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Some stuff about Google’s Crawler

admin — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 10:04:06 +0000

How Google crawls and retrieves data from the web. Some common SEO issues that arise. From Googler's mouth.

by Dixon Jones

Some stuff about Google’s Crawler

1000 Mac Lion OS Complaints

admin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 10:37:10 +0000

There are 91 PAGES of complaints and problems with the Mac Lion O/S trying to connect properly over VPN. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3191630?start=0&tstart=0 The compaints have been going on for over six months now and I am reduced to using my daughter’s older OSX Mac to get into the office machines, to copy files onto a USB stick [...]

by Dixon Jones

1000 Mac Lion OS Complaints

Yahoo Site Explorer Alternatives

admin — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:31:08 +0000

Yahoo Site Explorer is going offline. Here is a list of the main Yahoo site explorer alternatives. There are a few to choose from with different strengths and weaknesses.

by Dixon Jones

Yahoo Site Explorer Alternatives

Prediction Technology

admin — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 11:04:18 +0000

My agency, Receptional, has been involved in some interesting projects over the years. It seems that when other agencies or consultancies are asked a question that just cannot be answered without a bit of clever programming, they bow out of the race. We find ourselves building ad-hoc tools for clients which do not cost the [...]

by Dixon Jones

Prediction Technology

Could Twitter Build a Better Full Text Search Engine?

admin — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:15:58 +0000

Twitter has different quality signals to Google within its data. Could Twitter use this to build a better search engine? This article puts the case for Twitter and argues that Twitter might have the edge in creating a very different Index which Google could not easily replicate.

by Dixon Jones

Could Twitter Build a Better Full Text Search Engine?

Attracting Affiliates

admin — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:04:07 +0000

How do you find and attract affiliates? This article shows you cool technique that works for me.

by Dixon Jones

Attracting Affiliates

3 miles of Data Cabling

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:59:40 +0000

We are growing our office. We are not a large company, but we hope to be… so we had an extension built We then all moved into that, whilst the main office building was totally gutted. Even the second floor was rebuilt and the roof raised to meet modern day building regulations. Apparently we aren’t [...]

by Dixon Jones

3 miles of Data Cabling

Save Rishil Campaign

admin — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 17:26:56 +0000

Twitter has suspended one of the UK's best known Twitterers in the search community.

by Dixon Jones

Save Rishil Campaign

Linkscape vs Majestic

admin — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:42:00 +0000

There are very very "Link maps" in the world commercially available to the public. A link map is the hardest element to replicate in Google's search algorithm. There are really only two companies with commercial link maps available now to the masses. This article helps you choose between the two.

by Dixon Jones

Linkscape vs Majestic

Microsoft Concealing True Market Share Potential?

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:59:52 +0000

Microsoft's market share in search is clearly still small according to many sources - but are they hiding as yet unutilzed assets, ready for a big "reveal"? Probably not - but they could, if someone switched on the light.

by Dixon Jones

Microsoft Concealing True Market Share Potential?