Andrew Girdwood
@andrewgirdwood.bsky.social
A digital marketer, yeah even SEO and Google Analytics 4. Also a blogger, gamer and one of those idiots who takes video footage of the restaurant.
A mysteriously strange error to make - how hard is it to tell two different government agencies on two different domains apart? blog.arhg.net/2025/11/goog...
Google’s odd blind spot: Mixing up Scottish government domains
Andrew Girdwood is a professional digital marketer, a geek and a gamer.
blog.arhg.net
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
A mysteriously strange error to make - how hard is it to tell two different government agencies on two different domains apart? blog.arhg.net/2025/11/goog...
Lookit me being a helpful and productive member of the @lovesanimation.bsky.social community! #sla
November 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Lookit me being a helpful and productive member of the @lovesanimation.bsky.social community! #sla
Congrats to @edinburghminute.bsky.social for a clean move to Ghost. www.edinburghminute.com A recommended follow.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Congrats to @edinburghminute.bsky.social for a clean move to Ghost. www.edinburghminute.com A recommended follow.
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New fan-edit upload from #WeareroftheCheese, this one #Transformers Beast Wars, mashed up to a little Lynyrd Skynyrd...
Have a watch (and a listen) and do go and subscribe!
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Have a watch (and a listen) and do go and subscribe!
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Transformers Beast Wars - Free Bird Trailer Concept (REUPLOAD)
YouTube video by Wearer of the Cheese
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October 17, 2025 at 12:02 PM
New fan-edit upload from #WeareroftheCheese, this one #Transformers Beast Wars, mashed up to a little Lynyrd Skynyrd...
Have a watch (and a listen) and do go and subscribe!
youtu.be/Ym4j87BrDwg?...
Have a watch (and a listen) and do go and subscribe!
youtu.be/Ym4j87BrDwg?...
@johnmu.com I know you've just answered a Government site question. Google is listing two different Government sites, different domains, as sitelinks for one site. It's actually wrong - sending people to the wrong jobs page, etc. Bit surprised to see! Anything the site owners can do?
October 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@johnmu.com I know you've just answered a Government site question. Google is listing two different Government sites, different domains, as sitelinks for one site. It's actually wrong - sending people to the wrong jobs page, etc. Bit surprised to see! Anything the site owners can do?
"This discovery could hold the key to developing new therapies for chronic sufferers."
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October 5, 2025 at 9:34 PM
"This discovery could hold the key to developing new therapies for chronic sufferers."
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Explore the most haunted sites in London, from the ghost of Anne Boleyn at the Tower to the infamous Highgate Vampire. Dare to discover the city's darkest secrets?
Ghosts of the Capital: Exploring London's Most Terrifying Haunts
London is a city teeming with ghosts. We take a chilling tour of its most haunted pubs, palaces, cemeteries, and tube stations. Read if you dare.
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August 30, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Explore the most haunted sites in London, from the ghost of Anne Boleyn at the Tower to the infamous Highgate Vampire. Dare to discover the city's darkest secrets?
Last year, I was beaten by a tire! Undeterred, and to raise money for kittens and puppies (and old mutts). I am confronting the mighty stride of the Kilt Walk again! No doubt, at the end, I will be very... tired! :)
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Girdy's 2025 Kilt Walk
Help Andrew Girdwood raise money to support Edinburgh Dog and Cat Home
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August 25, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Last year, I was beaten by a tire! Undeterred, and to raise money for kittens and puppies (and old mutts). I am confronting the mighty stride of the Kilt Walk again! No doubt, at the end, I will be very... tired! :)
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Reddit is blocking the Way Back Machine because AI scrapers are using it to access Reddit's content.
So, is all forgiven?
Remember that Reddit cares about which AI bots access the content we created because they sold exclusive access to Google. #seo #geo www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
So, is all forgiven?
Remember that Reddit cares about which AI bots access the content we created because they sold exclusive access to Google. #seo #geo www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
Reddit will block the Internet Archive
It’s another move to protect against AI scraping.
www.theverge.com
August 11, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Reddit is blocking the Way Back Machine because AI scrapers are using it to access Reddit's content.
So, is all forgiven?
