GoSquared I like the look of GoSquared and am going to trial it on a few websites. It is not Free though which is the only downside, though low-traffic sites would only cost a few pounds a month. Let us see…
Google’s new PLAs or Product Listing Ads to you and me, are the latest addition to the Google paid advertising stable. Managed through your Adwords account they present image ads, not unlike image results, at or near the top of your search results page. Trouble is that due to this similarity they tend to intercept organic traffic that would normally remain organic and so drag potential free traffic from the organic search results page into the paid realm. Your SERP – search
If you have recently installed or upgraded your version of WordPress to 3.5 or above, it is possible that you find yourself with no link manager. Well you are not going mad – as I thought I was, it just seems that WordPress had decided to remove the link manager from the core process – unless, as in the case of an upgrade, you had links in place already. If, like me and most of my clients, you rely on
Good documentation is key to a well functioning website, and is in fact a great way to engage and retain your customers.
At last! Someone has had the common sense to stand up and point out the stupidity of the EU Cookie Directive. Posted via Out-law.com Silktide has created a website directed entirely at turning itself in to the ICO: Nocookielaw.com The site even has a link to the official complaints form to make it easier to file a complaint – though the form itself really gives the game away at how ridiculous it all is. I wonder how many others will formally tell
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Enforcing unwanted EU laws – The Information Commission Office (ICO) doesn’t have a team in place to investigate complaints of failing to notify users of Cookie use – I think what they need is a gifted programmer to write something and a well thought out, sensible system of automation which can detect whether there is an opt-in message, contact the website automatically, handle follow up checks and then if that fails – notify the vast team of people who will
Red Adair - the famous Texas Oil Rig Fire Fighter once said "You can have it done quick, cheap, or good - pick two". It still stands true today in many things and Websites are no exception , except no matter what, we never do anything that isn't good.
If you don’t want to go with the implied consent argument, here is one example of well implemented Opt-in consent for this blasted EU Cookie directive. They have even listed the cookies that could be used which is very thorough. http://www.humbrol.com
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has issued updated guidance on how website operators can obtain "implied consent" in order to place 'cookies' on users' web browsers.
