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Web 2.0 Blog & Usability BlogWeb 2.0 Blog & Usability BlogAs a web developer and a graduate with a First class Honours Degree in Multimedia Computing, I have set up a blog where I'll post articles, links and opinions about aspects of Web 2.0 technologies, SEO and Internet usability.
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Smart Ways To Deal With DLL Issues On Your PC
2009-10-27 23:59:00 The smartest way to deal with any problem is so that the next time you encounter the problem or a problem similar to it, you know what to do and how to deal with it. When we choose to delegate or outsource the problem to someone else we are not only deprived ... More About: Issues , Smart , Computing , Deal
SEO Song Video
2009-09-23 16:00:00 It’s about damn time that SEO had a good song - enter the SEO Song by Creare Group. I’d like to know your thoughts. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.adammoss.co.uk%2Fweb-op timization%2Fseo-song-video%2F'; addthis_title = 'SEO+Song+Video '; addthis_pub = '';
Test Freak - Freakin? Tested
2009-08-30 21:13:00 If you’re like me when shopping online, you’ll spend ages reading product reviews before buying a product. These reviews have a tremendous influence over my desicion whether to buy an item or not - sometimes more so than the price. It frustrates me when I can’t see the feedback of a product on sites such ... More About: Test , Freak , Startups
Simple Steps For Dealing With Computer Problems
2009-08-09 19:02:00 Simple Steps For Dealing With Computer Problems It is not very difficult to maintain a computer and keep it free from problems. The following are a few simple steps that you can perform to achieve this goal. Update your Software Manufacturers of computer software and device drivers release regular updates and security releases to ... More About: Computing , Simple
Smart Solutions For Windows EXE Errors
2009-06-17 10:17:00 Like any other machine, computers are vulnerable to problems. What gives computers an edge over other machines is that common users can communicate with them through software and attempt to troubleshoot these problems. There are several reasons due to which a computer may encounter errors. These include problems in hardware or ... More About: Windows , Smart , Computing , Errors , Solutions
Computer Startup Problems And Solutions
2009-05-20 22:52:00 Computer Startup Problems And Solutions If you have been working with computers for a while now, you may have had the misfortune of experiencing PC startup problems. These errors can be quite scary as one is not sure of the cause of the problem. Startup problems can be of various kinds and ... More About: Computer , Computing
First and Last.fm
2009-05-03 21:29:00 Last.fm has become one of my favourite new websites of recent times. It is the first site of it’s kind - a social network with the emphasis on music. There’s something addictive about discovering how much music you listen to, and which artists are dominating your playlists. It tells you who your favourite artists are, ... More About: Web 2
Tips For Solving PC Application Errors
2009-05-01 14:31:00 On a single computer there are several applications running at one time. Some of these, such as Internet Explorer are an essential part of your Windows operating system and some are installed by you according to your needs.Application errors usually occur when something goes wrong with the files that belong to ... More About: Tips , Computing , Errors
A Web 2.0 & Computing Blog
2009-05-01 14:31:00 Due to increasing interest, I’ll be publishing articles relating to computing as well as those concerned with Web 2.0. This can include web design, Internet technologies, usability, computing, multimdeia and HCI design. Look out for new posts on a range of different subjects. I will still be writing about any Web 2.0 news and features ... More About: News , Blog , Computing
Keyword Spamming on Ebay
2009-01-06 22:53:00 Today, one of my Ebay items I was selling was due to end after having been on sale for seven days, and literally a couple of hours before it was due to end I received an email from Ebay stating that the item had been removed from sale as a result of ‘keyword spamming’. Apparently the ... More About: Spamming , Web 2 , Keyword
Keyword Spamming on Ebay
2009-01-06 22:53:00 Today, one of my Ebay items I was selling was due to end after having been on sale for seven days, and literally a couple of hours before it was due to end I received an email from Ebay stating that the item had been removed from sale as a result of ‘keyword spamming’. Apparently the ... More About: Spamming , Web 2 , Keyword
Usability Testing on a Small Budget
2008-12-15 22:35:00 Nearly every business with a market-facing product can benefit from usability testing, ranging from software to industrial design companies. In general, any company whose products interface directly with consumers is a strong candidate for usability testing. Even the most well-thought-out products can have unforeseen design flaws, which can only be fixed after direct consumer testing of ... More About: Testing , Usability , Small , Budget
YouTube Goes Widescreen
2008-12-02 23:23:00 I may be a bit late on this one, but about bloody time. YouTube has finally switched from 4:3 ratio to 16:9 so the masses of people wanted to upload widescreen video clips - which most video uses these days - can finally have their contributions viewed properly online. It’s strange because the likes of ... More About: Youtube , Widescreen , Web 2
YouTube Embed Code is not W3C Compliant
2008-11-18 13:43:00 I was recently making one of my websites compliant when I became aware that the basic code that YouTube provides users is not compliant with the global XHTML standards - meaning that my site was not fully user-friendly while it was on there. It turns out that the W3C Validator isn’t keen on <embed> tags appearing ... More About: Youtube , Web 2 , Code
A copyright owner has claimed content in one of your videos?
