Archive for September, 2005

Search engine ranking factors

Interesting article listing 93 factors that may (or may not!) have an effect on SERPs. Must have a good read of this at some point.

http://www.seomoz.org/articles/search-ranking-factors.php

Hack Attempt

Spotted an interesting hack attempt on a couple of my sites today.

Seems that someone is testing contact forms to see if they can add to the headers they use to cause the form contents to be BCCd to additional addresses. Presumably they then use the forms to relay truck loads of spam to unsuspecting net users.

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My Mini Kayak Adventure

route mapHad a really fun little solo-kayaking adventure today. I wanted to join my sister and the boys who were having a day on the beach at the other end of the island, so I decided to paddle down to see them rather than walking or taking the car.

The yellow line on the aerial picture shows my approximate route (although in truth the line should probably be a lot more wiggly!). OK, this isn’t the greatest expedition ever, but I was pretty please with myself. It’s about 2.5 miles in total, which I did in 35 minutes. More to the point, it is also the longest straight line trip that I have done yet.

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