Election Tip: Never Queue Again

May 10th, 2010

If like me you hate queues and have zero patience and you want to avoid standing around like a muppet as the local council have not employed enough people then register for a postal vote.
You don’t actually have to post it, but it does allow you to walk to the front of the queue and [...]

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Slutty Google Serps

December 30th, 2009

Came by thise recently from a good mate PaulH
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=t3fr0gs
Just in case it disappears as I am sure it will sreenshot below:

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First Search Consultancy Silence ukgimp

December 5th, 2009
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It is with regret that I have had to remove a post that I made about First Search Consultancy who cold called me and I wrote about what was said to me, quite a bit of which was incorrect and false. If you have been redirected here from an old link that post is now [...]

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Asshat SEOs Email and Form Spamming

September 20th, 2009

I find myself get lots of what can only be described as asshole SEO’s who are basically preying on the the uneducated. A lot of them come from webforms also.
Here is one of many examples:

Name: BeckyJack
Country:USA
becky2622@gmail.com
Message:We would like to get your website on first page of Google.All of our processes use the most ethical “white [...]

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Your Sales Letter Sucks

July 31st, 2009

When I type on here it is sometime with haste and quite often with a lack of precision, much to my girlfriend’s annoyance ( I am sure I got that apostrophe wrong). My failures are inconsequential compared to an actual sales letter we received recently for our property business.
I have blanked out the errors to [...]

Tim O’Shea AKA Smilie Launches a Blog

June 4th, 2009

All round top guy and discrete SEO genuis Tim O’Shea has launched a blog.
Tim O’Shea

Well worth checking out and he may well drop some nuggets. He finds stuff years in advance of others so put him on your feed reader.

Posted in Search Stuff

Tips When Engaging Web Developers and Other Procedures

May 19th, 2009

Code Commenting
All code should have more commenting within it than actually needed.  Some coders will moan but screw them. You need to be able to get other people to be able to understand the workings of whatever you have built and probably at a time when you don’t actually have time, [...]

Posted in Tech Stuff

JasonD’s New Blog - Jason’s Shell

April 10th, 2009

Well I am sure you all know JasonD or have seen him about, if not check out an interview I did with him a while back ….JasonD Interview.
Anyway Jason now has a blog of sorts. Weird mental colours and fonts, but Jason never likes to conform.
Check is out…. Jason’s Shell

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Method for detecting link spam in hyperlinked databases Google Patent Analysis

March 31st, 2009

Oh, happy day, Google have been granted a patent on web link spam.  Right, Bill may say it better, and may even look over the maths, but in very rough terms, I think the patent says this :
A site may seek to improve it’s apparent importance by acquiring spammy links. This can sometimes be detected [...]

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When Menus Go Bad

February 13th, 2009

I was eating out in Enfield, or somewhere near there and found the most unusual constituent of a recipe.
I had to steal it to show it online. Please remember this is an actual menu in an English speaking country.
Check it out (HINT look at the Capesanti)

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