see how quickly some of the issues were getting resolved.The most obvious area that needed attention was … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community Progress Report
Rebuilding A Damaged Community
I recently acquired a webmaster discussion forum that had been semi-dormant for a period of time ie. it was like a wild garden where the weeds had been left unattended.Looking back over the archives you can see that it once was quite a vibrant community, but that after the founder left to move onto other projects, or possibly a more demanding dayjob, the quality of the site … [Read more...] about Rebuilding A Damaged Community
Why Cuil Sucks
The launch of Cuil, which was a self-proclaimed "Google killer", got a lot of PR. Of course not all of the PR was as positive as the company's spin doctors would have liked.I was planning on posting about Cuil around the time of the launch, but between one thing and another it got put on the back burner. That was until I saw a post today over on TechCrunch where several … [Read more...] about Why Cuil Sucks
Google Rapid Inclusion Tool?
Image via Wikipedia Getting your site listed in Google is one thing, getting traffic to your site is another.What's the difference?Well basically Google pretty much lists every single webpage on the planet, so getting listed or included isn't really that big a deal.What you really want is people to go to your site and buy your product or service (or take whatever action you … [Read more...] about Google Rapid Inclusion Tool?
Jaiku Back Online
After an extended period of downtime, while it was moved onto the Google infrastructure, Jaiku is back online.Ciaran was following the migration's progress over on Jaiku Invites.They seem to have opened up the invitations, presumably because they're on a much bigger platform than before and can manage the load, but whether the service will "take off" or not is hard to say. … [Read more...] about Jaiku Back Online