Something I've been thinking about for a while, but something I've also be procrastinating on also (one of my favourite pastimes), is to create a Lotto Results Feed for my Lotto Syndicate and for anyone else who cares. So here it finally is. Add this to your iGoogle, Google Reader, mobile phone, or whatever other feed reader you use.

Dublin get their stand-alone fixture in the All-Ireland Championsip quarter-finals. Finally sense prevails. Anything else would have been a joke for all concerned - fans, and the GAA.

So, The space shuttle has been given its final assignments. Who wants to take bets that the schedule won't go to plan, or that there will be additional missions required, or that 'Orion' will take years longer to get off the ground than currently planned ? One things for sure, the space shuttle is still one of the most amazing things that humans have ever created, and despite it being 1960's technology, it's still amazes me every time it takes off. It'll be a sad day when it lands for the last time.

Labels: orion, space, spaceshuttle

I've been doing a whole lot of work on SEO (Search Engine Optimisation - the business of ensuring your website is optimised for search engines) at work in the last 12 months. Like all web marketers, I knew a bit about SEO and probably felt I knew a lot. Since last summer I've made it my business to learn as much as I can about white-hat SEO tactics (the 'best practices'), as well as black-hat tactics (the naughty stuff, but purely so I knew what NOT to do).

One thing that has slowly dawned on me, to my own detriment it must be said, is that 'link love' - or the power that links form other websites have to yours, is a key element in website optimisation. As much as your site is optimised, keyword rich, accessible, etc etc - you need links for the search engines to rank you highly - especially when it comes to competitive terms.

So content rich, keyword heavy, respected sites like AP News should be loving the fact that people link to them. Or so you'd imagine. And you'd imagine wrong. Full credit to the Washington post on their strategy to counter the litigation crazy AP News.

Some people really don't get web marketing. They'll learn in time...