Introducing our solution to the cookie law. Download and use ‘Cookie Consent’

Cookie consent logoIf you’re a web developer in Europe you’ll likely have already heard about the Cookie Law, it’s been causing quite a stir and we’ve already blogged about it here, and we hated it so much that we started a petition against it at nocookielaw.com.

Much has been written about the Cookie Law, and many people have different opinions of how it should be implemented. But one thing that’s clear is that the ICO wants all websites to “obtain consent” before setting any cookies. This means creating some sort of mechanism to allow users to “opt-in” to set cookies on our websites.

Our solution

According to this article, the Cookie Law will cost the UK £10 billion for companies to comply with the law. Seems a bit steep, so we created a solution that we’re encouraging other companies to download and use for free. Read more

The stupid Cookie Law: we’ve had enough

Like many we’ve been astounded at the breathtaking stupidity of the new EU Cookie Law, which makes over 90% of UK websites illegal in exactly one month.

We also couldn’t believe that no-one would organise any protest against it. So we’ve just started one.

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Does image Alt text get used in Google’s rankings?

View source with alt text highlighted

One of the questions we’ve often been asked about SEO is this:

“Does the wording we put in image Alt text get used in Google’s rankings?”

The answer to this question seems to have changed over the years, where first it seemed to be a really popular place for web developers to sneak in a few additional SEO keywords into their page. Read more

What should we do about the cookie law? Time’s ticking away…

Cookie monster - c is for cookie

Remember the big kerfuffle about the Cookie Law at around about this time last year? I remember it being a big confusing mess. We created a video doing our best to explain the law which actually became very popular, I guess because it resonated with so many web developers and website owners.

So panic ensued. The panic mostly was because the ICO threatened to charge up to £500,000 for websites that don’t comply. Read more

Was exhibiting at SXSW worth it? Here are our numbers and lessons

As a small software startup we were excited to be exhibiting for the first time at SXSW Interactive 2012. But was it worth it? Here I’m going to detail our costs, sales and lessons from the big event. Read more