Archive for internet
SEO for non-experts: what you need to know
Cross-posted from Dave Press, where I did a guest slot last week: Why do so many councils have such a poor online presence? I’ve written before about some of the missed opportunities, such as here, but for me the puzzle is as much “what should a council do?” as “why don’t more of them do [...]
As went MyConservatives.com, so goes GOP.com
MyConservatives.com crashed on its launch day – an embarrassing hiccup rather than something of long term significant. But in surely a sign of how tightly coordinated the vast right wing online conspiracy is, the new GOP.com has taken a leaf out of the MyConservative book and crashed on its first day too.
Facebook Connect gets easier
Fast Company reports: It’s releasing the Facebook Connect Wizard–to make it easier to use Facebook to add “social context to any site.” Using the Wizard means it’s now a quick, simple, and relatively painless three-step process to integrate Connect in your site. You enter some site ID details into the Wizard, download the special code [...]
A reminder of how little most people know about online campaigning
My first thoughts about today’s BBC report of the Google-sponsored fringe meeting at Conservative conference weren’t wholly complimentary. “Google sponsored meeting says route to electoral success is to give money to Google; gosh, shock!” But on reflection the real lesson of the story is the reminder of how little most people know. I suspect most [...]
What is spam?
I’ve done a post for the new Reputation Online site, produced by the good folks at Centaur/New Media Age: Accusations of ‘spam’ and ‘spamming’ are often hurled about, covering everything from receiving dozens of emails advertising Viagra through to a journalist complaining about receiving one legitimate press release from a PR person. So what is [...]
US cedes (some) control of internet to others
Associated Press reports: As Internet use expands worldwide, the United States said Wednesday it will give other governments and the private sector a greater oversight role in an organization whose decisions affect how computers relay traffic such as e-mail and Twitter posts. The move comes after European regulators and other critics have said the U.S. government [...]
Downing Street publishes its own internet statistics
The figures for September are now out* (and more detailed than previous monthly figures). During the month the 10 Downing Street website got: 2,802,438 page views, with 1,048,879 visits from 842,892 unique users… The number of Twitter followers is nearly at 1.5 million (1,427,896 as of 1 October 2009). Views of photos on Flickr during [...]
