Webologist is simply a study of the Internet. With a wide range of topics, from news on the leading Internet companies, the effect of the global economic downturn on web business, information on web design and website administration, fun stories from around the web, advice on search engine optimisation, software and new technologies. This site is a blog, but published in the style of web magazine.
Webologist, The Author
Webologist is relatively new to the internet business. He started playing about with Websites as a hobby in 2006. He is from a non-IT background – Geography BSc and over 10 years experience in the banking and asset management industry.
In 2006 he decided to look into web design, and started building websites for himself. In doing so, he was forced to learn about Apache web servers, web marketing and search engine optimisation, database management, as well as CSS/HTML web design. He admits that he still so much to learn, and is really just a novice in this industry. Webologist is mostly a blog about learning the way of the web, and becoming a Webologist.
In addition to learning the art of the web, Webologist also masquerades as a burger chef, when the weather is good, and shares his favourite burger recipes as the Burgermeister.
Update: The collapse came. Now a full time web entrecôte. Commute is shorter, but no staff canteen.
PS. my real name is +Jon Wade and you can find me on Google+.
Well, the banking sector has collapsed, at least for me. I am finally out, my last day working in banking was yesterday. Friday 24th July, 2009. The future is bright, the future is the Internet!
Cannot believe it will soon be 3 months. What have I achieved? Hmmmm. Need milestones!
OK, now 9 months….. um….. well done me!
Suddenly running a blog does not seem so much fun after all.
It has been almost 2 years since I left the City for a new life. It has been a roller coaster ride though. Overall things are going OK. Just about. A major mishap in October 2010 saw my main site go tits up, but I managed to fix that (some dodgy 302 redirects got me in trouble with Google, I missed the memo about not using 302!).
April 2011 saw the infamous Google Panda update come and give me a slap. Things are improving, lots of ups and downs.
Overal I am still making enough to pay the mortgage and put food on the table. Just hoping for a warm winter.
Almost 2 years now. Google has been kind, it’s Panda has been somewhat annoying, but overall things are OK.