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Newest bizarre blog… Jun 27

…is Liberal Mafia. Somewhat bonkers (without being Bonkers) but in an amusing way.

Obviously as a loyal party employee I don’t endorse any irreverent content there may be about Liberal Democrats.

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Advertising in context Jun 11

One of the Liberal Democrat websites I work on is Corruption is a Crime. It focuses on the Al Yamamah arms deal between BAE Systems and Saudi Arabia, which has been hitting the headlines this week.

We run Google ads on the site to help raise funds for the party. These are contextual ads which analyse the page content and attempt to display appropriate adverts. For example, here’s an ad for travel to Saudi Arabia:

Saudi Arabia Google ad

Every now and again, though, the ads seem slightly unfortunate. I’m not sure that it’s the best site, perhaps, for BAE to be recruiting on:

BAE jobs Google ad

There are also some strange ones. This morning there was a big ad for vacuum cleaning – presumably in response to the headline “Ming Campbell calls on Attorney General to come clean over Al Yamamah”!

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Catch-up May 22

Bit of stream of consciousness listy catchup.

  • Enjoyed Eurovision. Went to a fun bash in Lewisham. Not too keen on the winning song but the outcomes were mostly fair despite the predictability (due to shared cultural backgrounds of different countries, natch) of some of the voting.
  • Busy busy busy last week. Helped Andrew set up running blog here. Sponsor him online.
  • Sprained my ankle. Grr.
  • On Thursday, I was shooting video at a LibDem reception for IDAHO day. You can see some of Stephen Williams’ remarks on YouTube here.
  • A day off on Friday – yay! Waited in for cable repair man. Had a slot somewhere between 8am and 1pm – he turned up after 2pm. Lucky I took the whole day off… Finally have cable again, but reckon the guy who came around a week earlier could have fixed it.
  • Followed the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill debate on BBC Parliament (Freeview) while I waited. A shameful Bill pushed through mostly by Labour MPs (including many on the payroll vote), although introduced by a Tory. New online campaign against it at: ourcampaign.org.uk/foi
  • With cable back, caught up on The Apprentice.
  • Also with cable back, and therefore broadband restored, got slightly addicted to online Scrabble. My username is whouk if you fancy a game.
  • Went to see Magicians and John Shuttleworth on Saturday, both of which I enjoyed although wasn’t bowled over by either. My brother texted to warn me not to see 28 Weeks Later.
  • Have been spending too much on eBay.
  • Followed a very nice birthday lunch on Sunday with more online scrabble, this week’s Doctor Who (fairly good) and gentle trip to Sam Smiths pub.
  • Sad about Cutty Sark. Contribute to the restoration here.
  • WordPress 2.2 is out. Will upgrade soon.
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Menky stat check (3) Apr 06

Gosh, blogging for three years.

As always on anniversary day, here’s some self-obsessed scores on the doors. I’m not one for harping on about my hit count or Google rank every five minutes (not least because there’s not much to shout about) but once a year seems acceptable. Previous two years’ figures are in brackets, last year’s first.

  • 2 (2, 2): number of servers this site has been hosted on
  • 2 (2, 2): number of blogging applications used
  • 873 (588, 226): total number of posts
  • 1,350 (774, 444): total number of comments
  • 1.55 (1.32, 1.96): average number of comments per post
  • 259 (192, 119): number of number plates spotted (playing since May 2004)
  • 70,993 (43,016, 6,322): total unique hits (counting since May 2004)

Top seven referring websites (excluding search engines):

Top nine referring blogs (expanded from five):

Top ten search terms:

  • 10 (6): independent
  • 9 (10): geek
  • 8 (7): island
  • 7 (3): guardian
  • 6 (-): stephens
  • 5 (-): toby
  • 4 (5): doctor
  • 3 (4): who
  • 2 (2): kakuro
  • 1 (1): sudoku
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