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Cloaking still works … Why

By On November 22, 2011 · 1 Comment

Although there are plenty of reasons why you might want to use cloaking techniques for your website – having a conditional redirect that pushes people through to a mobile version of your website if they arrive using a mobile phone is one – it’s pretty much a [...]

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Lessons from Comment Spam

By On September 7, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A while ago I posted about comment spam, and discussed the structure by which spammers post seemingly innocuous comments on blogs automatically in order to return later with a more aggressive post that takes advantage of them being approved the first time.

At the time [...]

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SEO, Chaos Theory, and Unintended Consequences

By On May 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

In 1930s Australia one of the most important agricultural products in mass farming was Sugar Cane.  While it wasn’t an indigenous plant to Australia, the climate and vast amount of available land and cheap labour in Australia, meant that the country was ideal for industrial farming. The [...]

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