Rangers Disharmony Bollox

[The Godfather 71,874]

Just now, The Dude said:

Somebody must, there are stories C&P'd on here from the Record's website every day.

It's user interface is woeful.

For a national news organisation it really is baws, do they not have web designers?

[Lloyd 10,756]

Just now, The Dude said:

Other than the working knowledge of media law, the general requirement for degrees in English and/or Journalism and a few other hurdles...it's a piece of piss.

I do not believe for one second that Andy Muirhead or Bill Leckie have degrees in English.

[The Dude 20,026]

Just now, The Godfather said:

It's user interface is woeful.

For a national news organisation it really is baws, do they not have web designers?

It's shocking. It's the same right across all of Reach/Trinity Mirror's titles.

[The Godfather 71,874]

1 minute ago, Siwel said:

There’s no real need to because they rarely get anything correct when it comes to us, only time I read it is on here.

I only really look at daily mail sport pages, years ago used to read Record online and talking maybe 6-7 years back and it was streets ahead of what they have now.

I use this site for any news regarding us

[The Godfather 71,874]

Just now, The Dude said:

It's shocking. It's the same right across all of Reach/Trinity Mirror's titles.

I noticed the sun being just as bad.

All these were simple and effective years back but it seems now it's jam packed with pop ups, ads and they daft quizzes.

 

[The Dude 20,026]

Just now, Siwel said:

I do not believe for one second that Andy Muirhead or Bill Leckie have degrees in English.

Andy Muirhead isn't a journalist. Afaik, the only stuff he's ever done has been on his own websites.

[The Dude 20,026]

2 minutes ago, The Godfather said:

I only really look at daily mail sport pages, years ago used to read Record online and talking maybe 6-7 years back and it was streets ahead of what they have now.

I use this site for any news regarding us

For me, there's none of the papers have a website that is particularly useable. They all try to cram far too much into the page with recommended stories, paid links, video and ads.

[Davy Vandenbroucke 26,147]

33 minutes ago, Siwel said:

Do you get taught that in journalism school

As someone who is studying journalism at the moment, it is true that for online articles journos will try and put in as many keywords that boost the article's SEO, it's an inevitable part of online journalism due to the competition that exists.

[The Dude 20,026]

2 minutes ago, Bronzy said:

As someone who is studying journalism at the moment, it is true that for online articles journos will try and put in as many keywords that boost the article's SEO, it's an inevitable part of online journalism due to the competition that exists.

Which is also the reason why a story about, say Kyle Lafferty will say ex-Rangers star rather than Hearts star. 'ex-Rangers' puts it into a whole different stratosphere for seo.

[Lloyd 10,756]

2 minutes ago, Bronzy said:

As someone who is studying journalism at the moment, it is true that for online articles journos will try and put in as many keywords that boost the article's SEO, it's an inevitable part of online journalism due to the competition that exists.

Of course mate it’s basic stuff you put Rangers in the tags or the title and you get more clicks. Dunno what SEO is tbf

 

[The Dude 20,026]

8 minutes ago, Siwel said:

Of course mate it’s basic stuff you put Rangers in the tags or the title and you get more clicks. Dunno what SEO is tbf

 

Search Engine Optimisation. Basically writing a story and headline in a way that it will tick all the boxes for google and propel up the page rankings. The one in the OP is keyword porn. Throw as many in (countries at the World Cup, World Cup itself, Rangers and Gerrard) and it will - ideally - appear as high up searches in for as many of those terms as possible.

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,418]

1 hour ago, Siwel said:

I do not believe for one second that Andy Muirhead or Bill Leckie have degrees in English.

 

You don't need a degree to be a journalist nowadays. Any semi literate buffoon can be one.

[The Dude 20,026]

1 minute ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

 

You don't need a degree to be a journalist nowadays. Any semi literate buffoon can be one.

Should tell the folk advertising the jobs that then because many of them that aren't freelance roles still require a degree.

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34 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Search Engine Optimisation. Basically writing a story and headline in a way that it will tick all the boxes for google and propel up the page rankings. The one in the OP is keyword porn. Throw as many in (countries at the World Cup, World Cup itself, Rangers and Gerrard) and it will - ideally - appear as high up searches in for as many of those terms as possible.

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[The Dude 20,026]

4 minutes ago, The Wire said:

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It's why tabloid newspapers sometimes print supermarket opening times at bank holidays on their website. If someone searches 'tesco opening time easter monday' and the paper has done their seo properly then they'll be higher in the results on search engines and it'll drive more traffic to their website which they can then use to monetise in a number of different ways. 

 

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9 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Should tell the folk advertising the jobs that then because many of them that aren't freelance roles still require a degree.

Many but not all, so my point still stands.

 

[The Dude 20,026]

1 minute ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

Many but not all, so my point still stands.

 

Most of the good ones. I'd wager that 95% of the ones mentioned on here regularly have a degree.

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4 minutes ago, The Dude said:

Most of the good ones. I'd wager that 95% of the ones mentioned on here regularly have a degree.

So you don't need a degree to become a journalist then. That would mean I am correct. No tangents, simply correct.

[The Dude 20,026]

1 minute ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

So you don't need a degree to become a journalist then. That would mean I am correct. No tangents, simply correct.

I don't have one so no, you don't need one. I'm very much in a minority in that regard from my experience. Certainly need to be more than a 'semi-literate buffoon' though.

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2 minutes ago, The Dude said:

I don't have one so no, you don't need one. I'm very much in a minority in that regard from my experience. Certainly need to be more than a 'semi-literate buffoon' though.

That's debatable. I could read through dying newspapers such as the Sun and Daily Record any day of the week and pick out grammatical and spelling errors. That's one of the many reasons I don't buy their newspapers.

[Smile 26,600]

45 minutes ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

 

You don't need a degree to be a journalist nowadays. Any semi literate buffoon can be one.

The Lass Haggerty tells us that.

[The Dude 20,026]

5 minutes ago, Drunk and disorderly. said:

That's debatable. I could read through dying newspapers such as the Sun and Daily Record any day of the week and pick out grammatical and spelling errors. That's one of the many reasons I don't buy their newspapers.

So small errors? Not people being semi-literate. I mean you used 'semi literate' when it should be 'semi-literate' which doesn't leave me filled with hope for how good a judge of someone's level of literacy you are. Everybody makes small spelling and grammatical errors - even those of us who are paid to do it for a living - and I'm sure professionals in all walks of life also make small, inconsequential mistakes in their jobs too. 

 

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,418]

So a journalist uses software with a grammar and spell checker, the editor proof reads it (an integral part of his job}) and errors still exist. So after two human and two computer checks there are still errors? Aye, very professional.

Can't say I find such errors in the broadsheets but I suppose the league you are in reflects the level of player you are.

 

 

[Drunk and disorderly. 14,418]

20 minutes ago, Smile said:

The Lass Haggerty tells us that.

Great example.

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20 minutes ago, Smile said:

Dp