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Search Engine Optimisation Via Dead Trees
I thought I’d undertake some professional development surrounding search engine optimisation, ironically in the form of a paper back book, named Get to the top on Google written by David Viney. As I work my way through the book, I … Continue reading
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Tagged google, search engine marketing, search engine optimisation, sem, seo
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Django Internationalisation (i18n) Statistics
The Python web framework Django supports internationalistaion (i18n) for nearly 30 different languages already. While reviewing the changesets flowing through the Django source repository, I often notice amendments to the internationalisation code and it got me thinking about how ‘complete’ … Continue reading
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Tagged django, google, google app engine, i18n, internationalisation
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Ask.com Deceptive Advertising Practices Is A Grab For Cash
While doing a little research this morning, I stumbed onto a paid advertisement within Google for Ask.com, informing me that I could booking BreakFree hotels & resorts from within the Australian localised Ask.com portal. Being the curious kind of person, … Continue reading
Improve Your Site Using Live Search Webmaster Center
Virtually every webmaster has heard of Google Webmaster Tools and use it regularly to check on the health of their site, unfortunately very few know of Live Search Webmaster Center which complements Microsoft Live Search. Recently I wrote about the … Continue reading
Google Analytics Mostly Streamlined Login Process
This week Google Analytics received a small upgrade – specifically related to the login process. Until now, no matter how often you use Google Analytics, as a user you were forced to login every time you returned to the site. … Continue reading
Google Analytics User Management Simplified
Google have simplified the account management interface for Google Analytics. Previously when adding a user into the system, you needed to provide: an email address of a a valid Google Account first name surname access level (administrator/reporting) It appears that … Continue reading
Google News Algorithms Get It Wrong
Google News is a great service, probably the single best feature of Google News is that it aggregates news stories from numerous sources into one place and then condenses them, so as a user you don’t need to be bothered … Continue reading
Changing Temporary (302) To Permanent (301) Redirects
It’s common place to register multiple variations of a domain to protect the brand or product that the domain is related to. At some point, a web master must choose what he or she is going to do with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 301, 302, google, google search, http, permanent redirect, temporary redirect
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Google Analytics Benchmarking Verticals
In March, Google announced a new feature for Google Analytics named Benchmarking. One of the most compelling reasons to opt-in to the benchmarking component of Google Analytics is to compare how your sites perform against other sites. Once the data … Continue reading
Sun Java & Bundling Google Toolbar
Today the automatic update kicked in for Java on my notebook, which it does quite regularly. I love the fact that different products implement a relatively unobtrusive upgrade to their software to keep it up to date, I know if … Continue reading →