• May
  • 1st
  • 2008

Monkey in a suit & travolution awards 2008

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Here's a picture of a Northern monkey in a suit - not that unusual except this one was collecting an award and not in court. Newcastle will be proud! Doug Scott, probably soon to be my ex boss after (read more)
  • April
  • 23rd
  • 2008

SEO agencies with big brands spam more

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There are SEO agencies that consistently land big name clients. Do they get results? Yes! Do they offer value for money? Debatable! Is their SEO any better than average? No! Do they only use white hat SEO? No chance!   So what do these BIG agencies do for their money? Article submissions Directory (read more)
  • March
  • 30th
  • 2008

Wordpress theme competition

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Over at Adii.co.za there's a competition to win the Developer’s Package of wordpress themes. What's so good about these themes? Well for one they look very professional, secondly wordpress is not just for blogs, its uses as a cms are endless, unfortunately most templates out there are made (read more)
  • March
  • 30th
  • 2008

wordpress 2.5 is here

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The long awaited version 2.5 of wordpress is here WordPress 2.5, the culmination of six months of work by the WordPress community, people just like you. The improvements in 2.5 are numerous, and almost entirely a result of your feedback: multi-file uploading, one-click plugin upgrades, built-in galleries, customizable dashboard, (read more)
  • March
  • 23rd
  • 2008

Wordpress security issues - inviting the hackers in and brewing them a tea

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If like me you think Wordpress is a great cms you’ve probably installed several templates and plugins. But do you know what exactly it is you are installing? Chances are unless you are a PHP programmer you won’t have given this a second thought. So what is it you are (read more)
  • March
  • 16th
  • 2008

‘The’ SEO meeting of the year

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Search Engine Serious, a real 'old' timer :), has news on this years SEO Roadshow . The previous roadshow is the best seo event i've been too. It's basically an invitation only, informal weekend meet up at a hotel. Lots of dirnking, lots of eating, and some very knowledegable (read more)
  • March
  • 4th
  • 2008

This blog is dead… so read this instead

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Been really busy for the last few months having fun setting up our SEO strategy and getting things put into action. Can't see me posting here much  for the foreseeable future, but just thought i would mention that DougS has started his own blog. Dougs blog should be  regular read for (read more)
  • December
  • 29th
  • 2007

SEO stuff worth reading

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For the 3rd time in week i landed at Slightly Shady SEO and spent the last half hour reading a dozen posts; quality info, already given me some new ideas on what to add to my own toolbox. Now i know i have at least 2 readers here, so (read more)
  • December
  • 28th
  • 2007

Wiki launch google killer?

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A few weeks after goolge announce their wikipedia killer Google knol Wikipedia  founder jimmy Wales announces the launch of a new search engine. Be nice to see this project succeed but i think google will win the battle for both search and online encyclopedia  :( Anyone, all you nasty spammers have (read more)
  • December
  • 10th
  • 2007

Moniker.com shitiest domain registrar ever?

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Few years ago it seemed everyone was slating Goddady and recommending Moniker. Thanks a lot!! Just glad i only used moniker for a handful of domains as a trial. Apart from being ridiculously expensive, their admin interface sucks (read more)