I keynote, write, and podcast about Sustainability, CleanTech and Supply Chain
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Global Dimming is a recently discovered phenomenon which says that the amount of sunlight reaching the Earth’s surface has been gradually falling. Although the effect varies greatly from place to place, overall the decline in the amount of sunshine reaching…
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Why is Search Engine Optimisation important?
It is estimated that 90% of all online traffic is achieved through the various search engines. If your Web site doesn’t have a page appearing in the top 10 search engine result positions (SERPs), the chances of someone clicking on…
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Search Engine Optimisation defined
Search Engine Optimisation is a term that has been widely used (and much abused) over the past number of years. I have recently undertaken a couple of Search Engine Optimisation related projects so I first had to define what exactly…
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My Referrer Spam problem is solved!
I installed a copy of Owen ‘s WordPress webserver stats plugin – BAStats and was delighted with it. It did, however, highlight to me how many referrer spammers were hitting my site making my referrer stats meaningless. And this despite…
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WordPress Themes are a hot topic
Looking at the stats on this site, WordPress Themes seems to be a real hot topic right now. Lots of people seem to be searching for that term. I guess with the rollout of WordPress 1.5 on the 15th and…
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WordPress themes – going one better!
Gavin updated his blog recently to WordPress 1.5 and while doing so he took the opportunity to rollout a new snazzier and more professional looking design. Of course, I would say that because he copied my design! The fact that…
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Web standards and blogging – important skills for new graduates
I was invited to deliver a talk to the final year Computer Science students in University College Cork yesterday. The title of my talk was Computer Science Prospects – it was a talk, from the perspective of someone who has…
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How to turn off the nofollow attribute in WordPress 1.5
When Google announced the nofollow attribute, they said that it should remove the motive for comment spamming. A nobel ideal – however, Google failed to roll it out in a recent overhaul of the comment system in Blogger. WordPress have…
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