While checking out the TrainSEM website, which runs aMember software, I got a PHP error instead of the usual page:

Fatal error: Out of memory (allocated 28311552) (tried to allocate 40961 bytes) in /home/trainsem/public_html/amember/library/Am/abc.php on line 343 [click to continue…]

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For nearly a week I could not get anything out of the Twitter website, i.e. http://twitter.com. I tried to click the links of people who were following me, but without fail, Twitter kept responding, “Sorry, that page doesn’t exist!”. It didn’t matter if I tried the handles of some famous people — they all did not exist. An appeal to @twitter fell on deaf ears: [click to continue…]

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Earlier today, Yellow (Pages) New Zealand tweeted:

Have you checked out the new http://www.yellow.co.nz website? More relevant search results, a fancy new design & improved page load speed!

I confess to not keeping up with the Yellow Pages scene since leaving Sensis some 18 months ago. I had mentioned Yellow NZ a couple of times here and used to know some people there. I check all my Twitter unfollowers and noticed @yellownz had dumped me (probably because I wasn’t following them).

Something about @yellownz’s Twitter timeline caught my eye:

Yellow NZ's Twitter streamIt seems that the Twitter account had been silent since 20 June and wasn’t particularly active before then. [click to continue…]

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Unlike the majority of LinkedIn users, I pay for my account and I advertise there (as do my clients), so I have a lower tolerance to lax quality control within LinkedIn.

Fake Accounts

I used to belong to some SEO discussion groups (inside LinkedIn) when I noticed that Halle Berry was a participant, except that this was a blonde with the most implausible profile and a strong interest in SEO and techy topics (based on her group activity). I complained to LinkedIn customer service and they replied saying that they didn’t see anything amiss. This Halle is still an active account. [click to continue…]

Creating a Google-proof persona

August 14, 2011

A persona is a fictitious person that has certain defined attributes. In product marketing, we create personas for major groups of users who will use the product. For example, a word processor’s set of personas might include a high school student, a university student, a generic office worker, a specialist author, a manager, and so [...]

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Only public profiles allowed on Google+

July 7, 2011

Some months ago, Google announced that there would be no more private profiles in Google. It was around the time when rumours of Google+ started leaking out in the form of Circles. Here is the wording (emphasis mine):

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When Big Brands Break — Singapore Airlines

June 19, 2011

I work mostly with large corporate websites and know that they are managed by numerous people, all with varying degrees of knowledge and care about the big picture. Hence they break all the time. I usually choose Singapore Airlines (SQ) when travelling to Asia. Being a former frequent flyer, I don’t visit Flyertalk.com much these [...]

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When big brands break – BMW Australia

June 18, 2011

An ad for the BMW X1 caught my eye and I clicked through to BMW Australia — actually its ad landing page. The price might sound high for the US or UK, but is what we have learnt to accept as “low” in Australia for this brand. So how would you explore this site? Do [...]

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Is Foursquare coming or going?

June 10, 2011

I saw a retweet of this tweet by @codelust: I don’t want to focus on the Indian tweeter, who later tweeted that he quit Facebook in 2010, but it got me thinking again about Foursquare. A few people I know who are active on Twitter and FB don’t bother with Foursquare.

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Your YouTube video speed history

June 10, 2011

Did you know that you could check your YouTube video speed history, comparing your ISP with other states, country and the world? In the graph below, my ISP NetSpace (now part of iiNet) is the yellow line that’s going south.

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LinkedIn Connection Timeline

May 28, 2011

LinkedIn Labs has released a tool called LinkedIn Connection Timeline that enables us to view our connections over a time period.

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Search visibility of Singapore banks in 2011

May 27, 2011

In the last two years I wrote about online directories and real estate websites in the US. For a change I decided to look at Asian sites. So, I have just published a report on the Search Visibility of Singapore Banks in 2011 and it is available for download without needing to supply your email [...]

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