Where to find Malcolm Coles, reviews, and tips on how to do things I couldn’t do.

malcolm coles


All my posts about: ‘bbc’

BBC follows through on promise of dofollowed links to bloggers 7

September 01, 2010
The old Shownar

If you add “nofollow” to a link (in the HTML code), it tells search engines to ignore the link – so the site you link to gets no benefit from the link. Last December, the BBC replied to a blog post of mine promising to link to bloggers without using dofollow as part of its new Buzz tool. They’ve now apparently kept that promise.

Read the full post ...

Dragons' Den's one-sided Twitter 'conversation' 0

July 21, 2010
Dragons

There was a curious end to yesterday’s Dragon’s Den when Evan Davis turned to the camera and said: “Why not tell us what you think of today’s programme by joining the conversation on Twitter.”
But then, although someone is clearly running the account, they haven’t actually replied to anyone’s tweets. Odd.

Read the full post ...

The BBC and Guardian: more reasons I hate mobile sites 1

May 10, 2010
Guardian: no sign of resigning PMs

Mobile versions of websites – what a train crash they often are. As I write this, at 10.30pm on Monday night, neither the BBC nor Guardian mobile websites are mentioning that Gordon Brown has promised to resign … a story that their web news pages are unsurprising leading with – and have been doing so for several hours.

Read the full post ...

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.

Read the full post ...

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.

Read the full post ...

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.

Read the full post ...

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.

Read the full post ...

The (in)accuracy of Alexa: more evidence not to rely on it 1

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.

Read the full post ...


↑ Top