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Influence of social media on search rankings
There had long been anecdotal evidence of the influence of social media on search engine rankings, but now the data has slowly been emerging to back it up. Of course a simple view of search engine results shows the inclusion of Tweets on the results page and Facebook pages ranking highly against common search terms. … Continue reading
The all new vanity spam
Askimet generally does an excellent job in managing spam on WordPress blogs. A check in the comments section of the WordPress dashboard reveals the numbers and frankly disturbing content sent by the automated spambots. However, vanity spam is making a return, but with a difference. Regular readers will recall a previous piece on vanity spam: … Continue reading
Tablet market share statistics
Gartner have provided updated statistics this month on the market share of tablets. It’s no surprise that the iPad remains the dominant player having created a market out of very little. In 2010, it had a massive 84 percent of the market worldwide. However, that figure is predicted to reduce by 15% to 69% in … Continue reading
How to create a WordPress mobile theme
While it may have its limitations, free WordPress remains an excellent blogging CMS. So, it’s no surprise to see it moving with the times and introducing an option to instantly create a mobile theme for your blog. You simply go to your dashboard, scroll down to ‘Appearance’ on the left and then ‘Extras’. Once there … Continue reading
5 problems with free WordPress blogs
Regular readers of this blog will know that it started as self-hosted, moved to free, back again and now it’s free again. You could call it indecisive, but I’d prefer to claim it was all in the interests of research. It may be hard to argue with free, but generally you get what you pay … Continue reading
Facebook takes on Groupon
In one of the least surprising news stories of the day, Facebook is to take on Groupon with its ‘Facebook Deals’ service, a dull name, but a heavyweight concept. It is reportedly launching in the US first and will be a ‘deal of the day’ offering rather than the easily confused ‘Facebook Places Deals’ which … Continue reading
YouTube tests skippable pre-rolls
YouTube’s text overlay ads have long been ‘skippable’ with the ‘x’ button top right allowing you to minimise the ad and view the content. Pre-roll ads, however, have not been. YouTube is now testing expanding the concept to pre-roll videos. On certain pre-rolls, in certain regions, including the UK, users will be presented with a … Continue reading
Water, iPhone and brown rice
I have something of a conversation piece on my desk – a bowl of brown rice. Not a week goes by without someone commenting on it, bemused by its presence, with only a solitary person recognising what it is there for (a mobile veteran). Having dropped one iPhone in the bath and another in the … Continue reading
WordPress’ cruel April fool
Having re-engaged with this blog, it’s been interesting to see the old traffic levels flowing back as Google noticed it’s once liked niche technology blog is back again. This blog is currently back on hosted WordPress.com now the ad testing is done, so there’s no adsense revenue at stake whether the traffic surges or falls. … Continue reading
Why is YouTube 1911?
Visitors to YouTube today may notice the logo has been amended to YouTube 1911 and be wondering why. The answer of course is to check your calendar and you’ll quickly realise that it is April fool’s day. And the fun doesn’t stop there with a spotlight on ’1911 viral videos’, embedded below, remixes of classic … Continue reading
