How to Use XML Sitemaps to Boost SEO |
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As the web evolves, so too does Google and SEO. This means what is considered best practice is often in flux. What may have been good counsel yesterday, is not so today. Tags: seo, xml via Pocket http://j.mp/2zJ130e October 01, 2018 at 01:26PM October 01, 2018 at 01:30PM |
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Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I’ll stop talking about race when I stop experiencing racism’
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My first ever gig was at a Pontins holiday camp when I was nine. It had a talent competition and I decided to enter as a standup, with a book of jokes from which I took all of my material. A lot of the jokes seemed to have no problem playing with the stereotype of Irish people being stupid. Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2xRqUBZ October 01, 2018 at 03:05PM October 01, 2018 at 03:05PM |
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Dynamic XML sitemaps
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I’ve seen a number of clients see ranking improvements across the board by cleaning up their XML sitemaps and noindexing their utility pages: Now you’re thinking, “OK, great, Michael. Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2y2VB6E October 01, 2018 at 03:18PM October 01, 2018 at 03:25PM |
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What will happen when newspapers kill print and go online-only? Most of that print audience will just…disappear
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For American daily newspapers, the story of the last decade-plus hasn’t been about mass closures — it’s been about mass shrinkage. The pace at which newspapers are shutting down isn’t much different from what it was in the late 20th century. Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2NaT6o5 October 01, 2018 at 03:36PM October 01, 2018 at 03:45PM |
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French touch – 10 of the best
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Daft Punk, St Germain et al reinvented French music in the mid 90s, when they married old disco loops to house beats and made something beautiful. Here are the tracks with the most magical touch Tags: music via Pocket http://j.mp/2Nh3b3b October 01, 2018 at 04:12PM October 01, 2018 at 04:15PM |
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It’d be a lot harder for foreign governments to hack Wikipedia than you think
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Get the New Statesman’s Morning Call email. Carl Miller of the think tank Demos wrote for the New Statesman in August suggesting that a concerted Russian effort to subvert and bias Wikipedia is a real possibility that shouldn’t be taken lightly. Tags: wikipedia via Pocket http://j.mp/2zJznZ6 October 01, 2018 at 08:10PM October 01, 2018 at 08:20PM |
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What happened when this tech company stopped using Slack on Fridays
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Slack is a ubiquitous part of so many workplaces. The real-time messaging and communication app has become the go-to for so many remote workplaces, distributed teams, and offices–including at our company. Tags: slack via Pocket http://j.mp/2Iv17DQ October 02, 2018 at 03:43AM October 02, 2018 at 03:50AM |
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Here’s Why Public Wifi is a Public Health Hazard
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County cricket 2018 awards: the Spin’s final word on the season
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And so, with a last splendid hurrah, the doors have closed on another county season.
Tags: cricket via Pocket http://j.mp/2NUrHfv October 02, 2018 at 11:11AM October 02, 2018 at 11:15AM |
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We Analyzed 100 Million Headlines. Here’s What We Learned (New Research)
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It is difficult to overstate the importance of headlines. A good headline can entice and engage your audience to click, to read, and to share your content. In many cases headlines are the thing that is shared rather than the article. So you knew that.
Tags: headlines, writing for web via Pocket http://j.mp/2y7VFSA October 02, 2018 at 12:10PM October 02, 2018 at 12:15PM |
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Sir Tim Berners Lee is building a ‘new internet’ where you control your own data
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Sir Tim Berners Lee is building a new version of the world wide web, designed to take power away from tech corporations including Facebook and Google and restore it to the individual.
Tags: internet, tim berners-lee via Pocket http://j.mp/2xTvMGF October 02, 2018 at 03:30PM October 02, 2018 at 03:35PM |
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Boris does his best Boris tribute act for Tory conference
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Say what you like about Boris Johnson, he delivers a second-rate speech better than most other second-rate politicians, many of whom have been on show at the Tory party conference in Birmingham this week. But the bottom line is that Boris is essentially still second rate.
Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2y7t1B5 October 03, 2018 at 12:10AM October 03, 2018 at 12:25AM |
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Apple opposing Australian encryption law which could set a precedent for the USA
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Apple is one of four tech giants to come out in opposition to a proposed new law in Australia which would force companies to provide access to encrypted user data.
Tags: data, encryption, law via Pocket http://j.mp/2NnwhOp October 03, 2018 at 10:51PM October 03, 2018 at 11:04PM |
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5 easy-to-use tools for creating infographics
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Infographic building is a skill that some of us just don’t have. If you have the time, you could learn to use Adobe After Effects or, if you have the budget, hire someone who is a pro.
Tags: infographics, tools via Pocket http://j.mp/2IAuLHB October 04, 2018 at 02:10AM October 04, 2018 at 02:19AM |
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David Attenborough: US attitude to Paris Agreement is ‘outdated’ and ‘will be overcome’
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David Attenborough ridiculed Donald Trump‘s withdrawal from the Paris climate change accords saying the US’s ‘outdated’ position would be ‘overcome’ eventually as there is a groundswell of support for action across the world.
Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2y1n8G8 October 04, 2018 at 11:07AM October 04, 2018 at 11:09AM |
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Google is building a search engine for fact checks
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Google wants to make it easier for people to find fact checks. To do that, the company is building another version of what it’s most known for: a search engine. On Tuesday, the Google News Initiative launched the beta version of a tool that’s specifically for fact-checking content.
Tags: factchecking, journalism via Pocket http://j.mp/2IB6mlf October 04, 2018 at 12:28PM October 04, 2018 at 12:29PM |
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The Basics of Digital Journalism: Attention and Atomisation
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I’m starting my seventh (!) year teaching students on the Interactive Journalism MA at City, University of London. Inspired by my colleague Sarah Marshall, I’m going to try to write up some of the core elements of the lectures as blog posts over the next 10 weeks.
Tags: attention, digital journalism via Pocket http://j.mp/2RsyQ4C October 04, 2018 at 12:37PM October 04, 2018 at 12:39PM |
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News brand attribution in distributed environments: Do people know where they get their news?
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News is frequently discovered on social media, away from publishers’ own platforms.
Tags: attribution, social media via Pocket http://j.mp/2OCydal October 04, 2018 at 09:43PM October 04, 2018 at 09:54PM |
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A really simple guide to the US mid-term elections
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All 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election. If the Democrats want to take control of the House by having the most seats, they’re going to have to claim at least 23 from the Republicans.
Tags: explainer, politics, usa via Pocket http://j.mp/2O71V80 October 04, 2018 at 10:05PM October 04, 2018 at 10:09PM |
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How news organizations can guide through the “information jungle”
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So that’s one way that journalists can approach their role.
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More research suggests that Twitter’s fake news “strategy” is either ineffective or non-existent
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Enough with the “whack-a-mole” claims that as soon as you ban one fake news site, another one pops up: A report released by Knight on Thursday finds that most of the accounts spreading fake news on Twitter during the election are still active today — and that “these top fake and conspirac
Tags: fake news, twitter via Pocket http://j.mp/2PdH1jO October 05, 2018 at 12:08PM October 05, 2018 at 12:09PM |
The 10 Best Free Udemy Courses
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How do you pick the best free Udemy classes when there are more than 80,000 online courses to choose from? Well, here are a few steps if you are only interested in the free courses:
Tags: courses, learning via Pocket http://j.mp/2PfzX6i October 05, 2018 at 04:19PM October 05, 2018 at 04:24PM |
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Viral publisher Unilad blames arch-rival LadBible for collapse
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The money has run out for Unilad and so has the banter, with staff at the viral Facebook publisher which has collapsed into administration partly blaming the nifty financial footwork of its arch-rival, LadBible, for leaving hundreds of jobs on the line.
Tags: via Pocket http://j.mp/2pB4dxk October 05, 2018 at 05:06PM October 05, 2018 at 05:09PM |
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Pinterest Adds New Discovery Option to Highlight Pins Similar to Your Interests
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Pinterest is looking to boost content discovery with the addition of a new ‘more ideas’ tab which will highlight Pins similar to the content that you’ve previously saved on the platform.
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