It’s something that the vast majority of webmasters already knew: nobody cares if you put keyword meta tags on your web pages. Nobody cares because Google don’t care; and they’re the web search boss.
Other websites might use them, but ultimately, it has been so overused that it is likely nobody uses it. While we all knew this, it is only very recently that it has been publicly stated by Google. In a recent video blog by Google Software engineer Matt Cutts, the a question regarding the value of the keyword meta tag in main search results is asked. his answer? “Basically not at all.” Read more... (275 words, 1 image, estimated 1:06 mins reading time)
Posted in Good on 03. Jun, 2009
The Backyardigans, a soundtrack music band, once had a song entitled ‘Nobody’s Bigger Than A Giant’, but what if two giants come together to form something evermore spectacular? I am of course referring the two giants that are Google and BBC, who are in considering the possibility of a new international version of the BBC iPlayer. Currently this is supported by YouTube (a Google owned video sharing platform), with the UK having access to the iPlayer programme. Read more... (372 words, 1 image, estimated 1:29 mins reading time)
Dear Google UK,
Do you realise you have goo’d in the Queen’s face? We feel truly offended and wonder what her Royal Highness might make of this surely treasonable act! If putting goo in the face of royalty is not distasteful enough, why has Her Majesty been placed as the lower case ‘g’, when surely she warrants heading the capital ‘G’ of the (once respected) Google logo? Read more... (126 words, 1 image, estimated 30 secs reading time)
