Geoff Jones

Google and links

Posted on March 20, 2008May 28, 2019

Started to look into my Google Webmaster tools for geoffjones.com.

I was amazed to see that the Google statistics show that I have 14,170 external links pointing to geoffjones.com mainly to the home page.

Upon drilling down I discovered that 8,649 of the links are from Doc Searls, which is incredible as I can only remember him mentioning me in a couple of posts, although I do appear in his sidebar and I have commented on several posts over the years. I can’t help thinking in the words of Private Eye shurely shome mishtake!

Google has also indexed ‘only’ 205 of the 884 links my sitemap has submitted.

Anyway, many thanks to all the other readers who have provided me with links especially, Philip, Ellee, Sally & Duncan.

Geoff’s Twitter Updates for 2008-03-18

Posted on March 18, 2008August 18, 2016

Great news just discovere Nick Mia & Isla are coming to stay betwixt 4 / 10 April 🙂 #
iPhone not fully recovered from its visit to the loo yesterday, Still refuses to respond to on/off switch 🙁 #
@gapingvoid search within the 944 753 twitterers we know! from http://www.twitdir.com/ #
Poor ping.fm doesn’t really get the social bit in social software! #
I am now Twittering using Ping.fm! #
Current signup code for ping is ‘pingme’ #
First message from ping.fm which should update twitter, facebook, jaiku, pounce & tumblr 🙂 #
@gapingvoid interesting take – follow me but don’t contact me – sounds a bit godlike #
Sent from my iPhoneFollow me at http://ping.fm/xH7XO #
re-registered geoffjones.com for another 10 years. wonder what internet will be like in 10years time, a lot of changes in my first 10years! #

Medieval view of Cambridge..

Posted on March 12, 2008August 16, 2008

Whilst at the planning office in the Guildhall today I couldn’t help but snap this view, about the only view in Cambridge not spoilt by modern developments. Ironically its the view the planners get on their way to work, if they use the stairs 🙂

Yes Minister in real life…

Posted on March 10, 2008August 18, 2016

What ever would Humphrey in Yes Minister make about Post Office closures:-

“One of the organisations opining extensively on this issue (Post Office Closures) is Post Watch. And the way they talk, you imagine they are an independent consumer champion, particularly since that’s the way they’re introduced on the media. But in reality they’re not independent in the slightest degree. They are yet another government quango, fully funded by taxpayers and reporting to, yes, the Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory Reform. The self-same department that is responsible for the Post Office. What a farce. And what a complete waste of £10m pa. “

Thanks to Wat Tyler for the above.

One of the things that I cannot help noticing when walking in France is that the local post office is often found in a combined bar, cafe, village shop & council meeting room for the local commune how much saner is that!