Archive for the ‘Blogging’ Category

Dangers of Dofollow

I have been a supporter of the “dofollow” movement since before it became a movement. I’ve talked about its disadvantages before, but none were so apparent as the one that came to light this week.
Digital Point forums is filled with spammers and sploggers trying to make a quick buck. While this is normally harmless enough, [...]

Happy 6th Birthday Jemjabella!

Hip-hip hooray! My domain is 6 years old today. That’s 6 years of pointless ranting, narcissistic/egotistical BS and the best damned awards on the planet. I’m still quite enjoying the whole thing too.
I hope those of you who joined me in celebration last time will raise a glass to another fruitful year pwning the Internets [...]

You’ll Lose Your Readers!

I have just finished reading an article on Coding Horror about free software: We Don’t Use Software That Costs Money Here. Although the post itself is interesting and raises questions about what makes software worth paying for and why a person would use sub-standard free software, it was more a trend in the comments that [...]

Blog Comments Pet Peeve

I’ve noticed something recently, and it’s started to really bug me: more and more people are removing the date/time from comments on their entries. It doesn’t sound like a major offence, and up until the past few weeks it didn’t even cross my mind as a “blogging faux pas”, but I can see now why [...]

The 2008 Bloggies

Every year I hear about The Bloggies, but it’s usually about 3 months after the awards have been given out. Who’d have thought someone so “up” on the blog scene could miss such an important event? (Who am I kidding, I know more about rocket science than I do about popular bloggers!) Thanks to Rhys [...]