Archive for October, 2008
Search Engine Spam Videos
Some some tweets come in and I headed on over to IM Broadcast saw some Search Engine Spam videos come up.
I thought they were pretty interesting to watch, and it was nice to hear from MSN, Google, and Yahoo. It does make me wonder if black hat SEO really does have a chance? 
Anyways, here are the direct links to the vids:
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/53/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-1-Overview
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/55/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-2-On-The-Page-Issues
http://www.imbroadcast.com/video/54/Search-Engine-Spam-Part-3-Link-Spam--Paid-Links
Hope you all enjoy.
PHP Reference Card – Failed?
While taking a look at my 'Tech Blogs' tab in NetVibes I saw the headline for a reference card available for PHP. So, I hopped on over to dZone.com, got an account (it's free), and downloaded it.
I'm not really impressed.
I believe the beginner may benefit from this, but there's just so many gaping holes in the reference card... Like what about the GD library? Or perhaps cURL? File handling? XML?
Honestly, how could you call a reference card a PHP Reference Card without the most common uses listed? I think the card may be off to a good start, but please, release a new more complete version soon.
Final Verdict:
While it may be great for beginners, it's still lacking for the rest of us. I'll pass and keep php.net as my reference card.
Breathalyzer for your Gmail
Personally, I think this is a pretty neat little gizmo. Basically, in a blog post at: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/new-in-labs-stop-sending-mail-you-later.html
All you have to do is answer a few simple math problems, and boom, off it goes. I think the idea here is it gives you a second chance to reconsider your email. And, if you're too drunk to think of an answer, perhaps you should wait till the next day to send it.
I think it's neat, and of course, you can turn it on and off, so if anyone is complaining about that, well, they're just silly.
New Version, New Theme
I went ahead and updated wordpress, so we'll see if this version stays stable.
Also, changed themes, until I finish with my own. Hopefully this will be the last time before I settle on my own.