These are some of my views on this digital marketing malarkey ... there's more on: AlanCharlesworth.com

Over the years – as you can see – I’ve added to this blog only sporadically. I decided to leave all the old posts ‘live’ as I think they can still be useful in helping folk understand digital marketing. Enjoy 😊

Friday, January 30, 2026

find your own way

I'm in Nottingham regularly, and I've been to this place couple of times, but I've not walked around it. So, I thought a map would be good, preferably with some identified walks with distance included. Sadly, no such thing on the website. Not even a map.😕



Thursday, January 29, 2026

what you don't want to see on a web page ...

 

OK, maybe the page's contents are rather static - but really, over ten years? 

What is it telling visitors/readers? Could it be; 'don't trust anything you read here because it might have changed'?

Wednesday, January 28, 2026

truth or lie?

I just saw an ad on X which said: '

'We get your brand ranked #1 by ChatGPT and every leading AI'.

That would be a good trick seeing as there is no rank on GenAI. 

Naturally, I'm not going to publicise the organization by naming it here.


Sunday, January 25, 2026

sign up ... or you can't get in

This message - 'sign up for our newsletter' - covered the homepage of this TV guide, with no option to delete it or get round it.

Saturday, January 24, 2026

funny ...

Interesting take on GenZ's obsession with social media ... 'Sarah thought she'd met the perfect man'.

when the ad hides the page ...

 I landed on a web page - and got this advert taking up the whole screen ...

I could not scroll up, down or across. I could not get rid of the ad  - the 'delete' X is in the top corner but not big enough to be clicked. 

So I clicked on 'back' to the previous page without ever seeing the page under the ad - so all the work done to get the link on another site was completely wasted. Ho hum.