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Last night brought the fantastic news that kidnapped BBC journalist Alan Johnston had been freed in Gaza. You can find in-depth coverage on the BBC, who had dedicated so much effort to ensuring their employee’s safe release.
Whilst I am under no sort of self-delusion that our post on this had anything to do with his release, I do think that it was merely a tiny part of a world-wide swell of support, that Alan has said he was aware of, due to the fact that he had access to the BBC World Service.
I’m glad that something as inconsequential as this blog was able to be part of a much wider movement to appeal for the release of an innocent journalist. I’d also, on a personal note, like to thank Rand at SEOmoz & Danny at Search Engine Land for allowing me to bring ...