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Archive for April 2009
Spotify mobile applications likely to be paid
Spotify’s new UK MD, Paul Brown, was interviewed just a day into the job by Paid Content UK. Whether a brave or foolish thing to do on your first day, he did have some interesting things to say about the service. While careful not to reveal numbers, he strongly hinted that the much rumoured Spotify … Continue reading
Download music on Spotify
This blog has been keeping a close eye on Spotify’s attempts to go mobile, but the desktop client is also progressing with news that Spotify have signed a deal with 7Digital to sell MP3 downloads. The Spotify service is already monetised through advertising, a premium ad-free service for £9.99 a month and limited affiliate deals … Continue reading
Trialing Adsense between post and comments
As regular readers will know I’ve been running an ad trial on the site to learn more about ad placement with a view to sharing the knowledge on here and with colleagues. Having completed a short test of Google Adsense Link Units vs Ad Units, I’m going to follow up with one of the questions … Continue reading
Google Adsense Link Units vs Ad Units
As part of the ad trial I’ve been running on the blog, I said I’d keep readers in touch with progress as thanks for putting up with the ads on a previously ad-free blog. In part two of the trial, I experimented with adding Adsense Link Units, between the article and the comments on individual … Continue reading
What does YMMV mean – Your Mileage May Vary
Having never been asked the question before, two separate people approached me today to ask what the abbreviation YMMV means. While the less helpful might have choosen to answer by suggesting the inspired ‘Let me Google that for you‘, I’ll be more helpful and post the answer here for them and others. While the abbreviation … Continue reading
Vanity spam
WordPress plugin Askimet does a great job of catching spam catching over fifteen thousand comments since I installed it. It allows me to keep comments open to all, saves me the time of administering the spam and spares my blushes from x-rated comments that many spammers use. However, it’s not perfect. I’ve noticed a wave … Continue reading
