HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:58:53 GMT content-type: text/html content-length: 162 location: https://seandodson.wordpress.com/feed/ x-ac: 3.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=238.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Tue, 27 Jan 2026 03:58:53 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com vary: accept, content-type last-modified: Tue, 14 Oct 2025 21:32:23 GMT x-nc: HIT dca 30 content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 2.bom _dca BYPASS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=BYPASS;dur=231.0 https://seandodson.wordpress.com The online sketchbook of the writer and journalist Sean Dodson Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:36:19 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ https://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png https://seandodson.wordpress.com https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/30-years-of-balearic-beats-by-me/ https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/30-years-of-balearic-beats-by-me/#respond Fri, 23 Sep 2016 11:36:19 +0000 https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/30-years-of-balearic-beats-by-me/ final-balearicmed

]]> https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2016/09/23/30-years-of-balearic-beats-by-me/feed/ 0 seandodson final-balearicmed https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/top-10-content-providers-in-the-uk-according-to-alexa/ https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/top-10-content-providers-in-the-uk-according-to-alexa/#respond Thu, 02 Jul 2015 11:09:27 +0000 https://seandodson.wordpress.com/?p=5519 There’s a perception — often repeated — that “new” media is sweeping away “legacy” media online. But a quick perusal of the Alexa page rank system reveals that, on the contary, it is traditional media that has colonised the top spots. The following list was taken from Alexa this morning. I’ve stripped out all social media sites, supermarkets and anyone else that doesn’t generate its own content. Start-ups like Buzzfeed are yet to be seen in the top ten.

See for yourself here: Alexa Top Sites in United Kingdom

1. BBC

2. Wikipedia

3. Theladbible.com

4. Mail online

5. The Guardian

6. The Torygraph

7. Imdb.com

8. Gov.uk

9. Sky.com

10. Pornhub.com

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]]> https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/this-is-rather-good-https-www-youtube-com/feed/ 0 seandodson https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/i-think-our-job-really-is-about-teaching/ https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/i-think-our-job-really-is-about-teaching/#respond Fri, 29 May 2015 21:47:21 +0000 https://seandodson.wordpress.com/2015/05/29/i-think-our-job-really-is-about-teaching/ I think our job really is about teaching the public interest. I think one day there should be a whole module on it.

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