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“Mine was spawned from my wife (perhaps you are able to find out why!)”

Oh dear...

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You cant say nice things like that about your wife, just makes the rest of us look bad...
Need some Javascript help 8th August 2012 12:57 PM
“Doesn't look like it, how about this? ”

Hmmm, seem to have created one of those search loops!



“I know a couple of coders that could probably help. Search for Web Tailor Group and speak to Sean.”

Sounds like Sean is your man
Missing Google wrench tool in Chrome 7th August 2012 4:37 PM
Hiya Linda

A little confused, as I didn't know you could hide the Google wrench icon?

It sounds like you either have an old version of chrome (I think it used to be a settings button pre wrench) or its bust!

Have you tried downloading the latest version?
https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

Reference the Google Pagerank button, this is much easier. Believe it or not Google don't seem to have one themselves, so there are a host of 3rd party extensions (plugins) that have been written for chrome.

Dreamraven suggested one, the combined Alexa/PR tool, or here is the one I use: PageRank Status

If you click the link, you can then add it into your chrome.
What Are You Listening To Now? 7th August 2012 4:09 PM
“Currently listing to InMe, Digital Summer and old Nu Metal from the late 90s. Really need some new music.”

To me that is new music, I've still got one leg in the 80's
is I.T. the curse of big business... 7th August 2012 4:04 PM
“Do you remember a few years back when the BT servers went down with no back up and effectively wiped out the internet for a whole day?”

I don't remember that? Must have missed that one.

My favourite one is when Google UK went off the air for half a day a couple of years ago, which took out just about every site with adsense or analytics code
“There are some great ITs out there doing splendid work with firewalls and other security measures..”

There are also a lot of complete muppets out there as well who shouldn't be allowed any where near a router, firewall or server

I remember seeing ethical hackers when I was in corporate land. They were easy to spot, long unwashed hair, shorts, sandals and flash cars
“...but we really just winged it.”

You can't beat a bit of honesty
Music License Scare Mongering? 7th August 2012 3:47 PM
We ran a thread on this sometime ago:
Many Business Owners are unaware, they need a license for playing music

I think it's a joke, with parasites sorry people preying on businesses and scaremongering as you say with threats to pay up.

Personally I put having a license for the radio (which we obviously haven't got) in the same category as PAT testing for the kettle
Adsense drops Hosted Domains 7th August 2012 3:41 PM
Olympics 6th August 2012 1:48 PM
Well I've got to be honest, Olympic fever has definitely got the Richardson household..

After genuinely feeling nervous at the prospect of a world wide humiliation during the opening ceremony, I was blown away with it

Then after a slow start, what a difference a few days makes! I can't believe how well Team GB is doing. The Olympic park looks fantastic on the telly, and I look at it and forget it's actually being hosted in the UK

After years of ongoing financial doom, and a record wash out summer, it's nice to see most people buoyant and optimistic about their country for a change

I've no doubt most of the londoners who are directly impacted will disagree, but even Barney must be smiling at the medals table?

Be interesting to know though from any of our London bods, is travel around the city as bad as expected, or is it being managed ok? Are you guys still dong business or are you all in lock down mode?
Structured Data Dashboard added 6th August 2012 1:30 PM
Have the webmaster team got a new member keen to make their mark??

Yet more functionality unveiled

For anyone that uses it (which should be everyone!), you can now track how many of your pages that use structured data are in Googles index. eg, pages with reviews on, microformats, schema.org etc.

To see it, visit the optimisation tab in webmaster tools, and you should now see a "structured data" option.

If you are having issues with your structured data, don't forget the good old rich snippets testing tool.

If you have no idea what I'm talking about, then here's the beginners guide:
Rich snippets (microdata, microformats, and RDFa) - Webmaster Tools Help