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All my posts about: ‘bbc’

Express confuses followers and following. Ha ha ha! 8

January 17, 2010
Express thinks following means follower.

I pointed out this morning that the Express was talking utter rubbish claiming that the BBC was keeping up twitter accounts with 0 or 2 followers. The real numbers were in the 000s.

It appears the Express has confused following and follower numbers. Ha ha ha ha ha.

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Express looking at wrong Twitter accounts in BBC attack 6

January 17, 2010

Dear the Express. Please look at the right twitter a/cs when discussing the BBC’s followers. That is all.

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How to get a link from the BBC to your Twitter URL 1

October 28, 2009
Link from BBC to someone

Want to get your Twitter page doing better in Google for a search on your name? Here’s a way to get a link off the BBC to your Twitter URL.

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Cervical cancer jab: Google fuelling unnecessary fears 6

October 01, 2009
The news stories Google shows

Anyone turning to Google to look into the cervical cancer jab is unlikely to be reassured. Although these results are generated algorithmically, Google’s results are anti-jab. There is very little in the way of balance in the results, with a mixture of old and new scare stories, and only a couple of positive stories.

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The (in)accuracy of Alexa: more evidence not to rely on it 0

September 02, 2009
Drew Broomhall

I’m giving up comparing websites using Alexa.com’s data. Checking the accuracy of Alexa data using ABCe numbers led me to believe they were good enough to rely on. But the Times reckons the Alexa numbers in my latest post relating to referrals from the BBC were rubbish – and the Guardian agrees.

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