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2009 On More Than Scratch The Surface

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 06:54:37 +0000

Happy New Year to all! A year ago, after looking at my Google Analytics stats for the year, I wrote a post reviewing 2008. I figure I may as well do it again for 2009 and also take the opportunity to explain the direction of this site.

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Bye Bye DoFollow (The NoFollow Saga)

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:24:28 +0000

I implemented a DoFollow plugin back in August 2007 and it served me well for a couple of years, leading to an increase in traffic. However, in May 2009, the level of comment spam on this blog led to me disabling it. This is a consolidation of four posts covering that span.

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2008 On More Than Scratch The Surface

Stephen Cronin — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:12:29 +0000

Happy New Year to all! A new year, a new start, but before I start churning out new posts, I want to have a quick look at 2008 on More Than Scratch The Surface. I’m not normally given to writing review posts, but I was looking at my Google Analytics stats for 2008 and felt moved to write a review of 2008.

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Christmas Update – Greasemonkey, WordPress 2.7, Plugins And More!

Stephen Cronin — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:44:50 +0000

First let me wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I hope you all accept my best wishes, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas.

December has been a very busy month for me and I haven’t had much time for posting. I may not get another post out this year, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to update you on some of the projects I’m working on.

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Exciting New Look For More Than Scratch The Surface

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:00:29 +0000

This post marks an exciting new theme for More Than Scratch The Surface. Regular readers won’t recognise the site! I’ve extensively overhauled the theme and in this post I explain the changes, the choices I made and why I made them. … [visit site to read more]

The Curse Of The Blogger

Stephen Cronin — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 07:26:28 +0000

I recently left a comment on the blog of my friend Terence Chang, that I feel is worthy of further exploration. It discusses a common phenomenon that seems to be a danger to many bloggers and which I’ve come to call the curse of the blogger.

No, it’s not the syndrome of bloggers running out of steam at the six month mark and giving up, just before their blog starts moving. In fact, it’s the opposite: bloggers diversifing and trying to do too much.

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A Couple Of Productivity Tips For Microsoft Windows

Stephen Cronin — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 13:09:54 +0000

Okay, so this isn’t directly related to what I normally write about (WordPress, websites and web development), but if you use Microsoft Windows, these tips may increase your productivity, giving you more time for other things. For me, that’s more time for WordPress, websites and web development!

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BullGuard Resolves Customer Service Issue

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 13:09:40 +0000

In a recent post, I talked about poor customer service from BullGuard, the anti-virus software company. A relative of mine paid for their subscription to be renewed, but the money was lost and their protection was disabled.

I’m pleased to say that BullGuard have now resolved the situation satisfactorily and my relative is now happily using BullGuard once again. … [visit site to read more]

BullGuard – What A Load Of Bull!

Stephen Cronin — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:45:35 +0000

In my last post I wrote about comment spam. Today, I’m writing about BullGuard, the anti-virus / spam software. Unfortunately, I’m not writing about BullGuard because of their software – I’m writing about them because one of my relatives lost their money when he tried to renew his subscription. … [visit site to read more]

Borderline Spammers Beware – Use KeywordLuv!

Stephen Cronin — Thu, 29 May 2008 12:41:15 +0000

This is just a quick post to warn the borderline spammers that leave comments here: If you just leave keywords in the name field, I’ll remove the link! You must use the KeywordLuv syntax: yourname@your keywords. … [visit site to read more]