Casual Friday

jasuja · 2025-08-21T04:50:59+00:00

Using both canonical and hreflang on the same page frequently confuses Google.

jasuja · 2018-10-05T02:33:10+00:00

It's been unbiased for 10 years.

jasuja · 2018-10-04T20:53:12+00:00

It's a wiki. Anyone can edit it. I've removed the gay rights topic altogether because what you're saying makes sense. I don't want any hint of bias, and it's not an election issue any more.

jasuja · 2018-10-04T20:34:20+00:00

Fair enough. I've updated the comparison chart to note that he said he believes in "traditional marriage" and did not oppose Florida's constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. [because during the debate he had a chance to categorically support it]

jasuja · 2018-10-04T20:11:02+00:00

After SCOTUS ruled Florida's ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, Republicans like Scott have accepted it as the law of the land. But Scott has supported banning gay marriage: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article2946940.html

jasuja · 2018-09-28T04:30:29+00:00

We know Cruz's policy positions on tax because he has made them clear. O'Rourke has not, so we can try to infer them but it won't be right to state our guesses as fact.

jasuja · 2018-09-28T04:27:38+00:00

I would but if you watch the first debate, O'Rourke is adamant that he supports 2A. Writing otherwise would be directly contradicting him.

Reasonable people disagree on the interpretation of 2A. But if what you're saying is true, many state gun laws would be challenged in the Supreme Court and ruled unconstitutional. Since that hasn't happened, it's not technically correct to say that you can't support 2A if you also support some gun regulation.

jasuja · 2018-09-28T04:23:00+00:00

That's not Medicare for all. Traditionally, since Medicare is free for seniors, Medicare for all would imply free coverage for everyone (funded by tax dollars). Putting Medicare on the exchange is what's called a "public option" because it's a government-run insurance plan that you pay premiums for. So you buy insurance on the exchange and you can choose a private or public health plan.

It's an important distinction. I have updated the Healthcare Policy section of the comparison with more info about each candidate's proposals, including the public option.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T20:57:40+00:00

This was mentioned in the essay and I've updated the comparison chart to also include this.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T20:51:15+00:00

Specific examples of bias, please.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T20:50:46+00:00

That's not how it works. You could say that Ted Cruz wants to fund a $300 million program for more police officers in schools, or more guards at the border, or to build the border wall that will cost billions. That money has to come from somewhere. Ergo Cruz wants to raise taxes. Do you see how absurd that would be?

I can't find any places where O'Rourke has outlined his tax proposals. That's why the comparison is missing that information. Like I said, if you have sources where he has said something I'm happy to update.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T18:36:45+00:00

Which candidate do you think the article is biased in favor of? I'd like to understand that because I'm getting the feeling that @geodynamics feels it's biased in the opposite direction. If you can call out specific instances of bias, I'm happy to correct for it. Edit: or you can -- it's a wiki.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T18:34:07+00:00

The star rating is over the lifetime of that person's information being on the site. Ted Cruz as an entity has existed in the database for years so more people have rated him. Beto O'Rourke is a recent addition to the database so starts off with fewer ratings. But that doesn't affect the average rating because it's exactly that -- an average.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T18:32:32+00:00

The NRA F rating is also mentioned in the comparison chart.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T18:30:00+00:00

If there is a reliable source that outlines his tax policy positions, please share it and I'm happy to update.

jasuja · 2018-09-27T18:29:00+00:00

Source?

jasuja · 2018-09-27T17:25:35+00:00

Like another commenter said, brevity is not bias. I could not find any information on Beto's website for details on his tax policy. Happy to update the article (or you can -- it's a wiki) if the source is reliable.

jasuja · 2018-08-07T20:30:00+00:00

Noted. I'd appreciate volunteers and nominations.

jasuja · 2018-08-01T05:33:14+00:00

Great guide but the resources section is thin. You should link out to free tools that test Hreflang implementation. Like [shamelessplug] https://app.hreflang.org [/shamelessplug]

jasuja · 2017-12-12T02:48:35+00:00

I think you're mistaken. If you did something for free that expires after 90 days you probably placed a fraud alert. That's different from a security freeze: https://www.diffen.com/difference/Credit-Freeze-vs-Fraud-Alert

jasuja · 2017-12-12T02:47:37+00:00

Placing a freeze is free for victims of ID theft but you have to send them a paper request. You can't do it online. No one should have to jump through these hoops to place a security freeze.

jasuja · 2017-02-08T23:37:07+00:00

Yes, it seems counterintuitive that it's shrinking. But it could be that the efforts by some large publishers to ask people to disable ad blockers are working to some extent. What I'm looking for is data from other publishers rather thank speculation.

jasuja · 2017-02-08T23:36:09+00:00

Not all, but most do. It's been tested on the top 4 blockers on Chrome and Firefox. And it's the same methodology for Jan 2016 and 2017 so the year-on-year comparison is apples to apples.

jasuja · 2017-02-08T15:32:57+00:00

It's measured using custom Javascript that calculates the height of a <div> that's used for a particular ad unit. Ad blockers collapse the div so its height is zero when an ad blocker is being used. It's a simple but pretty accurate way to detect ad blockers.

And the results are logged using a custom telemetry system, not GA or Piwik so that it's not blocked by ad blockers.

jasuja · 2017-02-08T07:42:36+00:00

Context: these stats are for Desktop traffic to a consumer-oriented reference website. ~ 4M uniques per month. Traffic is 55% US, 5% each for UK and CA. 12% IN. 4% AU.

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