Lyndon Antcliff

In the past I removed the “nofollow” tag on my comments. This was to encourage comments and to reward regular commenters with a link. The problem is that I don’t have time to go check out the website in the comment link and as Google will penalise if I link to a bad neighbourhood I have decided to remove the “dofollow” from comments. [Read more…] about Commenting Policy Change

Some people have mentioned how come I’m not blogging. A number of reasons, the main one being a family tradegy unfolding which makes everything tinged with sadness. Without going into details as I don’t feel this is the right place, my ability to work has been severly hampered by personal issues. Also, I have become insanely busy with writing Linkbait for clients.

But hey, life goes on, bills have to be paid, social sites need to be gamed, linkbait and blog posts have to be written. In fact I have been getting a little heat from social sites because of my actions. Both digg and Propellor have banned this blog, I dunno, was it something I said, lol. I don’t really mind as it doesn’t effect my bottom line, and that’s what it’s all about.

So, sorry to bother you with my issues, but readers deserve a bit of explanation. I am sure I will be back on track bringing whatever it is I bring to the space.

Here’s a tip for first timers at an SMX conference like myself, don’t rush out of the bathroom without drying your hands and then say hi to Danny Sullivan for the first time trying to explain that the moisture on your hands is water and not some other liquid.

My coverage is not the live blogging variety which the most excellent Tamar Weinberg and Lisa Barone serve up. I hadn’t been online since travelling to London as the internet access did not work in my room and I am sure that my mouse hand is suffering muscle wastage.
[Read more…] about SMX London 2007

I travel to London today to go cover the first London Search Marketing Expo. It will also be my first time at a search conference. I finally get to breathe the same air as people I have been sucking information out of for years. You probably don’t want to hear how excited I am to travel the Great Western Railway, or read about Isambard Kingdom Brunel, one of the most amazing engineers ever.

I am not a trainspotter in any way, shape or form. But, there is something about trains that invokes, romance, mystery, excitement. Also the fact I can plug in my laptop and use it for the whole 5 hours is quite useful.
[Read more…] about London SMX

Stumbleupon is regarded by many as the best social bookmarking site
around. However, from an active users perspective there are a number
of things which can be improved. One of those things is an effective
way to rank it’s users.

Social media expert Muhammad Saleem has developed a tool addressing
these issues.

Welcome Mu, could you tell my readers what Stumblerank is and what does?

StumbleRank aggregates user statistics from StumbleUpon and then uses them to compare users and rank them based on their activity, the number of fans they have, and the number of reviews they have gotten.
[Read more…] about Top Stumblers Gathered by Muhammed Saleem