Adrian Land a UK Search marketer

ACTA infographic – the source of SOPA?

Adrian — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:52:15 +0000

As most of the SEO/Blogger/mainstream news communities seemed to instantly want to shout about the draft USA legislation of SOPA/PIPA, it seems that there isn’t much noise about ACTA. Like all of these topics, you generally only get 2 sides. … Continue reading →

How to slow down a robot

Adrian — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:46:14 +0000

There is a flipant answer here about turning it off/remove batteries etc. But, what do you do if you are having some server troubles or a bot is hitting you really hard. There are 2 obvious options open to you. … Continue reading →

5 Endangered Places to Visit Before They Disappear Infographic

Adrian — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 22:09:37 +0000

The latest in the infographic series from Thomas Cook. What do you think? Other things you might like:ThomasCook – top 11 holidays in 2011 infographicThomas Cook’s 170th birthday infographicInfographic by FlyThomasCookThe latest Airtours infrographicAm I interesting?

SoLoMo might be my catch phrase for 2012

Adrian — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 19:45:56 +0000

As SEO is truly evolving as a holistic web channel (always treated it like that for >10 years anyway) who progress the web, police our employers efforts, drive internal innovation and do the bulk of testing! SEO is officially moving … Continue reading →

SOPA/PIPA – is the slippery slope coming?

Adrian — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:13:38 +0000

The slippery slope might be coming. I tweeted about this last week, but I came across some more articles while surfing around tonight, and thought I would share a few things. I am actually scared that if this PIPA/SOPA law … Continue reading →

An optical illusion – an oldie but a goodie

Adrian — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:35:00 +0000

An oldie, but a goodie. Found this optical illusion on an old CDR that I was about to bin. Your eyes are making it move. To test this, stare at one spot for a couple seconds and everything will stop … Continue reading →

Server Response Codes – what are they & why are they important?

Adrian — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 00:07:00 +0000

What are they and why are they important? When you request a URL or an element within a page, your browser you send a request. The magic of the tinter-web happens and the server you end up on sends back … Continue reading →

My disappointment with Twitter spam

Adrian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:59:30 +0000

I am currently seeing more and more, and getting disappointed how another internet service is getting abused. In one of my social media monitoring searches I saw the same user post @Someone for a whole (big) screen full. I looked … Continue reading →

Server response codes shown in cats

Adrian — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:45:03 +0000

I know that this has done a recent re-surface around the tinter-web, but I do think it is funny. even though I hate cats. 200 = All OK 301 = Permanent Redirect 404 = Page not found 500 = Internal … Continue reading →

How to revive/reboot a dead Motorola Xoom 2

Adrian — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:20:12 +0000

I recently bought a Motorola Xoom 2 which I thoroughly love and would recommend to anyone/everyone. And yesterday I felt lost as it died, less than 30 days old. So, under the shop terms I took it back and they were about … Continue reading →