Increasing blog traffic – search engine optimisation tips

A post about search engine optimisation and increasing blog hits or traffic to your web page.

Harvey’s internet suppression case: LATEST

Well as a result of a bit of looking around and investigating and some frantic work today, I managed to get to this.
This looks like a real implication of the August 25 order. But it’s a shame the whole service had to come down to fix because online news is my (and possibly your) favourite source.
News companies automating their web-bound issues will need [...]

Judge Harvey’s net blackout

Apparently bloggers are already challenging the internet suppression order laid down by Judge Harvey on Monday.
The raging beast that is the blogosphere is buzzing with debate over this decision to ban internet media from publishing the names of two men.
A large portion of news readers are online, and almost all of them know how to google. So if [...]

D.I.Y video conversion for free

Continuing on with my DIY theme, I’m focusing on video conversion – something every journalist is going to need in the future. By no means a comprehensive source, but should be enough. Stop me if you’ve heard this.
There are far too many video and audio formats which modern electronics spit out, and getting them into [...]

D.I.Y flash diffusion

Seeing as it’s photography week for us at Whitireia, I decided to research cheap and easy ways of improving photos when using a pop-up (built in) flash using a light diffuser.
The relevance to journalism? Getting nice looking shots in dark situations with less red-eye and better tonal quality. Oh, and it makes you look like [...]

Ian Thorpe vs. L’Equipe defamation case

Ian Thorpe has apparently decided to sue a French newspaper, L’Equipe, for defamation over an article which they published last year.
This goes nicely with the media law unit we are currently doing at school. I’d be interested to hear what all you journos think. Defamatory? Injurious falsehood? Is it reported accurately?