Category Archives: Technology

New Google Interface: Observations

Posted on April 20, 2010 by Carps

That once-familiar sea of plain text with blue underlined links has long been history as Google have shovelled ever more things into their SERPs. It’s not uncommon now to find a page where normal organic results are outnumbered 3 to … Continue reading →

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Sainsbury’s Car Loans. Landing page fail

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Carps

So I’m in the early stages of looking for a new car, having pretty much trashed the old one. I go to Google and search for “car loan.” I see this. Hey – that’s awesome. I’m modish enough to know … Continue reading →

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This Just In: LinkedIn is Utter Balls

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Carps

I’m not the kind of bloke that goes in for having a “professional profile”. You might have noticed that my blog only rarely touches on professional matters and is more concerned with the puerile and stupid things that drift randomly … Continue reading →

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Think Visibility Leeds 2010: come and see Carps in the flesh!

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Carps

So I’ve just heard from Dom Hodgson that my application to speak at Think Visibility 201o has been accepted. I don’t know when the dates and times will be, but I’ll be sure to let you know in due course. … Continue reading →

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The Register Are Wrong About Murdoch

Posted on November 24, 2009 by Carps

There’s a thought-provoking piece in The Register today about Rupert Murdoch’s analysis of Google’s relationship to his business. The nub of their – and Murdoch’s – gist is that Google only enjoys the market share it does because it indexes … Continue reading →

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Getting Links Out of News Sites

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Carps

News sites are content-rich, fast moving and loaded with equity. Getting your site into them is the stuff of dreams in most markets, and without either getting the MD arrested, going bust or hiring some amazing PR company at massive … Continue reading →

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