how often do you find yourself getting to a website these days and something is asking you to install ActiveX or something else? What is happening and why is it necessary?

P.S.: Thanks for the mention on your blog Lyndon. Gotta love white. Continue reading...

In the light of the British Government losing the Bank and National Insurance records of half the population, my mind cannot help but return to the corporate identity theft issues on our very doorstep. At SMX London the other day, the engines reiterated their commitment to protecting personal identities, but the truth is very different. Take Next's website, for example - Indeed you can possibly take any website using the… Continue reading...

Quick update on where I plan to be over the next few months. Pubcon: 4th-7th December 2007 Las Vegas. I am moderating on a few sessions and also I am repeating the "Link Clinic" that got a bit of attention last year. SES London: 19th-21st February 2008. I was down to do some training, but that seems to have gone by the by. I'll still be there if… Continue reading...

Using Wordpress for SEO may not be the weapon you think if you use it with only half an eye on SEO. Continue reading...

Here are the slides from Dixon's presentation at the Affiliates 4U event last month. Thanks to all the people that showed up, including: Andre Alpar; Mike; Sebastien Lahtinen; Robert Kelly; Alison Beaven; Dave & Elaine Forth; Andrew Champion; Mike Hampton; Sue Carter-Phillips; Richard

I saw that Facebook today (or was it yesterday?) launched a new advertising platform. Well - two actually - but the first is called "social advertising" and I managed to get my first ad campaign running on a PPC basis in about 10 minutes flat. Some observations and screenshots along the way for anyon interested. I have also put… Continue reading...

I promised to get about four presentations up and I am a bit behind. Luckily, my new trusted aide, Michelle Moroney, is going to help me get this all a bit more organized by the end of the week. I owe you:

1. My airy fairy talk in the future of the internet 
2. Cutting Edge Linking tactics
3. Search in a Universal world

Dixon…

I am learning very late in life that you need to learn the theory, not just think for yourself. Case in point on the ICC yesterday when I played a set of moves I always thought was obvious as white: 1.d4  e6 2: c4  Nf6 3:Nc3 Bb4 4:Bd2 d5 (Diagram below).   Well - Dasher's crafty had already been suggesting e3 instead of Bd2 on the previous move, but with… Continue reading...

how I go about analyzing my online chess games after the event Continue reading...

It's now the weekend after SMX Stockholm and I am just getting the chance to recover. I promise to get my two presentations up over the next couple of days, but probably most people only care about where the link was to the link trust comparison tool that Receptional has built. If you weren't there, you won't have a user-name and password, unless your blog searching skills… Continue reading...