Robot Exclusion Enforcement

With thanks to Paul Ford for permission to write a sequel to the original “Robot Exclusion Protocol” short story. I hope I haven’t done the original any disfavours.

I was on a job when I saw it. A couple of feet tall, made of metal, with camera lenses for eyes and a few dozen gripping arms. [...]

Does Google Need A Disclaimer?

There has been a lot of discussion recently about Google’s latest update and specifically about drops in PageRank (see Greg Boser, Andy Beard, Daily Blog Tips, TechnoSailor and, for a list of other discussions SearchEngineLand). Many assuming that it is some sort of penalty.
Many years ago I worked in a casino. Very few people who [...]

11 Ways To Overextend The “Keyword Seasoning” Metaphor!

While I’m at it, I might as well also over extend “x ways to…” .
In the “Focus Pages” to do, I wrote
Sprinkle your keywords like seasoning – lightly.
At the time I thought the metaphor was ripe for overextension. So here we go…

Sprinkling seasonings lightly can make your dish tastier for the critics (search [...]