Q10 Revisited
November 7, 2008
Back in June I wrote about a piece of software called Q10. It’s a text editor - a ‘dumbed down’ version of a word processor, if you like.
I have no idea why they call it Q10, but I’ve had several months to try the application now and I can tell you that it’s very liberating.
It’s actually almost a relic, certainly in the way it looks. If you’re old enough to remember interfaces like the Q10 one then you’re at least as old as me.
For anyone brought up on modern computers and software interfaces it’s a real shock. If you’ve used Word and then look at this, you’ll wonder how it’s possible to do anything with it.
But here’s the thing. In real life use I would favor Q10 over Word for Read more
Fast Indexing
November 6, 2008
How Fast Can You Get Indexed?
I’ve been experimenting with a number of traffic generation techniques recently, but one thing that almost always helps is being indexed in the search engines.
Of course you might have an army of people willing to send traffic to your site, even if not a single page appears in the search engines, but for most of us there is a need to be indexed. Besides, organic search engine traffic is free - which is nice.
There are various theories about how to get indexed quickly, as well as weird and wonderful schemes that may or may not be white hat, black hat, or no hat at all.
One such technique is to Read more
