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simoncox

@simoncox@seocommunity.social

Technical SEO and general webmastery stuff in the UK since 1995. Very dry sense of humour.

Also at: https://mastodon.social/@simoncox
and:
https://www.simoncox.com
https://coxand.co.uk

On tootfinder
#seo but #TechSeo
#Webmaster
#Boardgames
#Breadmaking
#NarrowGaugeModelling

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simoncox, to random
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We watched Rye Lane, the film, tonight - romcom set in South London. I recognised a lot of the Brixton locations as I lived there for a while.
Anyway - utterly brilliant film and I highly recommend it! Catch it on Disney+

jon, to random
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StorCentric was a startup whose plan was to buy existing good businesses and then run them and themselves into the ground. I was a big Drobo fan but it all went to shit after they were acquired. Very happy I switched to Synology several years ago. They make excellent hardware and software.

https://appleinsider.com/articles/23/05/15/drobo-parent-company-storcentric-shifts-to-chapter-7-bankruptcy

simoncox,
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@jon Same - was a big Drobo fan but I now have one sitting under my desk that needs to go off to a recovery service because a power cut knocked it for 6 and recovery is going to cost me more than the Drobo and disks did originally.

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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.

simoncox, to random
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My competitor Gap Analysis keyword of the day:

cheese smuggling northern ireland

#seo

simoncox,
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@danielle_r
Unusual keywords - not that common.
Cheese smuggling - no idea and I cannot see the topicality of it for the client so no idea what a competitor is doing with it, which means more research is needed, and that in itself is a common occurrence.

Did I cover everything?

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up possibly... let me email you my order. ;)

stevefenton, to random
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Where does zero-click search reach the tipping point, where creators are better off refusing access to their content? #search #seo

simoncox,
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@stevefenton

  1. Some would argue earlier.
    Everything is being vacuumed up now.

#seo

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Meanwhile…

TShirt with Simon Cox printed on the back to help people recognise me when I am helping out on webinar text chats…

simoncox, to random
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Had an issue with an site failing deployment to Cloudflare Pages yesterday - needed a new variable set up on Cloudflare.

https://www.simoncox.com/shorts/2023-05-15-cloudflare-pages-error-with-11ty-build/

simoncox,
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@bobmonsour Thanks! It seemed familiar so I may have figured it out before but what got me was I deploy changes to the site every quarter (magazine) and it was ok last time! Also very much surprised myself by figuring it out so quickly.

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Another example of #SEO sneaking into headline news.

In summary: firm in shady sector does shady SEO (buying links) to game rankings:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/may/14/gambling-firm-allegedly-paid-blogs-to-link-new-mothers-to-its-online-games

Preempting the defence: "Everyone else does it!/They started it!!/We have to to keep up! It's Google or someone else's fault!" + "Oh yeah, and we're sorry. Honest." 🙄

simoncox,
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@optimisey “links to the Coral website had been posted between 2014 and 2016, before it bought Ladbrokes Coral in 2018.

On Tuesday, the company said it would try to get them taken down as soon as possible”

hmmmm. 9 years of benefits and I’m sure Entain would have done a backlink check before buying Coral as part of its due diligence!

simoncox,
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@optimisey Possible yes, incompetent it would be.

ChrisPirillo, to ai
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Pasta dog needs a name! [prompted by MsSaintsAngel] ~

simoncox,
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@ChrisPirillo That is totally Dougal (From the Magic Roundabout - an LSD-fueled kids show I grew up on and explains a lot about my age group in the UK...)

mariyadelano, to random
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Might have taken the concussion too leisurely

At the ER right now wish me luck that my brain isn’t bleeding

simoncox,
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@mariyadelano 🤞

jpsherman, to random

French toast, bacon & bread all cooked in my wood fired oven

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simoncox,
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@jpsherman All looks delicious as usual!

jon, to random
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I really like the subtle and simple submark/favicon approach that @mozilla took for their MDN logo. The new version relates to their main logo, and it's a clever use of slashes (and pipes).

#Design #Branding

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@jon @mozilla nice!

Thayer, to random
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Voted:

1st Norway twice because they're just 👍
2nd Serbia
3rd joint Ukraine and Germany

simoncox,
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@Thayer good call!

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Digging Croatia’s macerana song!

Lovely and nuts.

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“Blood and glitter - two things that are also difficult to get out of carpet.” - BBCs Graham Norton’s commentary is legendary!

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Ukraine entry is very cyberpunk!

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Really like the Australian entry - good to see a group. Might do well.

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Absolute winner from Finland!

simoncox,
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Nearly called it! Cha cha cha!

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Brilliantl Albanian entry! On so many levels.

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strong song from France!

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