Adrian Weckler's column this week doesn't mention facebook, but he does cover EULAs and the demise of HD DVDs. (I can't seem to find either article on the SBPost site)Argos has opened in Carlow, so I'm going to see how bad the traffic is shortly. Hopefully the bypass will help take some of the traffic away from the town, as the commercial centres must be suffering. I'm … [Read more...] about Quick Sunday Post
Feedburner Breaking? Any Alternatives Out There?
I like checking FeedBurner statistics from time to time. Some might call this navel gazing, but I am interested in seeing what is going on in terms of RSS subscriber figures etc., This is especially important for the company blog.So I was quite upset this evening to discover that the "all time" statistics option is no longer available in my Feedburner control panel.I checked … [Read more...] about Feedburner Breaking? Any Alternatives Out There?
Google Takes Evil To New Level
It seems that Google doesn't want to play by anyone's rules but its own.This will probably come back to bite them.In their latest "innovative" move they're now taking control of the humble 404 error page.If you have their "helper" toolbar installed you may not get to see the web as it truly is. Charming, isn't it?And of course Matt Cutts is defending them like a good little … [Read more...] about Google Takes Evil To New Level
Urchin 6 Beta – First Impressions
I finally got round to installing Urchin 6 (beta) this evening.As my personal servers are running Ubuntu I opted for the source install, however for some reason Urchin sees it as Fedora? It works, but it's a very odd thing to report...As the software is commercial you have to get a license. Fortunately once it's installed you can simply follow the wizard to get your license key … [Read more...] about Urchin 6 Beta – First Impressions
Urchin 6 Finally In Beta!
Urchin announced its acquisition by Google approximately 3 years ago.I'd been in talks with Urchin prior to the acquisition and had installed a trial version of the software. The main difference between the Urchin software and the SAAS was that one is installed on your server and reads your logs (a bit like Awstats) while the other uses a bit of Javascript in your pages to … [Read more...] about Urchin 6 Finally In Beta!