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Entries from August 2009

Compare a bunch of sites quickly

August 23rd, 2009 · No Comments

I’ve been talking to one of the guys from a site called panabee.com. It’s essentially a comparison site where you can compare search results from a bunch of different sites side by side i.e. google V Bing or ebay V amazon. Clarence was talking to me about its SEO uses and having given this the [...]

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Tags: Random

Sears and the baby roasting PR disaster

August 21st, 2009 · No Comments

This is one of the most daft stories I’ve come across recently, but it shows the brand smashing power of  ‘nobodies’ on the internet. gfixler, a Reddit user discovered a hack/vulnerability on the Sears e commerce web site and he was able to create an item called: So gfixler being the joker I expect he [...]

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Tags: UK Online PR

More on Google Caffiene

August 21st, 2009 · 1 Comment

I pitched the editor of Computer Weekly on this and happpily he took  the article. And I guess the subject resonated with him, since I’ve been given front page placement! For those of you who like technical stuff, this article in The Register gives a very complete view of what’s going on. I guess it [...]

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The age of SEO is coming to an end : Google Caffeine

August 16th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Caffeine is a new update from google and unlike the bluster of the Bing merger with yahoo, this is the first emergence of something that will probably change the world – and I don’t think im exaggerating…it will level the SEO playing field and let sites that have genuine merit rise up the rankings, overshooting [...]

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More about my article in Computer Weekly on BingHoo

August 6th, 2009 · No Comments

Nice! Ive been published in Computer Weekly ! the only downer is that 350 words just does not do the subject justice, so I thought I’d a little more to it. My main assertion is that in the UK, the Microsoft/Yahoo deal probably won’t matter all that much…Ive speculated that were looking at 18 month [...]

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Great Youtube factoid video

August 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Yes the rate of technical change is exponential and unfortunately if you live in the Western hemisphere the future might not be so bright. Well worth 5 minutes of your time: thanks Fi for the vid

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