Drupal gets an upgrade to 4.7.4 via the Bluehost Fantastico auto-installer. The Wiki gets converted to MediaWiki simply because it is a lot easier on the eye. This software requires PHP5 and I was originally on a server running PHP4. However I read that Bluehost does also support PHP5. I just asked politely and got moved to a different server. No fuss. No questions. Technical support just did it. Quickly and efficiently. ...
John Chow notes the vast majority of traffic to his blog from search engines comes from Google. I see a similar pattern for this humble blog with over 95% of search engine traffic arriving from Google despite the fact that the blog has been indexed by the major players. Although I use Firefox (where the default search engine is Google) and I hardly ever use any other search engine, I was surprised that the number of visitors from Yahoo was a paltry 2%. I also thought more people using Internet Explorer would get directed from MSN/Live as the breakdown of browsers visiting this blog is split evenly between Firefox and Internet Explorer. ...
Many thanks for your lovely, thought provoking email. Unfortunately, I am currently on annual leave (although I couldn’t resist the temptation to check my work email when the wife wasn’t looking tonight). I will reply to your email on my return on Monday 30 October. Well, actually I won’t. If it was sent to a mailing list, I will probably skip it but may dig it out from the archives in a few months when I am onsite desperately looking for a solution to the identical problem. ...
Something I didn’t watch: Longford Something I did listen to: The Smiths’ Troy Tate sessions
I am slowly trying to fully assimilate and comprehend these facts: Google is now worth more then IBM IBM invest a lot of resources in SecondLife while I am still resistant to IM. Manchester United placed posters of Liverpool’s past successes in the visitors section at Old Trafford. Rumour has it the pictures were only black and white but were still stolen after Liverpool’s recent 2-0 defeat.