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simoncox

@simoncox@seocommunity.social

Technical SEO and general webmastery stuff in the UK since 1995. Also at: https://mastodon.social/@simoncox
and:
https://www.simoncox.com
https://coxand.co.uk

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#Webmaster
#Boardgames
#Breadmaking
#NarrowGaugeModelling

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Fizzle_Up, to SEO
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Is something going on that I'm missing...? Both Bing & Duck Duck Go seem to be down at the moment.

Not helpful when I'm trying to test stuff.

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up I just had Linkedin lose my feed. DDG is defo having issues

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up
The AI's have just gone sentient.

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up Of course i was forgetting Linkedin is also a Microsoft company - yes they are having a mare! Probably forgot to renew a domain or cert!

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up It will be the cleaner with the vacuum - always is.

simoncox,
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@michael_martinez @Fizzle_Up

i was look at Mojeek.com for the first time today and it seems to be good. Though not sure the apparently AI driven summary view works for me!

simoncox, to random
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Wow the new QR code maker in Affinity designer builds the shape as a vector and changes as you type in the URL or whatever you are pointing it at.

Which means you can do silly things like this!

simoncox,
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@christian Same!

simoncox, to random
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Free update to Affinity 2.5 suite now out! Includes flexible font controls!

https://affinity.serif.com/en-gb/whats-new/?utm_source=affinity_subscribers&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=2_5_update&utm_id=uk&utm_term=v2_ul_owners

Richard_Littler, to vinyl
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Ear worm.
I can't shift 'See Saw' by .
it again.

Harvest Records label: Pink Floyd - A Nice Pair, side 4.

simoncox,
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@Richard_Littler

Ooh my first ever album - good choice!

rhyswynne, to random
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A General Election is needed, but does anybody else have a knot in their stomach that the Tories are going to pull off something amazing (unlikely) or there's more twats than you think on this godforsaken island (likely) and they'd creep in again?

simoncox,
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@rhyswynne

July... 4th.

Think he will announce today as a favour to someone to take the heat off the Paula Vennells testament today...

simoncox,
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@rhyswynne
He can do both! The count will be overnight anyway!

But it is Rishi’s fault.

ernie, to random
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I bought udm14.com. Check out what I put there.

simoncox,
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@ernie
Ho Ho - very good!

brucelawson, to random
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WHAT?! Vennells has been shown a doc that she saw in 2011 which says Fujitsu staff have unrestricted access to the Oracle database. She now says she didn't realise that it meant that the system wasn't 100% secure from remote transactions not done by the subpostmasters. FFS. She wasn't fit to run a fucking village post office let alone the whole operation.

simoncox,
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@brucelawson
i predict a new noun being added to the Oxford Dictionary soon.

To 'Vennells' a situation. Make a situation impossibly worse by misunderstanding the gravity and avoiding all responsibility.

There is probably already a German word for this.

zeldman, to random
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Poachers, when caught stealing content from our website, always blamed the theft on an “intern” or “freelancer.” We always pretended to believe them.

https://zeldman.com/2024/05/22/ah-yes-the-famous-intern-did-it-syndrome/

simoncox,
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@zeldman

There is a big name in the SEO industry that was caught doing this a few years ago and he did exactly that - blamed it on staff and interns.

He lost a lot/all of his reputation in the industry and rightly so.

laura, to random
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I’m struggling to find the right words to describe the work I do these days…

Fundamentally, I’m still a designer and developer. But most of my work has become oriented around teaching designers and developers. I used to say “writer & speaker” but this feels vague. “Content creator” is ick, and also undervalues the educational element. But “educator” sounds too academic and perhaps a touch lofty for me.

Anyone else in a similar position found some good words? I’d appreciate any suggestions!

simoncox,
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@laura
You may have wandered into the Consultant zone!

ilovechoclates_, to random
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I discovered something else: this website was blocking me based on my location, and when I checked the response HTML, I could see the content. It's just that I can't see the content right in front of my screen.

As another internet user, what's the use of this? I can see that the response HTML is there, but why can't I see the content right in front of me?

I don't like the whole "blocking users based on their locations"

Thanks for coming to my rant talk

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@ilovechoclates_ vpn’s are your friend!

simoncox,
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@ilovechoclates_
Look for deals - Nord VPN do them occasionally and that’s what I currently use. Really useful for diagnosing geo isseus like yours.

veerlepieters, to random
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Looking Glass Lodge

This wooden glass house is hidden away from view and it appears elevated amongst the trees. Interior is fantastic as well 😍

https://michaelkendrick.co.uk/ux-portfolio/looking-glass-lodge/

simoncox,
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@veerlepieters

I remembered this being on tv - found it: https://youtu.be/5UNSyfEwchc?si=YI5u4SFc9vE0NWU7

simoncox,
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@veerlepieters
OOOh yep. VPN time!

mattround, to random
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Just bought another domain name, but in my defence it's only $8 a year and I may actually use it

simoncox,
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@mattround

How many now? I had about 50 at one point. Last drunk one I bought was eggyf.art

Fizzle_Up, to SEO
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Doing some last-minute keyword research for Father's Day - hate to break the news to all you dads out there, but there is a big search volume around terms with the word 'cheap' in them! 🤣

(Plus the word 'father' is starting to look really weird now I've been staring at it for so long.)

#SEO #FathersDay

simoncox,
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@Fizzle_Up
Don't forget to research 'returns policy' as well for the post fathers day period..

brucelawson, to random
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The Great Big Dialect Hunt https://dialectandheritage.org.uk/the-great-big-dialect-hunt-2/ For folks who grew up in England:
"Welcome to our dialect survey. Whoever you are and wherever you come from, we can't wait to find out how you use language in everyday life." This was good fun to do (took 5 mins)

simoncox,
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@brucelawson
There was a similar thing many many years ago online, I think early 2000's, where they would ask about 40 questions and then pinpoint which town you came from. Highly impressive it was, as i got me bang on and we had a right mix of dialects because of the coal mines in Kent! In the chip shop we would order Rig but up the coast a bit it was Rock Salmon and down the coast a bit it was Huss.

simoncox, to boardgames
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Currently playing Great Western Trail 2nd edition online on Board Game Arena with my oldest chum and I think i am loosing badly! (he does design board games) , ...and he nearly doubled my score.

simoncox,
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@Scurra

Fair point. :)

mattround, to random
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Do I vaguely know any freelance WP devs who are able to help a small former client of mine? They've got in a bit of a twist with plugins, Elementor, etc, as often happens. My schedule's full & I don't really do WP any more, but I can give loads of info to make things far easier

simoncox,
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@mattround
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