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December 17, 2005
Trackback Spam Issue on this Blog
I noticed awhile ago that my blog was coming up way down in the search returns list - to the order of several pages in - when doing a keyword search on "derek leverington" on Google.
I finally attributed it to a bunch of trackback spam that was pointing to all manner of sordid sites. I inadvertently ended up with several spam trackbacks that had gone unmonitored. I deleted all of them and went through all the historical entries in my blog and disabled trackbacks to prevent it from happening in future. (An unfortunate but seemingly unavoidable tactic in light of no prevalent solution to block this kind of spamming activity.)
I just checked again this evening the "derek leverington" keywords and this blog is back up to the number one spot again.
So, lesson learned: keep an eye on trackbacks to spam sites - they may well be affecting the search return performance on your site.
Posted by Derek Leverington at 8:29 PM | Comments (0)
XBOX 360 - finally got one
Yes, finally got a tip of a few getting shipped in at the local Costco and managed to get my hands on one. I think it's ridiculous how Microsoft has handled this product launch. How do they really expect to drive sales of this thing at a critical retail period when busy people have to drive around and try to find one in the week or ten days before Christmas?
Posted by Derek Leverington at 6:55 PM | Comments (0)
December 4, 2005
XBOX 180
This thing is going the complete wrong direction.
The more I think about this, this more it seems to me that Microsoft has dropped the ball in colossal proportions.
- Huh? Where is the amazing cool launch title?
- Huh? I likely can't get one until after Christmas?
- Huh? It looks good onscreen, but not that much better than the original XBOX ?
- Huh? I need Windows Media Centre Edition to be able to fully integrate with all of its available features on my desktop?
- Huh? Where's Halo 3?
Nevermind...how long until PS3 is out?
After watching the Halo 2 launch go so well, I see no excuse why this launch is so weak by comparison.
Maybe there is some brilliant strategy here, but I sure don't see it. All the buzz so far is around problems.
Posted by Derek Leverington at 11:16 PM | Comments (0)