2008-11-08 16:15:00 I’m getting sick of YouTube. Two of my videos that have been on YouTube for about two years now and had a combined viewing figure of over 7,000 views have recently been blocked from playback due to copyright issues.These two videos were both very popular and had recieved a lot of comments with praise. It wouldn’t bother ... More About: Videos , Content , Copyright , Owner
Google Chrome and the Unnecessary Reinvention of the Wheel
2008-10-29 15:22:00 In early September, the folks at Google quietly unveiled their Google Chrome web browser, intended to make yet another huge impact upon the market. The fact of the matter is people just aren?t catching on to the hype the folks at Google were obviously banking on. Certainly, Google has become a regularly used word, ultimately making ... More About: Web 2 , Wheel
Yahoo Site Explorer - New Design
2008-10-04 15:55:00 For those of you involved with search engine optimization as I am, you may have noticed that Yahoo has updated it’s Site Explorer program, which has become used as a more popular tool for examining a website’s backlinks than Google’s service. It shows how many other websites are linking to you and there are also ... More About: Design , Yahoo!
Advice for Nofollow Bloggers
2008-07-20 15:11:00 Like this blog, I’ve noticed a growing trend of bloggers removing the rel=”nofollow” attribute from their blogs which essentially encourages users to comment on posts without loosing what might be a valuable link to their own site. However, as some people including myself have found out, this drasticallyincreases the level of spam following each of ... More About: Advice , Blogging , Bloggers , Nofollow
iPhone and Pervasive Computing
2008-07-17 19:20:00 With the recent release of the iPhone 3G I felt a post about the likely implications for the future of the web, regarding this device was relevant. Having been briefed about the iPhones capabilities, it seems apparent to me that this is the furthest point in pervasive computing that technology has taken us so far. ... More About: Iphone , Computing
Apple in the Clouds
2008-07-13 16:29:00 Arriving fashionably late on the cloud computing scene, Apple ’s new MobileMe service appears to be the answer to integrated and unified information across a user’s Apple platforms. Rather than storing data individually on several platforms, it is kept on a single server or ‘cloud’ where it will keep all interconnected devices up to date with ... More About: Web 2 , Clouds , Cloud Computing
Google XML Sitemap for Wordpress
2008-06-03 23:30:00 If you’re interested in optimizing your blog, you can make it much easier for search engines to crawl by adding a sitemap written on an XML page. The standard way of doing this involves creating a static XML page by taking a snapshot of your site at one time. However, the Google XML Sitemap s ... More About: Wordpress , Web 2 , Blogging
Music 2.0
2008-05-25 20:01:00 When MP3 came out, it revolutionized the way we listen to music. No longer did it need to be played from a physical medium like a tape or a disk, now music could be played from a storage device and the software available allowed you to start the song from any point by just dragging ... More About: Music , Web 2
ScribbleLive & Exclusive
2008-05-22 23:10:00 One of the drawbacks of the current blogging platform is the fact that the content displayed on the page is static - it won’t update until you tell it to, by revisiting the page or refreshing the browser. Static content is also a feature of discussion boards and forums which is why it can be ... More About: Exclusive , Web 2 , Blogging
Feedreader and the future of RSS
2008-05-18 19:38:00 I came across Feedreader the other day and was very impressed by the service it offered. It is basically what I expect the immediate future of RSS to offer in terms of Web 2 .0/3.0 technologies. Instead of having the feed stored on a website, social bookmarking site or in your web browser, the content gets ... More About: Future , Blogging , The Future
Google Maps - Liberty City
2008-05-17 13:18:00 With the recent release of Grand Theft Auto IV, what is looking being the best selling game of all time, it is only to be expected that Internet followers will be utilizing Web 2 .0 technologies to bring about a worldwide community of fans of the game. One of the most interesting I’ve found is the ... More About: Google , Liberty , Google Maps , City
A ?nofollow-Free? Blog
2008-05-12 18:30:00 I happy to announce that this blog is now free of any nofollow comands that used to prevent Google and other search engines from influencing the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. This meant every comment prior to this was effected and potentially worthless as a link. This won’t encourage spam though as ... More About: News , Blogging , Free , Blog , Nofollow
A ?nofollow-Free? Blog
2008-05-12 18:30:00 I happy to announce that this blog is now free of any nofollow comands that used to prevent Google and other search engines from influencing the link target’s ranking in the search engine’s index. This meant every comment prior to this was effected and potentially worthless as a link. This won’t encourage spam though as ... More About: News , Blogging , Free , Blog , Nofollow
Italki - Learning languages with Web 2.0
2008-05-11 23:23:00 I wanted to let you know about a new version of italki.com which was just relaunched. italki.com is a language learning social network, and openeducation website. The premise is very good as users from all of the world collaborate together to help each other learn languages. It also utilizes the mashup methodology very well by ... More About: Web 2 , Languages , Learning
Italki - Learning languages with Web 2.0
2008-05-11 23:23:00 I wanted to let you know about a new version of italki.com which was just relaunched. italki.com is a language learning social network, and openeducation website. The premise is very good as users from all of the world collaborate together to help each other learn languages. It also utilizes the mashup methodology very well by ... More About: Web 2 , Languages , Learning
How NOT to do a sign-in screen
More articles from this author:2008-05-05 18:53:00 Following a recent optimization campaign, I was met by this terrible signing in interface courtesy of web advertising site Clickey.com. I felt I should point out the problems with it as it is a usability problem that should not be occurring in today’s web environment. Firstly the terminology is way off. A task which involves ... More About: Screen , Web 2 , Sign 1, 2 |