Remember that Reddit cares about which AI bots access the content we created because they sold exclusive access to Google. #seo #geo www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
So, is all forgiven?
Remember that Reddit cares about which AI bots access the content we created because they sold exclusive access to Google. #seo #geo www.theverge.com/news/757538/...
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Tabletop Scotland runs in the Royal Highland Centre from 5th to 7th September, and it’s the UK’s largest D&D convention. edinburgh-reviews.co...
Radar: The UK's largest D&D convention returns to Edinburgh - Edinburgh Reviews
There are one or two larger tabletop games events in the UK than Tabletop Scotland, such as the giant UK Games Expo, but Tabletop Scotland is the largest Adventurers League event
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August 1, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Tabletop Scotland runs in the Royal Highland Centre from 5th to 7th September, and it’s the UK’s largest D&D convention. edinburgh-reviews.co...
Dear Google, if AI Overviews are driving higher quality clicks then AdSense CPM would be rising in tandem to reflect the better quality traffic. searchengineland.com/google-ai-bo... #seo
Google says AI is boosting Search. Yes, but…
A new Google blog post shares some broad traffic trends and tells us that AI drives more queries and higher quality clicks
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August 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Dear Google, if AI Overviews are driving higher quality clicks then AdSense CPM would be rising in tandem to reflect the better quality traffic. searchengineland.com/google-ai-bo... #seo
Tulips or oil? Meta paid $250 million in salary to one AI engineer in the talent wars. It's football money.
Now, API wars.
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Now, API wars.
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Anthropic Revokes OpenAI's Access to Claude
OpenAI lost access to the Claude API this week after Anthropic claimed the company was violating its terms of service.
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August 3, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Tulips or oil? Meta paid $250 million in salary to one AI engineer in the talent wars. It's football money.
Now, API wars.
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Now, API wars.
www.wired.com/story/anthro...
Google's introduction of AI Mode to the UK could be going smoother.
July 29, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Google's introduction of AI Mode to the UK could be going smoother.
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En route to Indianapolis for #GenCon2025 with a stopover in Toronto. Killing time at the airport and scolling through BlueSky. Check out this review of Zensu by @geeknative.bsky.social.
We are bringing demo copies of Zensu to Gen Con. See us at the Outset Event HQ in Hall B in the Event Hall.
We are bringing demo copies of Zensu to Gen Con. See us at the Outset Event HQ in Hall B in the Event Hall.
A review "To play Zensu well..." "...each move requires careful consideration of the spatial relationships between tiles, potential consequences, and long-term goals" #boardgames www.geeknative.com/1...
Feel smart: A review of Zensu
I like Zensu loads. It will be a game I bring to meet a friend in a gaming cafe in the future. I felt smart playing it, and it may be a game that makes me better at critical thinking.
www.geeknative.com
July 27, 2025 at 3:04 PM
En route to Indianapolis for #GenCon2025 with a stopover in Toronto. Killing time at the airport and scolling through BlueSky. Check out this review of Zensu by @geeknative.bsky.social.
We are bringing demo copies of Zensu to Gen Con. See us at the Outset Event HQ in Hall B in the Event Hall.
We are bringing demo copies of Zensu to Gen Con. See us at the Outset Event HQ in Hall B in the Event Hall.
Justin was very generous with his time!
Talking shop about what we're working on! (These were great questions, BTW, a lot of fun to answer.)
Geek Native has fantastic art from Our Brilliant Ruin to show and an interview with Justin Achilli, Chief Creative Officer & Co-Founder at Studio Hermitage, who has been generous with his time! www.geeknative.com/1...
July 25, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Justin was very generous with his time!
Jason was a pleasure to work with.
I sat down with Andrew from @geeknative.bsky.social to talk about Hellfinder and the challenges of turning Pathfinder into a modern horror game! We also dive into my inspirations and look at the way the story reveals itself over time. Check it out! www.geeknative.com/184104/jason...
Jason Bulmahn on hacking Pathfinder for horror: The Hellfinder interview
Hellfinder runs until August 20th on BackerKit, and at the time of writing, we're halfway there to sending the designer on a strange road trip.
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July 25, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Jason was a pleasure to work with.
