How To Get Ready For The EU Cookie Directive (Deadline May 25th 2012)

ICO news release with cookie notice

Your website is probably already in breach of EU law because of regulations that came into force on 25th May 2011, but don’t panic. The new regulations are not yet being enforced, so you still have until 25th May 2012 to comply. This post explains what you need to do.

You will almost certainly . . . → Read More: How To Get Ready For The EU Cookie Directive (Deadline May 25th 2012)

How To Install WordPress Using Softaculous – The Easy Way

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I provide a full WordPress set-up and hosting service, but for those who like to do things themselves there is the option to install WordPress and set it up from scratch yourself. This is not as difficult as you might think, as I will explain.

On most hosting services these days you can use . . . → Read More: How To Install WordPress Using Softaculous – The Easy Way

Google+ versus Diaspora*—Blog Post Interaction Analysis

Google+ versus Diaspora

This post reports objective data showing that for ordinary users, Diaspora* appears to be more democratic, and certainly a far more interactive community than Google+.

Google+ appears to have become dominated by a small elite of “big guns” (some actually paid by Google). These people have massive followings and hoover up the interaction of . . . → Read More: Google+ versus Diaspora*—Blog Post Interaction Analysis

Can Diaspora* Compete With Facebook And Google+?

Ilya Zhitomirskiy

Ilya Zhitomirskiy1989-2011

In this post I’ll explain why I think Diaspora* will outlast Facebook and Google+, even though it may never reach their level of popularity. I’ll explain why Diaspora* does not need to compete with them to be a success, and why I think one or both could well fail and be . . . → Read More: Can Diaspora* Compete With Facebook And Google+?

How To Format Google+ Posts Using Bold Or Italic Text

Google+ Text Formatting

A great way to help your posts stand out and at the same time make them easier to read, is to use bold and italic text styles.

A heading in bold makes it easier for someone to spot what your post is about when it arrives in their feed, and using italics for quotations . . . → Read More: How To Format Google+ Posts Using Bold Or Italic Text

How To Create A Google+ Business Page

Google+ Business Page Setup

Google has launched Google+ Business Pages, which are Google’s answer to Facebook Pages.

If you want a chance to get ahead of your competition you’ll want to know how to create a Google+ Business Page for your business. You can do this in just a few minutes.

What Is A Google+ Page?

Until 7th . . . → Read More: How To Create A Google+ Business Page

Diaspora* Tips: How To Make Friends On Diaspora*

Diaspora Social Network

Do you want to know how to make friends on Diaspora*? New to Diaspora* and want to connect to more people? This post shows three simple things that will get you lots of new friends on Diaspora*. Its especially for newbies, but also for anyone who wants to hook up with new people on this fast growing, . . . → Read More: Diaspora* Tips: How To Make Friends On Diaspora*

Unthink Social Network—Homestead Deed (Full Text)

I just received my invite to Unthink, a brand new “all-in-one” social network from, I don’t know who—because their “about” page doesn’t say who they are. I’ve written a bit more about Unthink in the following post:

[link coming.. be patient ]

Unthink.com is a slick website, but what struck me most is . . . → Read More: Unthink Social Network—Homestead Deed (Full Text)

Get A Freelance Start-up Business Website For FREE – Use The New Enterprise Allowance Scheme (DWP)

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Good news for people starting a small freelance business: from October 2011, the UK government is offering you up to £2,274.

The New Enterprise Allowance (NEA) provides £1,274 cash (as a weekly allowance) and up to £1,000 as an optional loan to help with start up costs such as—dare I say—getting yourself a smart website to . . . → Read More: Get A Freelance Start-up Business Website For FREE – Use The New Enterprise Allowance Scheme (DWP)

How To Submit WordPress Sitemap Updates – Automatically

WordPress, Google, Bing and Yahoo!

Publishing a sitemap is important for SEO and getting all your website pages indexed rapidly, and particularly when you add new content and you want it to be discovered fast, while it is still fresh and most interesting.

I’ll show you how with a small about of setting up, WordPress will generate, auto-update, and . . . → Read More: How To Submit WordPress Sitemap Updates – Automatically