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Malcolm Coles
http://www.malcolmcoles.co.uk/blog/
Reviews, how to do stuff, and what Malcolm Coles thinks about things
- Added on: Nov 10th, 2008
- Country: United Kingdom
- Language: English
Recent Posts
SEO just changed forever
Google's rolling out personalised search to everyone, even if you're not signed in: The announcement is here. SearchEngineLand covers it here. Read the implications on Webmasterworld. It means that: The results you see aren't what everyone else s...
National newspaper Twitter account growth gets ever slower ...
UK national newspaper Twitter accounts are continuing to grow - but the rate is getting slower and slower, according to the latest figures for the 129 accounts I'm tracking: July to August growth: 17% August to September growth: 17% September to Oc...
Paywalls: shall we try to make them more attractive than the Berlin Wall?
Johnston Press is experimenting with paywalls for some local websites. It's an interesting development - it's easier to have a monopoly over local news than national news, so if people see this content as valuable, maybe you can get them to pay. Sad...
Google\'s new layout: Local SEO a million times more important
Google's new layout (only on google.com, not .co.uk, so far - or maybe just for me if it's still a test) has increased the importance of local SEO about a million times. Check out these two screenshots of a search for "St Albans offices" - one on go...
New Google sprite for new layout
Google's got a new layout on its way (not yet visible in the UK) which means a new google sprite (the one image it uses to render all its icons). Here's the new one and the old one. New vs old Google sprite Current vs previous details You can see th...
Comment spam: using Backtype to spot it
Google's written some hard facts about comment spam (Andy Beard and Shaun Anderson have some interesting follow ups - and it's good to be aware of how comment spam can get your blog penalised). Like most bloggers, I'm plagued by comment spam - but I...
