links for 2008-07-17

• One in the Eye for SEO :: Shane Richmond :: Telegraph
  "When Private Eye dabbles in the internet the result is usually both comic and alarming. It’s like having a blacksmith repair your car; it’s amusing to watch him bash around aimlessly for a minute but you soon start to worry he might do some real damage".
  (tags: privateeye seo telegraph funny shanerichmond)
• Social software that power Intranet 2.0 || Intranet Blog
  "In other words, if your organization hasn’t embraced and standardized social software, your employees will begin installing it and using it without your permission."
  (tags: enterprise intranet socialmedia)
• The Power of Search Queries for Link Building: The Basics and Beyond Part 2 | Search Engine People Blog
  "By simply entering in a few search queries you can literally discover hundreds, if not thousands, of blogs that support the dofollow movement; you can comment on them and get a free backlink". Using advanced search to target comment forms on .edu sites.
  (tags: linkbuilding seo)
• We may be off the cliff - but we haven't plummeted yet | Hamish McRae | Open House
  "One of things worrying me in recent weeks has been that people in Britain seem determined to be more gloomy about the economy than the data warrants". It is bloody confusing me- how are you meant to plan for anything if you can't tell if the country is going bust or not?
  (tags: openhouse independent economy)
• Sexual disease in young Britons on increase » Market Sentinel
  "2 years ago we highlighted the government’s decision to shun social media in educating the young of Britain about the dangers of STDs. This flew in the face of research showing most young people took advice about sexual matters from their peers."
  (tags: sexualhealth teenagers socialmedia government marketing advertising)
• Drawing a message | Heresy Corner
  Great line: "What they are worried about, of course, is that there are voters out there who are moronic enough to take it seriously, who believe the stuff about Obama being secretly a Muslim (he is, in fact, like many presidents, secretly an agnostic)."
  (tags: heresycorner barackobama newyorker cartoon uselection)
• The force is with Scotland's schools intranet, says George Lucas - Times Online
  "This year we describe a project from Scotland, the first national schools intranet, which provides every Scottish school with a common e-platform". George Lucas - really? - is gushing about the Scottish Schools extra/intranet project Glow [via Toby Ward]
  (tags: intranet education scotland schools timesonline)
• Consultants, Analysts: Present Impactful Analysis, Insightful Reports | Occam's Razor by Avinash Kaushik
  "Ok this blog is a exception (!), but let’s admit it: Web analytics is boring". Useful pointers to making web analytics less boring and more actually about gathering the information as business needs...
  (tags: analytics statistics)
• http://me.dm/blog/2008/07/changes_and_updates_-_fear_bre.php
  "I would very rarely work with anybody that has a Windows machines these days. They just come with too much baggage". Memo - if you are going to call out Windows users as idiots because you are a Mac supremacist, at least make sure your <TITLE> tag is something other than the value of the URL...
  (tags: windows webdesign funny)
• How Good Is The Mainstream Media At Linking Out? | The SEO Company
  Excellent number crunching of inbound and outbound links to and from the major news media players
  (tags: seo search linkbuilding newspapers news media links linking)
• Play Along With the Real World… « Digital Worlds - Interactive Media and Game Design
  References my post about the Cricinfo 3D cricket simulation, amongst some interesting thoughts about playing "take it from there..." to see if you can do better with real data from live sports events
  (tags: currybetdotnet games sports interactivetv)
• Madeleine McCann: Newspapers apologise to Robert Murat and pay £600,000 libel damages | Media | guardian.co.uk
  "Until now Murat has had to watch silently as the worst elements of the British media have gone about destroying his good name and reputation. The behaviour of the tabloid journalists and their editors has been grossly irresponsible, demonstrating a reckless disregard for truth."
  (tags: madeleine tabloids newspapers apology mediaguardian)

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