The internet is a weird and wonderful place.This evening let's look at the "weird" and possibly even "bizarre".As regulars readers probably know, I run several websites apart from my day job (I really should put "day" in inverted commas, as it's never really been 9 to 5), including IWF, which is a discussion forum for Irish internet professionals. Users of the forum discuss … [Read more...] about A New and Bizarre Approach To The Internet and Online Marketing
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Geansai Gorm Madness
The "geansai gorm" (blue jumper in Irish) SEO competition has been flooding Irish sites over the last few days.Some of the entries are amusing, while others are a bit silly. However James has been doing a nice job of making it visual.He's got a headless girl posing with a geansai gorm for example, which begs the question - who is she?He even went to the trouble of getting his … [Read more...] about Geansai Gorm Madness
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
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?
IIA Afraid To Follow?
Image via Wikipedia It really irks me to see organisations like the IIA (the Irish Internet Association) knowingly setting all links in comments on its blog to be "nofollow. The "nofollow" attribute sucks. Sure, there are *some* circumstances where it can be useful eg. linking to a competitor for example, but if you moderate comments on a blog then nofollow is just inane and … [Read more...] about IIA Afraid To Follow?