Apparently 22 member states wasted a huge amount of resources signing the ACTA treaty.
If the current version had in some way been publicized previously they might have had a vague chance of it not causing a multinational revolt across Europe.
Read more on ACTA? Dead Man Walking…
It is not as benign as you might think.
Here is a link to the original 720p mp4
Some of the points raised in the video
Read more on Really Evil – The “Don’t Be Evil” Bookmarklet…
Whilst I was on a hiatus for the last year on Twitter, my use of Skype increased dramatically.
I use Skype for team communication for uQast, direct customer support & 1-on-1 training, large group chats with my SEO friends from the SEO Dojo, and to keep in contact with friends & family.
Read more on Todo List: 5 Ways Microsoft Can Take Skype To The Next Level…
A couple of months ago we introduced some new Video SEO features into the uQast player and now all the wrinkles have been ironed out, including some work arounds for sub-optimal code within WordPress core in regards to oEmbed, a large chunk of it is working as intended.
Read more on Laser Targeted Video SEO…
Hosting has always been a little bit of a dog eat dog industry, but with CDNs it gets a little more complicated because you are paying for a specifc quantity of a specific resource… bandwidth.
Read more on SimpleCDN – Being Killed By CDN Competitors (VPS.NET)?…
So How Can You Get uQast For Free?
I have compiled a list of the reasons I believe people should be interested in uQast (and what attracted me in the first place)
It also mentions my uQast Bonus
Read more on uQast – How Andy Beard Was Subverted…
It has been announced today that 30M (million) live spaces blogs will soon be migrated over to WordPress.com in a “partnership” between Microsoft (MSFT) and Automattic.
Microsoft is dumping these blogs anyway, and maybe gaining some other value from giving 30M users to Automattic.
Read more on Microsoft Live Spaces Selling Out To WordPress.com – Not Outsourcing…
#Angelgate has been fascinating for the last week.
I have my own thoughts on the topic of course that I have mainly left in comments.
There was me thinking the whole point was to form a syndicate
Read more on I Wish I Hadn’t Invested In Crunchpad #Angelgate…
No I am not talking about the WordPress plugin / service that gives you the keyword density of your blog posts and counts how many times you have used the same affiliate link in your blog posts every 250 words. Liz has a review of Scribe SEO that I agree with. I actually wrote one myself to post on SEOBullshit but pulled it, then I was going to post it here, then I decided if I can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all.
I don’t need to pay $30/month to be reminded to include keywords in my titles, but then I am not the intended audience.
Read more on Google Scribe SEO…
I am not an algorithm and patent geek to the extent of many of my friends & peers.
Dana last week wrote about the new SEOmoz experimental tools for LDA (Latent Dirichlet Allocation).
Read more on SEOmoz LDA Tool – Just 3 Points…
The FTC doesn’t like fake testimonials – they can also get you in trouble in the UK.
I have covered disclosure in blog posts extensively but fake testimonials just irks me.
Read more on You Too Can Debase Yourself Or Your Business For A Fiver…
For want of a better name…
I have been trying to come up with a suitable name for this since Tuesday night when I first spotted it in some queries I was using to find some old posts I had written.
Read more on Pseudo Site Search (More From This Domain – Extended)…
To be frank, 2009 for me was the worst hosting nightmare I have ever had. The whole year.
My hosting problems were dragging me down… they had an acute effect on the quality of my life.
Read more on Storm On Demand Review & $75 Coupon (Expiration Date: 10/15/2010)…
People sharing Twitter passwords with rogue friend apps has been a problem for a few years – I have written quite a few posts warning people of the dangers of sharing passwords with insecure apps, and have also been critical of giant social networks continuing the practice of scraping data from other services using standard password authentication.
Read more on Twitter… About Password Security & OAuth…
The Twitter retweet code places a link to Twitter on every page you include it, and they didn’t add a nofollow to the link. It is quite possible Google will decide to ignore all these links in the future, especially as it is effectively hidden and not a “vote” for a particular page. The destination of the link doesn’t show similar information to what is in the button.
Read more on 7 Reasons Not To Use The New Tweet Buttons…
Yesterday my wife opened an express letter Fedexed to me from a law office in San Diego – apparently a British marketer has decided the only way he can repair his search engine results is to call out the lawyers, and I have a very strong feeling this is going to backfire.
Read more on My 1st C & D From A Marketing Ignoramus – How Quaint…
Screenshots of Polish Internet sites in mourning with subdued grey tones to pay respect to their lost leader and countrymen.
Unlike many people in the SEO, Tech or Marketing community, I don’t write posts just for linkbait & traffic, and when I make up my mind about whether I want to continue being involved in a community, that decision is final.
Read more on Twitter Nofollow – My 7 Day Ultimatum…
I just read a sales page for an information product
Read more on I Use Aggressive Hype
& Obnoxious Tactics To Fool People…
