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Tuesday 23 June 2009, 12:42 PM
ZDNet UK upgrades - more speeds, more tweets
It may be summer, but we haven’t been lazing around on the beach. (It is an English summer, after all)
Instead, we’ve been working away behind the scenes on the site – part of a project that’ll be accelerating later in the year. For now, here are a couple of new and improved bits of ZDNet UK that you might enjoy.
First, we’ve spiffed up our Broadband Speed Test. That’s always been very popular, but after a few years sterling service it was showing its age. When we looked at it, we had a choice – we could throw the kitchen sink at it and add hundreds of tweaky meters, or we could simplify it and make it a one-click-that’s-it check of your speed.
And that’s what we’ve done. Just click on the button that says where you are and you’ll get your speed back in a trice. Do it as much as you like, when you like – perfect if you suspect your ISP of easing back on the throttle.
Second, we’re going to town on Twitter. You can follow one or all of our site Twitter feeds – news, reviews, blogs and the site as a whole, and you can follow our personal feeds too if you like – just don’t forget, what we say there is not ZDNet UK speaking, it’s human beings. Beware.
You can join in too. If you’ve got a blog on ZDNet UK, then you’ve automatically got an RSS feed for it. And if you point that feed at an RSS to Twitter service – we recommend Twitterfeed, but there are plenty of alternatives – then what you post on your blog will automatically appear in Twitter.
Can’t say fairer than that. You’ll also get all the other advantages of blogging on ZDNet, where we read your stuff and promote the good bits on our community page; you’re part of a unique, global network of IT content – and a community unmatched on the Web. It’s one of the best ways to get a name for yourself (apart from reality TV. But even The Apprentice doesn’t auto-twitter your blog posts, and Britain’s Got Talent gets very few hits for virtualisation).
Stick with us, as the young people say on Twitter, for the win.
Rupert
Your ZDNet UK Staff Personal Twitter List:
Karen Friar, community and news editor
David Meyer, senior reporter
Tom Espiner, reporter
Charles McLellan, reviews editor
Toby Wolpe, senior editor
Rupert Goodwins, editor
Instead, we’ve been working away behind the scenes on the site – part of a project that’ll be accelerating later in the year. For now, here are a couple of new and improved bits of ZDNet UK that you might enjoy.
First, we’ve spiffed up our Broadband Speed Test. That’s always been very popular, but after a few years sterling service it was showing its age. When we looked at it, we had a choice – we could throw the kitchen sink at it and add hundreds of tweaky meters, or we could simplify it and make it a one-click-that’s-it check of your speed.
And that’s what we’ve done. Just click on the button that says where you are and you’ll get your speed back in a trice. Do it as much as you like, when you like – perfect if you suspect your ISP of easing back on the throttle.
Second, we’re going to town on Twitter. You can follow one or all of our site Twitter feeds – news, reviews, blogs and the site as a whole, and you can follow our personal feeds too if you like – just don’t forget, what we say there is not ZDNet UK speaking, it’s human beings. Beware.
You can join in too. If you’ve got a blog on ZDNet UK, then you’ve automatically got an RSS feed for it. And if you point that feed at an RSS to Twitter service – we recommend Twitterfeed, but there are plenty of alternatives – then what you post on your blog will automatically appear in Twitter.
Can’t say fairer than that. You’ll also get all the other advantages of blogging on ZDNet, where we read your stuff and promote the good bits on our community page; you’re part of a unique, global network of IT content – and a community unmatched on the Web. It’s one of the best ways to get a name for yourself (apart from reality TV. But even The Apprentice doesn’t auto-twitter your blog posts, and Britain’s Got Talent gets very few hits for virtualisation).
Stick with us, as the young people say on Twitter, for the win.
Rupert
Your ZDNet UK Staff Personal Twitter List:
Karen Friar, community and news editor
David Meyer, senior reporter
Tom Espiner, reporter
Charles McLellan, reviews editor
Toby Wolpe, senior editor
Rupert Goodwins, editor
