Posts Tagged “google”

Google doesn’t like twitter

by Luke Rodgers on August 13, 2009

Can’t really blame them

Comparing web traffic stats: google analytics, google urchin, and webtrends

by Luke Rodgers on November 26, 2008

The best way to take web analytics data is with a healthy dose of salt. While analytics software packages have improved over the years, they are still best seen as providing an indicator of patterns over time, rather than representing (…)

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Google’s confusing and questionable advice on URL rewriting

by Luke Rodgers on September 24, 2008

Kudos to the Google Webmaster Central Blog for what seems like a conscious effort to try to address head-on the concerns of the community over common problem areas like duplicate content and 404s. But their most recent effort, which examines (…)

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Consequences of bot-mediated reality

by Luke Rodgers on September 17, 2008

I have a lot of catch-up listening to do with regards to The Long Now Foundation’s excellent Seminars About Long-term Thinking (SALT) lecture and podcast series. I’m a charter member of the Foundation, which gets you a sweet membership card (…)

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One nice thing about Google…

by Luke Rodgers on September 9, 2008

is that they tend to listen to users and respond appropriately.

Google chrome: speed at the price of bloat?

by Luke Rodgers on September 4, 2008

Yes, Virginia, Google Chrome is fast. I installed it on my Windows XP work machine to give it a whirl, and it certainly rivals if not outperforms Firefox 3 in the speed department (though I haven’t found it to be (…)

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