http://benmilleare.com Web Apps, Technology and SEO Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:22:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm not normally one for making New Year's resolutions, partly because I think folk rarely achieve them and partly because if something is important it shouldn't need to be influenced by a new set of numbers on your calendar. Having said that, I've decided to be a bit more transparent in ... http://benmilleare.com/something-new-for-2012/ (Click for the full size version.) [caption id="attachment_376" align="alignleft" caption="This is basically what Google is saying to site owners."][/caption] http://benmilleare.com/google-ssl-saga-in-cartoon-format/ I know, I know - 3 weeks in and I already missed a couple of posts. In my defence, I've been pretty damn busy on a Sunday night but hey ho. As always, this entry is from a series of weekly posts highlighting a handful of interesting links I bookmarked ... http://benmilleare.com/seo-sunday-oct-16-2011/ This post is from a series of weekly posts highlighting a handful of interesting links I bookmarked in the past 7 days. For the full archives (only two weeks so far) visit the SEO Sunday category page. EngeenoWhat happens when two ex-Google spam-team engineers (@pedrodias and @ArielL) leave and create their ... http://benmilleare.com/seo-sunday-25-sep-2011/ This post is from a series of weekly posts highlighting a handful of interesting links I bookmarked in the past 7 days. For the full archives (only two weeks so far) visit the SEO Sunday category page. Tracking the KPIs of Social MediaYou rarely see a poor post by @randfish over ... http://benmilleare.com/seo-sunday-sep-18-2011/ In what can only be described as a blatant attempt to control Adwords data, Google has started to delete Adwords API developer tokens en-masse based on thresholds and reasons seemingly only to them. I received the following email this afternoon, which I initially thought was an error (emphasis mine): As stated in ... http://benmilleare.com/google-tkos-adwords-api-developers/ This is the first of a series of weekly posts I plan to do as a kind of 'best of the week' run down of what I found interesting on the web. If you too find it interesting and valuable, I'd love to know in the comments! Sneaky Keyword ResearchA great ... http://benmilleare.com/seo-sunday-sep-11-2011/ Could you ever imagine Tony Blair, Gordon Brown or David Cameron doing this? http://benmilleare.com/presidential-handshake/ While doing some research in a niche that I have a couple of affiliate sites I noticed a weird SERP snippet showing up for an about.com URL: It starts up with truncated meta description and then goes straight into using the H2 tags on the page along with a "5+ items" ... http://benmilleare.com/google-using-h2-tags-in-serp-descriptions/ Due to the arrival of our new baby Grace I've now lost my office space and, along with it, anywhere to keep my desktop machine. This isn't a huge issue for me as I actually mostly work remotely on my Linux box in the cupboard under the stairs, but it ... http://benmilleare.com/compaq-presario-cq71-review/