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.
Oh ... and I write all of these entries myself. There's no AI used on this blog.
Enjoy 😊
Monday, May 18, 2026
Sunday, May 17, 2026
where's that then?
This map - is it a map? - is the result in the search featured in the previous post. It's a town-centre shopping precinct which could be in just about any town or city in the UK. Ho hum.
there's no such place
Sunderland is in the county of Tyne and Wear ... Durham is a city about 20 miles from Sunderland. No excuse. None.
not right write?
Saw this 'tip' from a source I normally value. But: it's for writing website content - so not thousands of words - so wouldn't it be quicker, and more effective, to just write it off the top of your head and not use ai?
Saturday, May 16, 2026
now you see it ...
... now you don't. A lack of testing, methinks [and poor design in the first place].

Friday, May 15, 2026
Thursday, May 14, 2026
nice sign
A few weeks ago I posted a story of a business where the opening hours were hard to find. Well, here's an example of good practice. This is from the google listing for a business, with the search being outside it's hours of business. Note that after you've set it up, Google does the work for you.
Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Monday, May 11, 2026
Ad spend well spent?
Five million impressions for an ad that seems to be for a podcast 🤔
Whatever it's about, why did the advertiser/X think I would be interested?
Sunday, May 10, 2026
Friday, May 8, 2026
Thursday, May 7, 2026
ai - a sensible review
Well worth 20 mins of your time. From the excellent Hannah Fry ... Why AI Agents are either the best or worst thing we’ve ever built.














