Nibbler Leaderboards & the new Multi-badges!

Posted on November 17, 2011 by David Ball

Nibbler leaderboards
You probably already know that our free website testing tool Nibbler has a Leaderboards page that lists the top scoring users and the top scored websites. Users receive scores by claiming websites in Nibbler as their own, which adds those sites to their profile. All of the website’s badges get added to their own profile, and add to the user’s score. Continue reading →

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Whatever happened to…?

Posted on November 3, 2011 by David Ball

Nerds in the office looking for something

Back in the late 1990s when I (and probably many of you) were first getting into the internet, it was a very different place. Some things have changed, some things have remained the same, but many things have been left behind (and rightly so!). Here’s a list of things we’ve abandoned and lost to history… Continue reading →

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How intrusive are your cookies?

Posted on October 27, 2011 by David Ball

Cookies

The new EU law on cookies specifies that websites ask consent before they set a cookie on a user’s machine. The ICO guidelines state that you can still set a cookie if it’s absolutely essential, and give an example of a user on an shopping website clicking to add a product to the basket. Apparently this is fine, but they warn against using the more ‘intrusive’ cookies. Continue reading →

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Does SEO kill great writing?

Posted on October 20, 2011 by Lucy Temple

Woman writing at a laptop

For most copywriters these days, an understanding of Search Engine Optimisation is fundamental.

Content continues to be king, providing keyword rich copy for search engines to spider and index, as well as drawing visitors to your site to consume and share your information (if you do it well.)

And therein lies the problem. I often wrestle with this dilemma: am I writing for the man or the machine? The human visitor to the website or the search engine? Continue reading →

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New Nibbler is launched!

Posted on October 13, 2011 by David Ball

Nibbler launchedToday we’ve launched the new version of Nibbler!
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Nibbler is our popular free tool for testing websites. And as of today, it’s now a tool for showcasing and sharing the work of web developers, designers and content creators too.

After months of work and help from our lovely beta group, Nibbler’s now even better, and still free. Try out the new Nibbler now, or read on to find out why it’s so awesome. Continue reading →

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