Remember Bido spamming people on DNForum?Well they've also decided it would be a "good idea" to spam bloggers asking for a review.*sigh*I get a lot of email to both my personal and work email addresses every single day, so sometimes I don't spot an email immediately. Since it's a Saturday I decided I'd go back over some of the less important emails I'd received over the last … [Read more...] about Bido Spam Bloggers Requesting Reviews
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Pet Hates – Newsletter Popups on Blogs
While I can understand that bloggers want to encourage people to subscribe to their RSS feed OR email newsletter, do they have to annoy us with popups?A lot of bloggers seem to have adopted a really annoying popup system that loads EVERY single time you visit their blog. Every time.Haven't they heard of cookies? You know, those little things that you can store so that you won't … [Read more...] about Pet Hates – Newsletter Popups on Blogs
Adwords Fail
If you're going to spend money on PPC advertising you really need to make sure that your website is working for you:The site I decided to check obviously won't deliver anything for me:What a waste of advertising spend!And of course this isn't an isolated incident - if you spend enough time looking for products and services online you will find hundreds of these scenarios! … [Read more...] about Adwords Fail
Unlimited Hosting Is For Fairies
Image via WikipediaDo you believe in fairies?Do you think they live down the bottom of your garden?If you do, then you might believe the "unlimited hosting" offer in this month's PC Live! magazineUntil someone gets round to inventing an unlimited hard drive it is pretty much impossible to offer unlimited disk space and unlimited bandwidth and of course anyone who tries to "take … [Read more...] about Unlimited Hosting Is For Fairies
Buzzwords Are Go In Sunday Business Post
I wasn't overly impressed with the article in this Sunday's edition of Computers in Business which harped on about yet another death knell for blogs.You can read my reaction over on the company blog … [Read more...] about Buzzwords Are Go In Sunday Business Post