Comments on: In competition with… http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/ Radio, broadcasting, websites, and beer. Possibly. Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:23:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: William T http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32460 William T Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:36:06 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32460 Isn't there some Ofcom rule about this? In the same way that TV programmes may only promote websites with the domain name of the broadcaster (bbc.co.uk/sportrelief, for instance.) Isn’t there some Ofcom rule about this? In the same way that TV programmes may only promote websites with the domain name of the broadcaster (bbc.co.uk/sportrelief, for instance.)

]]> By: James Hatts http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32459 James Hatts Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:01:43 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32459 Also - it's worth noting that www.lbc.co.uk/steveallen redirects to his section of the LBC site which has all the same info that's on steveallenshow.com and more. Also - it’s worth noting that www.lbc.co.uk/steveallen redirects to his section of the LBC site which has all the same info that’s on steveallenshow.com and more.

]]> By: Adrian http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32458 Adrian Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:01:06 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32458 That's a 1997 website if ever I saw one. If I were LBC's management I would be deeply embarrassed by that. That’s a 1997 website if ever I saw one. If I were LBC’s management I would be deeply embarrassed by that.

]]> By: James Hatts http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32457 James Hatts Sun, 16 Mar 2008 12:59:36 +0000 http://james.cridland.net/blog/2008/03/16/in-competition-with/#comment-32457 The LBC website itself is very poor by today's standards - the URLs are not human- or search engine-friendly, and the title tag of every page is the same. As for the banner of the Steve Allen site with the two LBC logos - that's the footer image from a previous version of LBC.co.uk SteveAllenShow.com does actually contain a couple of links to LBC.co.uk but they are not at all prominent (or even obviously clickable) The LBC website itself is very poor by today’s standards - the URLs are not human- or search engine-friendly, and the title tag of every page is the same.

As for the banner of the Steve Allen site with the two LBC logos - that’s the footer image from a previous version of LBC.co.uk

SteveAllenShow.com does actually contain a couple of links to LBC.co.uk but they are not at all prominent (or even obviously clickable)

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