Concentration: minimal
April 25th 2007 04:58
Sometimes I read about stuff on the Net and wonder if I’m speaking the same language as everyone else. Another blogger alerted me to an article by Matt Cutts from Google, and a follow-up by Graywolf, from a blog called seoclass.com.
By the time I’d read through Matt’s article on hidden links, and what Google was thinking about doing in regard to them, and the comments that followed, and then Graywolf’s even more involved article - and the even more involved comments that followed – and then the later piece on jimimorrisonshead.com,(along with more comments) I was quite confused. Sure I get the general picture, but people keep using language in ways I just don’t always understand, and it’s not just technical language either.
I don’t enjoy reading stuff on the computer at the best of times, particularly stuff that’s involved and technical. It maybe that I’m an anti-geek, but it’s probably more than my mind starts to slide over these sorts of things after a very short time. My concentration span when it comes to reading on the computer compared to reading a book or an article is very short.
I’ve been accused in the past of being a skimmer: someone who skims the text rather than taking it in carefully. I admit to this. With the enormous amount of information that’s available to me every day on the Net – as well as in books, newspapers, magazines and so forth – I have to skim just to keep up with things.
Anyway, I’m not everybody, and there are thousands of people out there who will understand entirely what the argument is all about. Take a look at the links I’ve provided and check it out.
By the time I’d read through Matt’s article on hidden links, and what Google was thinking about doing in regard to them, and the comments that followed, and then Graywolf’s even more involved article - and the even more involved comments that followed – and then the later piece on jimimorrisonshead.com,(along with more comments) I was quite confused. Sure I get the general picture, but people keep using language in ways I just don’t always understand, and it’s not just technical language either.
I don’t enjoy reading stuff on the computer at the best of times, particularly stuff that’s involved and technical. It maybe that I’m an anti-geek, but it’s probably more than my mind starts to slide over these sorts of things after a very short time. My concentration span when it comes to reading on the computer compared to reading a book or an article is very short.
I’ve been accused in the past of being a skimmer: someone who skims the text rather than taking it in carefully. I admit to this. With the enormous amount of information that’s available to me every day on the Net – as well as in books, newspapers, magazines and so forth – I have to skim just to keep up with things.
Anyway, I’m not everybody, and there are thousands of people out there who will understand entirely what the argument is all about. Take a look at the links I’ve provided and check it out.
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