The world's most-read Scottish politics website

Wings Over Scotland


Under construction

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

NOTICE: We’ll be doing a bit of an internet flit this evening – any comments posted from 12 midnight to around 6am may find themselves going astray in the process. Everything should be better than normal by the morning. As you were.

15 to “Under construction”

  1. Boorach says:

    Aye, and we all know why folk do a moonlit flit!

    Reply
  2. scottish_skier says:

    Aye, Rev’s off tae Rio with all oor donations.

    Reply
  3. Robert Kerr says:

    More likely he is moving fast to avoid the Secret police !
     

    Reply
  4. Yesitis says:

    Rev, if you do decide to split with the bread, I hear Denmark`s lovely this time of year.
    Maybe you could say hello to Reporting Scotland`s Raymond Buchanan? I hear he is over there doing some Labour Party broadcasts or something? Anyways, just don`t buy any second hand cars from him, he`s a pure chancer so he is.
    🙂

    Reply
  5. Indion says:

    Bon voyage!
    And pity the poor sod being splitterred (vented spleen twittered) if it doesn’t go well!

    Reply
  6. Albert Herring says:

    Was going to chuck in another tenner…. better wait till tomorrow!

    Reply
  7. Richie says:

    Sorry this is OT but I noticed a lot of Absolutely fans on an earlier thread and thought they wouldn’t want to miss this 
     
    You can watch all episodes of Absolutely on Channel 4 od here 

    link to channel4.com

    Mr Don and Mr George

    link to channel4.com
     
    As you were.

    Reply
  8. Erchie says:

    Did you figure out what a database is yet?

    Reply
  9. Ally says:

    Everything should be better than normal by the morning. 
    I saw on the telly there was someting about an “election” – thought it was 18 months away yet? – hohum Everything should be better than normal by the morning. 

    Reply
  10. scottish_skier says:

    Incidentally, a search for ‘Scottish politics’ has WoS now just behind the guardian on google and ahead of the BBC…

    Also, a search for ‘Scottish independence’ yields YesScotland on the first page and ever closer to the top.

    In contrast, no sign of better together on the first couple of pages. In fact that lovely site ‘British unity’ crops up first.

    Maybe I should have searched for ‘Scottish separation’?

    Oh tried that and seems its not an effective keyword.

    Reply
  11. scottish_skier says: 
    28 February, 2013 at 10:37 pm

    Incidentally, a search for ‘Scottish politics’ has WoS now just behind the guardian on google and ahead of the BBC
     
    ??  Not for me.
     
    link to google.co.uk

    Reply
  12. K Mackay says:

    I’m not getting the same results as Scottish Skier either for either search, can’t see WoS anywhere on first few pages 🙁 but at least NNS is in first few results.
     
     Could this be because google is doing alot more to ‘personalize’ our search results based on things it thinks we like? Think I saw a TED Talk on that theme and that it was potentially quite a bad thing as it means when we search a subject we’re only exposed to what we already know and don’t see others points of view.
     
    Anyone with a knowledge of these things got any insight? If that is the case it could be quite a set back in terms of using the net to get to undecideds. Maybe I’m way off mark with this but does kind of concern me a bit.

    Reply
  13. Richie says:

    @K Mackay
    That’s what I thought. I think Google somehow builds up a knowledge of the sites and type of sites you look at and gives you search results based on that knowledge.
    I think you could maybe delete all your cookies or install a new browser and make the first search for one of Skier’s suggestions then it would give you a more random result.
    I installed the Opera browser, did a search for Scottish Politics and Wings came in 29th.
    I think the best thing for a site’s google ranking is to have lots of links from lots of other sites. I’m not sure how Facebook/Twitter work but blogs and news sites should be good.

    Reply
  14. kininvie says:

    Rev, I’m sure you’ll get round to it, but the link on your twitter profile currently takes me to ‘We own splendour’. It sounds suitably biblical, but not quite what I’m looking for! 🙂

    Reply
    • Rev. Stuart Campbell says:

      That’s because there was a snarl-up last night and the transfer has been postponed for a day. It’s actually a good sign – it means the domain move has propagated 🙂

      Reply


Comment - please read this page for comment rules. HTML tags like <i> and <b> are permitted. Use paragraph breaks in long comments. DO NOT SIGN YOUR COMMENTS, either with a name or a slogan. If your comment does not appear immediately, DO NOT REPOST IT. Ignore these rules and I WILL KILL YOU WITH HAMMERS.


  • About

    Wings Over Scotland is a thing that exists.

