links for 2008-04-10

"The firm said it had dropped the posters as soon as complaints were received and that the advertisements were only placed in adult male life-style magazines and specialist publications". So that makes pics of graphic violence against women alright then?

"At the risk of looking like I'm executing a defensive smackdown manoeuvre I thought I'd use this as an opportunity to explain a tiny bit about the complexities of our CMS and search, and why I don't think we'll score as well as you might hope".

"We can see that the majority of links are nothing remarkable aside from 5 that are from highly trusted pages on the BBC site. This goes to show that building 5 good links can be just as worthwhile as building hundreds of thousands of low quality ones".

"The world’s first use of the law to tackle eating disorders is broadly aimed at the media and fashion world, but especially at the websites and blogs of the so-called pro-ana movement".

"Children as young as 10 may be posing as predatory paedophiles sites to frighten boys and girls they have fallen out with, police revealed. Officers have warned parents and children to be vigilant after youngsters were targeted through Bebo and MSN".

"It seems like everyone is on Twitter these days, but are you following everyone you should? With so many users, it can be hard to find the right people to follow."

"Should journalists blog? I'm sure I've covered this before but a recent interview about teaching blogging to journalists spurred an interesting response from an editor who hated the idea but happened to be a pretty decent blogger himself".

"While placing valuable content above the fold is a best practice, most users will be exposed to content halfway down the page. And users who are motivated to scroll farther are often more qualified users". [via Martin Stabe]

"A team in Ofcom is looking into the future of Public Service Broadcasting in the UK. We want to engage more people in this debate. Hence this blog".