WSC 2011 on Planet Earth

"I can confirm that Earth is current favourite as a site for the 2011 WSC. I am unable to confirm any further details at this stage, and it is not 100% certain, as budgets and venue availability still need to be agreed. I'll let you know as soon as I can, but it will be 2 weeks minimum."

How much longer are we going to wait?

Google treats and tricks

Timely with the 144th post on this blog the world's most popular search engine has given me a present.

When you search searched for my first and last name (no quotation marks) the 1st result on the list is was my own blog.

Congratulations to me :)

I don't know a thing about website positioning techniques and yet I've made the impossible - I have promoted my own name to the top of the list. I wonder for how long - probably until next WSC when all the Mattel hype starts again.

Strangely enough the search for my first and last name written with quotation marks returns my blog "only" at position 10... :)

And now to the weirdest thing of all - after I have published this post the search which previously returned my blog as number 1 now returns my blog only at number 7.

It must be that Google thinks I'm trying to cheat it by using the keywords "Google" and "website positioning".

C'mon Google, Don't be evil.

waiting for Godot

still no news... still no news... C'MON PHIL!

Meanwhile I have finished reviewing the sevens and eights with probability 1-5000. This means I'm back my to my word knowledge level from before the Polish Qualifications for the last WSC in June 2009.

It's not necessarily a highlight but I'm happy about it anyway.

It's better to stay in one place then to move backwards ;)