The EU “Cookie law” is still unclear, despite UK Government advice
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has finally released some advice on how to interpret the EC’s new cookie laws. Despite the continued lack of clarity, it does look like there will have to be some improvements in the way we communicate how websites work to the people that use them.
Posted on Sunday, May 8th, 2011
Using Google Mini as an EPiServer search solution
Google Mini can provide a low-cost alternative to Lucene-based searching in EPiServer. Although its text-based search is simple and powerful, the devil, as ever, is in the detail.
Posted on Friday, September 3rd, 2010
The Times Online doesn’t need content to make its paywall a success…
The success or otherwise of the Times Online’s imminent paywall shouldn’t be judged on the number of subscribers. After all, content isn’t the only source of revenue.
Posted on Tuesday, May 25th, 2010
How important are meta tags for SEO and search engine results?
There does appear to be a great deal of confusion as to what meta tags are actually for and they are frequently mis-used.
Posted on Monday, June 15th, 2009
How to stop spam comments on blogs and forums
How can you stop spam from flooding a social media site? It’s like an arms race between webmasters and spammers…
Posted on Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Web spam: How Google and other search engines catch spammers
Web spam is content that is designed to trick search engines into directing traffic towards them – how do search engines identify it?
Posted on Thursday, December 11th, 2008
SEO keyword strategy and copyright infringement
A recently-filed case in the UK High Court has implications for SEO strategies and keyword usage.
Posted on Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Optimising HTML page structure for search engine optimisation
It’s surprising how little web developers know about the basics of on-page SEO. It’s pretty simple – there are just a few important factors to bear in mind and most of them are just a case of following best practise for HTML.
Posted on Sunday, October 12th, 2008