There are most definitely good “and bad advertisers’. In a previous article I mentioned bad conversions, some advertisers’ simply don’t stack up. There is the advertiser that you send hundreds of genuine visitors to without ever making a sale, or making so few sales that you end up questioning who’s to blame. In our case, […]
Publishing
This topic is largely related to our own websites.
AVG: URL: Phishing Threat
Shock horror: AVG pop-up warning that one of our own websites is a potential phishing website. I googled it and found thousands just like me.. false / positive Incorrect URL.Phishing | AVG URL:phishing stays after scan | AVG AVG is blocking my web site due to phishing | AVG Report incorrect AVG detection on your website […]
Google + Mobile First Index
Who doesn’t love saying: I told you so I have been banging on about Google and MOBILE for quite some time. To me it was only logical. More and more people are searching the internet on mobile devices, whether on tablets or smartphones. So, it was only a matter of time before engines like Google […]
My Story: Online Directory
My story is one of frustration, having a great idea, building it and then having it taken away. The idea: build a target specific online directory. Build it: Commencing in 1998, the UK Motoring Directory (ukmd.co.uk) was one of the world’s first online automotive directories It was definitely the world’s first CMS, dynamic and database […]
Advertising Agencies & Publishing
This page is a heads up for advertising agencies and “millennial” upstarts. Before you make contact, please understand our attitude towards advertising agencies. We’ve seen hundreds over the years in various forms. Odds on, first contact to us comes from the agency newbie who’s done the course and passed with flying colours. Our phone rings […]
Web Page Accessibility
We received an email which raised the subject of web accessibility, in other words, are our web pages accessible by people with disabilities. In this case, the writer was referring to sight impairment, although there are many kinds of disability that can be considered. Accessibility Inquiry* I noticed your page onlymelbourne.com.au links to timeanddate.com from […]