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simoncox, 1 month ago to random

Wow! Affinity are obviously listening to their market! I just got an email stating a 4 point pledge. Part 1 is the most important and includes this:

"If we do offer a subscription, it will only ever be as an option alongside the perpetual model, for those who prefer it. "

Hurrah!!!

Well done Affinity!

simoncox, 1 year ago to random

If you have 'The Great Suspender Original' Chrome extension installed - delete it. It is no longer available on the Chrome store because it hijacks the Google Results pages inserting an iframe from yellow-pages.com with your search term and inserts several, I'm assuming, paid adverts that look like organic results. Thought my SERP results were odd the last few days.

'The Great Suspender' extension (note lack of 'Original' in name) I think is ok - it is still in the Chrome store.
#seo #chrome

simoncox, 1 month ago to random

I'm back on The Edge Of The Web Radio podcast again for part two. This time I talk a bit about my time at art college, how that changes my personal perspective on SEO work and other rubbish such as AI.

Enjoy.

https://edgeofthewebradio.com/seo-podcast/drawing-line-ai-content-simon-cox/

simoncox, 11 months ago to random

Quick reminder how much SERP rankings change on a daily basis. This case is a B2B site so drops at weekends make sense as the intent for certain keywords changes and spikes as unexpected events, global and local, cause keywords and topics to become popular for short amounts of time as Google tests out what it needs to promote up the rankings (*my assumption). Nothing sits still for long in #seo

simoncox, 11 months ago to random

so - if you have the headset on what do the other people on the facetime see of you?

#WWDC23

simoncox, 10 months ago to random

Trimming back a marjoram bush this weekend and we found this white moth.

I have identified it as a Pterophorinae - a Common Plume!

simoncox, 9 months ago to SEO

Result! New Sitebulb version now available including something I talked to them about quite a while back.

"New Feature: HTML Templates

While crawling, Sitebulb will identify the different HTML templates used across the website, grouping like pages together."

From: https://sitebulb.com/release-notes/?utm_source=app&utm_medium=dashboard

IMHO this will help #TechnicalSEO understand a sites technical structure a lot quicker and flush out the awkward odd pages. Brilliant update!

#seo

simoncox, 9 months ago to random

Current favourite AI prompt:

"rewrite with arrogance:"

simoncox, 6 months ago to 11ty

Following on from articles from @robinhoover and @lene I have tidied up my #11ty config file!

https://www.simoncox.com/shorts/2023-10-29-cleaning-up-the-11ty-config/

simoncox, 5 months ago (edited 5 months ago) to random

Happy #BlueBeanieDay to those that celebrate!

Especially @zeldman who popularised it!

simoncox, 5 months ago to random

I really really dislike leaf blowers.

We have a lot of trees. Oaks, beech and others. So the lawn is blanketed in leaves at this time of year.

So I got a gadget.

A hand pushed Gardenia leaf and grass collector.

It’s brilliant!

#eco

simoncox, 4 months ago to random

Getting some wintery vibes now.

simoncox, 1 year ago to random

One thing I have noticed since moving my social presence mostly over to Mastodon is that the alt text I write for the images on my websites has become a lot better.

#unexpectedconsequence

simoncox, 3 months ago to random

It's an alt ATTRIBUTE not an alt TAG!

simoncox, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Boom! Boom!

https://conf.11ty.dev/tickets/a25c40751f4f43aa930cedd6b4b29804

i redid my ticket because if you use right email address you get a customised ticket!

simoncox, 4 months ago (edited 4 months ago) to 11ty

Google have now stoped Sitemap ping endpoint from working as they did advise they would be doing some time ago - https://seroundtable.com/google-sitemaps-ping-endpoints-no-longer-work-36692.html

Knowing this was coming I added an update field in my #11ty front matter that my sitemap picks up as a data point when building the site so that Google and other search engines get a true lastmod date - and they like that.
#seo

simoncox, 10 months ago to random

About to play Carcassone - I will get beaten as usual.

mariyadelano, 13 hours ago (edited 15 minutes ago) to Polls

Running a poll to make myself feel better:

At what age did your hair start turning gray?

#askFedi #askMastodon #poll #polls #question

dwsmart, 1 day ago to SEO

For all the long and rambling articles about HCU and EEAT, some of the best advice I have heard is just 5 words long and from the Lyrics of a 1970's musical.
m
So I wrote a rambling article about it...

https://tamethebots.com/blog-n-bits/dont-dream-eeat-be-eeat

#seo

michael_martinez, 2 days ago to SEO

Looks like it's now time to start blocking accounts that abuse the #seo hashtag on Mastodon.

What do I consider to be "abuse"?

Irrelevant content, frequent self-promotional advertisements for services, stuff like that.

Fizzle_Up, 15 hours ago to f1

Still can't believe it's 30 years ago since that tragic Senna & Ratzenberger weekend. It Still feels so fresh in so many ways #F1 #ImolaGP

mrchrisadams, 1 year ago to random

Ok, starting what should be the first of an annual tradition of posting the #lemonpig as the new year rolls around.

This was introduced to me via @simon, and I’m pleased to see many other healthy examples on Mastodon so far, but you’re v welcome to ad your own, under the same hashtag 👍

ernie, 3 months ago to random

The next time I visit Munich, I expect to get my own bespoke custom stadium, just like Adele.

I will settle for nothing less.

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/31/adele-pop-up-stadium-munich-concerts

zoomar, 3 months ago to random

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simoncox, 10 hours ago to random

Got a garden project to blog about soon - taken me three days to complete but I’m shattered so the write up can wait. Has been fun though!

#tease