Category Archives: Opinion
A Non-Geek Lost at a Geek Conference
OK, I’m the other one in the business, the one that doesn’t speak, blog … in fact I don’t do much when it comes to the NSM Blog except listen to Paul complain, grumble and moan about me not doing … Continue reading
The Twitter Cull Why its Necessary
Each and every month, normally around the beginning of the month, I run a Cull on the people I’m following on Twitter. Why? We’ll, to cut to the chase, I like to rub out those that just don’t do it … Continue reading
Hacking is it a Form of SEO
I’m writing this post after a heated debate (let’s really call it tepid, tbh) between, Matt Cutts, Head of Google Search spam team and Michael Grey, re-knowned American blogger and Search Consultant, better known to many as Graywolf. The jist … Continue reading
Google’s Unfortunate Malware Event
We all suffer from them from time to time, a series of unfortunate events that may not be massive or life-ending but you can do without them just the same. Google, the search giant, has had a few of their … Continue reading
Ambushing Twitter Celebrity Profiles
Twitter is fast becoming the mainstream micro blogging tool of choice. Much in the same way as Apple’s iPod cornered the music-on-the-move market – Twitter is branching its way into the hearts and minds of the public. It is also … Continue reading
Social Media A Beginner’s Guide For Business
Late last night I finished reading, ‘The Beginner’s Guide to Social Media‘ an E-Book available to download from Blah Blah Technology and written by Wayne Smallman. There have been very few e-books which I have started and read till the … Continue reading
The Secret Sauce of Viral Content : Humour or Homer
Just over 3 weeks ago I submitted a post to a blog, contained within a very stiff collar market – health and safety. The site in question was under a year old and mostly deriving it’s traffic from the Google … Continue reading
What Would Eric Morecambe Think About Blogging
Being a blogger, my urge is to write! Sometimes, I know how the post should end but haven’t a clue how to get there from the start. It’s a bit like someone filling in all the edges of a jigsaw … Continue reading
Dont be a Sheep Online its Baaaaaad for Your Profile
Being a black sheep in the SEO environment is not always a negative thing. Noticing the amount of chatter that certain SEO types who court controversy create is indeed eye-opening. Its quite alluring, an almost head-locked type of link-bait. For … Continue reading
Twitter is Dead … Long Live Plurk (Or some other stupid named micro blogging platform)
I loved Twitter for its simplicity, its ease of use to communicate, its way of bringing instant friend referrals straight to my desktop (I did use Twitter Fox) then it got bloated and some executive or two never made the … Continue reading