I see the UK Gov is preparing for the potential of a terrifying new war by investing in hugely expensive weapons that can only be used with the permission of the USA. Hmm. What could go wrong?.
June 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I see the UK Gov is preparing for the potential of a terrifying new war by investing in hugely expensive weapons that can only be used with the permission of the USA. Hmm. What could go wrong?.
By Tron! The Android 16 update takes an age.
June 12, 2025 at 7:19 PM
By Tron! The Android 16 update takes an age.
Aaw, no. First, Mozilla closes Pocket, and now they're shutting down FakeSpot. Both these services were useful and helpful (but hard to make money from). I'm gutted.
May 31, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Aaw, no. First, Mozilla closes Pocket, and now they're shutting down FakeSpot. Both these services were useful and helpful (but hard to make money from). I'm gutted.
If you want to know where the money in the tabletop games business is then I invite you to compare and contrast the hotels that several large retailers have sent staff to for #ukge with where indie tabletop publishers are staying.
May 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
If you want to know where the money in the tabletop games business is then I invite you to compare and contrast the hotels that several large retailers have sent staff to for #ukge with where indie tabletop publishers are staying.
Damn. Mozilla is shutting down Pocket. That will hit my processes hard. I suspect I'll migrate my bookmarks to Notion and have until October to it.
Goodbye Pocket, you were a good 'un.
Goodbye Pocket, you were a good 'un.
May 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Damn. Mozilla is shutting down Pocket. That will hit my processes hard. I suspect I'll migrate my bookmarks to Notion and have until October to it.
Goodbye Pocket, you were a good 'un.
Goodbye Pocket, you were a good 'un.
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April 6, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Howdy comic friends 👋
Subscribe to my free monthly newsletter below to get:
- The first-look at our upcoming sequel, Killtopia: Phantoms
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- The first-look at our upcoming sequel, Killtopia: Phantoms
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It's no secret: tabletop gaming can be an expensive hobby, and the "sidequest" of a recent survey suggests we might even need speical insurance www.geeknative.com/1...
Aussie gamers spend big: Tabletop gaming survey highlights surprising stats
While most gamers reported spending between $100 and $499 (in their local currency), a significant portion of Australians (twice that of Canadians and Americans) have shelled out over $1,000 on their collections.
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April 6, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's no secret: tabletop gaming can be an expensive hobby, and the "sidequest" of a recent survey suggests we might even need speical insurance www.geeknative.com/1...
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Edinburgh Indie Gamers needs YOU this #SelfPromoSaturday 🫵
EIG turns 10 in 2025. We survived lockdown, but our current home is closing 😢
Backing our next club zine gets you THREE WHOLE TTRPGs, insightful articles, amazing art, and helps keep a physical hub of indie gaming alive!
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EIG turns 10 in 2025. We survived lockdown, but our current home is closing 😢
Backing our next club zine gets you THREE WHOLE TTRPGs, insightful articles, amazing art, and helps keep a physical hub of indie gaming alive!
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Get Ready for Edinburgh Indie Gamers 2025!
From Tanya Floaker - Get Ready for Edinburgh Indie Gamers 2025!
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March 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Edinburgh Indie Gamers needs YOU this #SelfPromoSaturday 🫵
EIG turns 10 in 2025. We survived lockdown, but our current home is closing 😢
Backing our next club zine gets you THREE WHOLE TTRPGs, insightful articles, amazing art, and helps keep a physical hub of indie gaming alive!
FOLLOW NOW! 🚨
EIG turns 10 in 2025. We survived lockdown, but our current home is closing 😢
Backing our next club zine gets you THREE WHOLE TTRPGs, insightful articles, amazing art, and helps keep a physical hub of indie gaming alive!
FOLLOW NOW! 🚨
Artist Olivier de Sagazan seems to have had his YouTube deleted after a anti-Trump performance piece. The takedown blames nudity and my hunch is an algorithm false positive rather than Alphabet censorship. www.instagram.com/sagazan?igsh...
March 1, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Artist Olivier de Sagazan seems to have had his YouTube deleted after a anti-Trump performance piece. The takedown blames nudity and my hunch is an algorithm false positive rather than Alphabet censorship. www.instagram.com/sagazan?igsh...