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Google Maps Fail

Andy — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 10:59:02 +0000

A search for a place to rest my head near to Exeter Airport (I had an early flight to catch yesterday) led me to perhaps the closest airport hotel, ever! Situated between the two runways at Exeter, this was going to be ultra, or even über-convenient!

Alas, Google Maps had failed me, as a quick look at the postcode of said hotel, and indeed the image which showed no nearby buildings, quickly alerted my suspicions. The Trelawney Hotel is actually in Torquay:

Google Maps, well and truly, failed!

CRAP – Campaign for a Recognised April-fools Period

Andy — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:43:49 +0000

A bit of light humour in the lead up to April 1st. Malcolm Coles has launched CRAP to avoid some of those usual web-based issues we see on the dreaded April-fools’ Day.

As he puts it, those in the UK and Europe start seeing April-fools based jokes and posts, technically, a day earlier than we should, where as those in the US, once they feel safe after the midday cut off, are duped once more in the evening as those of us closer to Greenwich start pranking about!

CRAP – The Campaign for a Recognised April-fools Period calls for an internationally recognised, 24 hour period, spanning March 31st and April 1st.

SEO Dark Lord

Andy — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 09:07:11 +0000

In May 2008 I took the SEOmoz.org SEO quiz, and was happy with my 86% ranking of: SEO Master.

I stumbled back across the quiz a few weeks ago, and have been meaning to show off my latest result, so here it is:

SEO Dark Lord – 99%

Are you an SEO Expert?

Wimbledon Coverage 2009 – Search Engine Comparison

Andy — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:57:58 +0000

2009′s Wimbledon Championships at The All England Club are well underway and I quickly threw “wimbledon” into Google this afternoon to grab the latest scores. Yes, I am one of those people who uses Google as a navigation tool rather than a Search or “Discover” engine at times, and I knew that the single word query would take me straight to what I wanted!
The result Google threw back at me, was quite impressive, showing currently active/recently ended match scores for the Wimbledon Women’s Quarter Finals. Plain and simple (as is the norm with Google):

This led me to want to compare the Wimbledon results with other search engines. Where Google pulled it’s data from Wimbledon.org, Yahoo! – due to its relationship with Eurosport – pulled their data from the Eurosport page on Yahoo.com:

A bit more detail, lots of rich links down the right (not overly relevant if you ask me). Also note a few no followed, supplemental links on the Wikipedia entry… And then there’s the “Discover Engine” Bing:

Today, I discovered that for up to date information on a big event like Wimbledon, the old boys are doing it best!

Piglet Put Down

Andy — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:01:23 +0000

Piglet to be killed off from all future Winnie The Pooh publications!

Four Chords

Andy — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 14:32:19 +0000

Axis of Awesome perform a whole host of songs, mashed up, using only four chords.

The awareness test

Andy — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:46:58 +0000

Awareness test

Button injured in horrific F1 accident!

Andy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:44:27 +0000

Button injured in horrific F1 accident