    Stats: 6,939 Posts, 1,245,960 Comments

  • Recent Posts

  • Archives

  • Categories

  • Tags

  • Recent Comments

    • Young Lochinvar on The Fast Track: “HMcH Isn’t that a bit past your bedtime to be posting? Has matron been late on her rounds switching things…Jul 1, 02:20
    • Cynicus on The Fast Track: “Tapadh leat, Fheargais.Jul 1, 00:07
    • Hatey McHateface on The Fast Track: “So Orwell nearly drowned in an Orwellian whirlpool? An image worthy of Dali himself.Jul 1, 00:01
    • Young Lochinvar on The Fast Track: “CC @ 6.22 Well hold on there Bald Eagle, have you been cut and pasting from AI again? That’s AI…Jun 30, 23:14
    • sarah on Off-topic: “Good advice for my Peter, TC. He’s quite good at pretending things haven’t happened, after a lifetime of mainly disappointing…Jun 30, 22:54
    • Tinto Chiel on Off-topic: “@Alurker: sorry, that should have been ghost swift moth. She’s bigger than the male, which is white.Jun 30, 22:19
    • Tinto Chiel on Off-topic: “All your points are very good ones, sarah. It’s a pity our ex-manager hadn’t thought of them while planning for…Jun 30, 22:16
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Fast Track: “Gaelic version again with formatting issue fixed (hopefully) – COIRE A’ BHREACAIN Sgrìobh Seòras Orwell 1984 air Eilean Diùra. Chunnaic…Jun 30, 22:13
    • Tinto Chiel on Off-topic: “Yes, noticeably fewer insects and attendant birds here too, although I had a female ghost white moth dozing on my…Jun 30, 22:08
    • Fearghas MacFhionnlaigh on The Fast Track: “COIRE A’ BHREACAIN Sgri?obh Seo?ras Orwell 1984 air Eilean Diu?ra. Chunnaic mi pi?os mu a dhe?idhinn air an tv o…Jun 30, 21:50
    • Mike on The Fast Track: “Listened to the interview of Rev on Scotcast. The thing that jumps out at me is nobody in the police…Jun 30, 20:41
    • Hatey McHateface on The Fast Track: “You’re gonna have to accept the truth sooner or later, Mark. The Scottish voters are under the control of MI5.…Jun 30, 19:49
    • Hatey McHateface on The Fast Track: “Superb quote, CC! But wait. Is it possible Orwell had been colonised? To be serious for a mo. I always…Jun 30, 19:35
    • sam on The Fast Track: “???? Feedback and complaints Anyone can provide a comment or make a complaint about our service or work. We have…Jun 30, 19:32
    • Mark Beggan on The Fast Track: “The alternative to that theory is the Special Needs Party are an Organised Crime Organisation and that some of the…Jun 30, 19:03
    • Dan on The Fast Track: “@ CC Aye, but that was 1945 and things have moved on in many ways since then with us now…Jun 30, 18:54
    • Insider on The Fast Track: “Caveman @ 6.22 Well quoted! Relevant and correct! (unlike poor old Alf’s misquotes)Jun 30, 18:40
    • twathater on The Fast Track: “Well done Rev you got a lot of points across, Geissler is just like the rest of the PRESSTITUTES because…Jun 30, 18:25
    • Captain Caveman on The Fast Track: “Well, since you’ve added Orwell to your little list of authors endlessly misquoted and misappropriated, I thought you might enjoy…Jun 30, 18:22
    • twathater on The Fast Track: “Some of the reasons I believe the SCUM snp thought they were UNTOUCHABLE and above PROSECUTION is because 1/ they…Jun 30, 18:18
    • Alf Baird on The Fast Track: ““To get to the bottom of what’s really going on” Aye Hatey, postcolonial theory clearly helps a great deal to…Jun 30, 17:01
    • Confused on The Fast Track: “Listened to it, was alright. Scotcast is generally, not the worst thing on the bbc, depends who is on; some…Jun 30, 16:09
    • Bob W on The Fast Track: “Same. Requires registration and login.Jun 30, 15:46
    • Bob W on The Fast Track: “Same, asks me to login or register.Jun 30, 15:42
    • lothianlad on The Fast Track: “Murrell did indeed take one for the team. Whils focussing on the crimes he did comott , others were let…Jun 30, 15:15
    • Jas on The Fast Track: “Perhaps the reason certain people in the SNP took to crime was because they figured no-one would take much notice…Jun 30, 14:07
    • james on The Fast Track: “DavidT-Its not the crux of the matter. Your assumption that if the SNP spent the money raised soley for another…Jun 30, 13:37
    • Hatey McHateface on The Fast Track: “Nothing about the size of the cave, if it has underfloor heating, how many heat pumps, and if the multi-vehicle…Jun 30, 13:06
    • Alf Baird on The Fast Track: ““John Swinney … would tell you that he would live in a cave for independence” Aye Fearghas, here we have…Jun 30, 11:05
    • David Henry on The Fast Track: “Missing money followed by a list of people all who lied about the missing money while others tried to shut…Jun 30, 10:48
  • A tall tale



↑ Top