Do you want a Jaiku invite?

Do you have too much time on your hands? Are you sometimes left wondering what you could possibly do with all your spare time? Do you just wish that there was another instant-messaging-social-media know-what-you’re-doing-at-all-times thingy to play around with?

Well, I guessed not. But if you are interested I happen to have a few Jaiku invites [...]

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Microblogging: What’s it all about?

So, microblogging eh? What is it all about? To be honest with you, I haven’t got a clue. In the past I’ve been quite vocal about the pointlessness of Twitter, but something strange must have come over me today because I’ve joined the microblogging revolution.

Before you start deleting my RSS feed and cursing me for [...]

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What do you make of this PageRank hullabaloo?

Even the less observant amongst us wont fail to have noticed the recent disquiet emanating from the blogosphere concerning that little green bar we all love to hate. One minute it’s down, the next it’s up, leaving many bloggers in something of a stir.

For the benefit of those oblivious, here’s a quick recap:

At the end [...]

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Lets all join the DoFollow revolution

Over the past few months I’ve witnessed a quiet movement gain momentum and transform into a full-blown revolution. I talk of course, of the DoFollow movement.

By default, WordPress adds the “rel=nofollow” command to all links in comments. In fact, most blogging software does the same thing and the intentions are good - to prevent those [...]

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WordPress, duplicate content and the power of Google

I don’t claim to be an expert with search engine optimisation (SEO). I’m very interested in the design and aesthetics of the Web and new media, but not really very interested in the fiddly geeky works of SEO. So it is with complete ignorance on my part that miLienzo.com has been blacklisted by Google.

In actual [...]

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Google broadsides Microsoft with its office-Apps

Today Google relaunched its Google Apps product, with the addition of Docs & Spreadsheets to is Microsoft-challenging web-based productivity suite.

I’ve used Google Apps since it first surfaced in early 2006 with the catchy and self explanatory title, Gmail for Your Domain. Google quickly added extra features such as Google Calendar and Google Talk, and the [...]

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Top 10 plugins for a WordPress newbie

I am officially a WordPress ‘noob’. My site has been live for eight whole days and I’ve a staggering two previous posts under my belt. “Steady on there,” I hear you say. Well that’s not the half of it - I’ve already got 10 plugins installed. And activated!

The WordPress Plugin Database can be a daunting [...]

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