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Don’t link to my Twitter profile!
Andy Mabbett wants people to link to his website, not (just), his Twitter profile Continue reading
Posted in about me, ideas, social media, Twitter, web standards
Tagged Andy Mabbett, blogging, facebook, google, Google juice, linkedin, linking, optimisation, PageRank, pigsonthewing, search, SEO, twitter, Twitter:user=pigsonthewing
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Day 8 (Wednesday) in Washington DC
Andy Mabbett’s Washington trip is on its eighth day Continue reading
Posted in about me, travel
Tagged Arlington, Authority Control, Chipping Sparrow, Freebird, George Washington University, google, Library of Congress, QRpedia, Sleepy Hollow, Spizella, Spizella passerina, taxonomy:binomia=Spizella passerina, taxonomy:genus=Spizella, taxonomy:vernacular=Chipping Sparrow, travel, Washington, WashingtonDC, Wikidata, Wikimania
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Google Maps’ microformats: unhappy anniversary – still broken after three years
Microformats on Google’s maps have been broken, since they were introduced three years ago – and they have been aware of this ever since then. They are useless to someone wanting to add the subject’s address to their address book. Continue reading
Posted in annoyances, GPS, microformats, web standards
Tagged FAIL, google, google maps, gregor rothfuss, hcard, kevin marks, microformats
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Google Reader's great, but it could be even better
Here’s another screenshot (linked to a larger version; thank you Flickr). This one shows some of the RSS feeds I follow, in Google Reader. I only started using that service recently, and I’m finding very compelling (and time consuming!) both … Continue reading
Posted in annoyances
Tagged google, google reader, rss, usability, wish, wish-list, wishes, wishlist
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