Annoyed by websites

7 ways to annoy your website visitors

Andy Murray annoys me; there, I’ve said it. The current centre-court darling makes my blood boil. SMILE for heaven sake…you are doing what you supposedly enjoy…and you are quite good at it….! And SHAVE….! Or grow a proper beard, but leaving a bit of fluff on your face smacks of …

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Can you trust anyone online?

Trust. It is fundamental to your private and your business life. Stop trusting your spouse and your marriage is doomed. Stop trusting your colleagues and your work-life is doomed. Stop trusting what you read online and…..? New research from the USA shows us that trust is in short supply these …

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When is a blog post not a blog post? When it is something else..!

So, the other day I quizzed you; what did I intend to write based on this psychological research? Well, thanks for the comments, the Tweets and the emails – much appreciated. But no-one got the point – because there wasn’t one…! Ha ha, LOL, fooled you..! [swfobj src=”http://www.grahamjones.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/pencil_questionmark.swf” align=”right”]The research …

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Surprise…! This is not a blog post…..!

Here’s what I want you to do – work out what I would have written about today, based on this research summary. Over to you…! Comments invited….! Tomorrow I’ll provide the answer – unless you get there before me….!

We need to meet face to face

Face to face is essential for online people

American Congressman, Anthony Weiner is probably regretting he ever sent a former porn star a photo of his private parts via his mobile phone; he has had to resign from his position of power. But he is not the first person to be involved in a “sexting” scandal – sending …

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Amy Winehouse

Be nasty to your website visitors

Poor Amy Winehouse eh? Fancy being an international star and being booed off stage. How rude. Or you might think it is rude to ask people to pay you and then turn up to entertain them, apparently drunk. Either way, what is clear is that the audience at the Belgrade …

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Some people may regret what they post on Facebook

Are Facebook users stupid?

Joanne Fraill, a hitherto unknown mother of three from Manchester, is going down in history as the first ever person to face criminal prosecution for the inappropriate use of the Internet during a Crown Court trial. If you haven’t caught up with the news, Ms Fraill used Facebook to contact …

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Do you make website guesses

Your website could be harmed by assumption

Oh what a to-do..! Peter Smedley died last night on British TV; it was the first ever broadcast of a suicide on our TV screens and it has caused a furore this morning. The BBC is facing harsh criticism and the programme’s public face, author Terry Pratchett, is being rushed …

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HRH Prince Philip Duke of Edniburgh 90 Today: By Flickr user Steve Punter derivative work: Andibrunt via Wikimedia Commons

Prince Philip reminds us of the internet

Prince Philip, the Duke Of Edinburgh is 90 today – Happy Birthday old chap. In a much-publicised interview with the BBC’s Fiona Bruce he was brusque, pompous and downright rude. He won’t care I said that because, as he admitted in the interview he simply does not care what we …

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Is Ryan Giggs losing his hair?

Websites reveal more than you imagine

Ryan Giggs is back in the news…AGAIN…! He has he been accused of not being able to keep his trousers up, and it now transpires he has also spent £30,000 on trying to stop himself going bald (allegedly).  Another day, another Ryan Giggs revelation; it looks like it won’t be …

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Red on your website can speed actions

You WILL love this blog post

Nick Clegg has a problem; according to academic research his party could lose a significant number of seats in the next general election. But as soon as you think of the Liberal Democrats or their leader, what colour comes to mind? Yes, you’re thinking of yellow aren’t you? Gosh; I’m …

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Who is to blame for your website problems?

Who is to blame for your website problems?

Is it national “blame another country week”? I woke up this morning to the news that Google was blaming China for an issue with Gmail. The day before we had the Germans blaming the Spanish for an E.coli food poisoning outbreak. And, following the allegations that the UK Border Agency …

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Cheryl Cole Sacked

How to find out if your website truly engages

Aah..let’s here the sympathy for poor Cheryl Cole…cruelly “sacked” from the American version of The X-Factor – apparently for her Geordie accent. It seems that in the pilot programmes no-one could understand her. But as the talk-radio presenter LaDona Harvey said on TalkSport yesterday, the chances of people from Newcastle …

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