URL shorteners like bit.ly and tinyurl.com are great, particularly if you are active on social media. They are also great for tracking how much traffic any particular link generates as well as other cool statistics like what country the visitors are from. The problem I see with using such URL shortening services is that they […]
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Google Analytics Advanced Tracking
I’m pretty sure it was Don Crowther that put me onto this, but for the life of me, I can’t find the article, even though it was only a few days ago. Ah the perils of massive amounts of information! The article was about tracking actions on your site from the different promotions you do. […]
SEO 101: What is PageRank?
In writing my SEO 101 series, I noticed I throw around the term PageRank a lot (with good reason). Then it hit me that, as this is SEO 101, I should probably explain what that is :) PageRank was coined by the founders of Google to describe the algorythm they use to… well… rank pages. […]
SEO 101: The Importance of Links
One of the most important factors in getting your pages ranked higher in the search engines is the number and quality of incoming links. The value of links to your page is related to the PageRank of the page that links to your page. The higher the PageRank, the higher the value. However, the increase […]
SEO 101: Overcome Green Bar Addiction
I was recently surprised to find out that people still pay a lot of attention to the “green bar” – you know, the PageRank indicator on the Google toolbar. This person was worried that they were doing a whole lot of linking, but their green bar showed they were a PageRank Zero. Just don’t worry […]
Easy Permalink Redirection With WordPress
I didn’t know this until today, so please bear with me if it’s old hat for you… If you publish a post on your blog that runs wordpress and later decide to change the url, wordpress has an inbuilt redirect for your readers. Let me explain… I recently did a post that I titled 20 […]
SEO 101: Google Sitesearch: What Pages Are Indexed?
Having spoken with quite a few people who are struggling with the basics of SEO, I figured I’d do a series for the people who might find it useful. This series won’t be in any particular teaching order, I’ll just write them as I think of them, or as people ask questions. Jump in at […]
20 Great Plugins Compatible With WordPress 3.0
It’s time to update my list of wordpress plugins. Some that used to work don’t and there are some that have been superceded by much better plugins. I’ve just done a complete wipe of the site and SQL for a number of reasons, which I’ll explain in another post. So now’s a great time to […]
The Secret to Having 50,000 Twitter Followers
I’ve often been asked how I got 50,000 followers on Twitter. I’ve thought long and hard about it and it’s time for me to tell publicly how I did it. If you’re looking for secret hacks or special autofollow software, I’m sorry, but you’re in the wrong place. They are against Twitter’s terms of service […]
How to Delete Saved Passwords in Your Browser
If you’re a victim of the latest Twitter malware virus, you may need to clear your cache and delete saved passwords. If you’re using Mozilla Firefox 3.5+ (the latest version on 16 Nov 2009): Clear your cache: Go to Tools –> Options. Open the Advanced tab, then the Network tab under that. Hit the “Clear […]
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