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Mobile marketing isn’t a QR code

Nov
2011
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While working with Tim Hayden, I’ve come to learn just how powerful mobile marketing can be. He and I have spoken a bunch over the last many years, and more formally (in a business capacity) in recent years, and there’s so much more that could be done for your business when it comes to how people interact [...]

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Robots.txt and 404 pages: sometimes funny, always important

Oct
2011
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I’ve seen a spate of “Easter Egg” links doing the rounds on Twitter recently, some of which have been pretty inspired. They’re generally either the 404 page or the robots.txt page. The 404 page is the page you are shown if the page you are looking for, via your browser, doesn’t exist. Generally, if a user [...]

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The worst web page in the world

Sep
2011
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You would think it would be easy to say which is the worst web page in the world. Well, bad web design is a lot like pornography — just when you think you’ve seen the worst page, along comes something worse. The difference between the sites listed here and those found in Over-The-Top Websites is that [...]

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Websites told to ensure cookies comply with UK law

May
2011
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Websites are being asked to review how they track users ahead of imminent changes to privacy laws. On 26 May European privacy laws come in to force in the UK which give people more control over what data websites gather about them. This means changes to what websites can do with cookies – small text [...]

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The top websites blocked by businesses in 2010 ranked by OpenDNS

Apr
2011
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Can you guess which is the most blocked website? View the top ten By Dean Praetorius for The Huffington Post Technology, January 26, 2011  

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New net rules set to make cookies crumble

Mar
2011
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The way websites track visitors and tailor ads to their behaviour is about to undergo a big shake-up. From 25 May, European laws dictate that “explicit consent” must be gathered from web users who are being tracked via text files called “cookies”. These files are widely used to help users navigate faster around sites they visit regularly. Businesses [...]

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35 entertaining 404 error pages

Feb
2011
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“404 Not Found.” These three little words can make any Internet explorer an unhappy camper. After all, who hopes to click on a broken link or stumble upon a moved or deleted page while cruising around the web? Luckily, some web designers have chosen to end the misery of encountering a 404 error page. Instead [...]

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AOL launches paid-for service tracking children’s online activity

Feb
2011
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AOL UK has started to sell a social media monitoring service that provides parents with an overview of their children’s online activity. SafeSocial alerts parents to any irregular or concerning behaviour, which arises from spending time on social networks. It requires consent from the child and aims to encourage positive dialogue between them and their [...]

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The death of the brand website?

Feb
2011
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Today’s consumers are most likely to interact with brands via social networks. So, what does this mean for brand websites? asks Stuart Derrick. Bacardi’s decision to move away from campaign websites to focus its digital strategy on social networks (Marketing, 26 January) may seem bold. However, it poses a question to all marketers: do expensive [...]

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Prototype of an open web app ecosystem

Feb
2011
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The open Web is a great platform for rich applications. It would be even better if it had additional capabilities to ease discovery, acquisition, installation and use of apps, while also enabling monetization for developers. We designed and built a prototype of a system for open Web apps: Apps built using HTML/CSS/JavaScript that work both [...]

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