A friend asked me what WordPress Plugin I use in a typical install. For your enjoyment: Feedburner Plugin Feedburner Feed Replacement which forwards all feed traffic to your Feedburner feed without the need to mess with your .htaccess file. Google Sitemaps Now that Yahoo and MSN have agreed to start using the XML-based sitemap structure […]
Site Focus
I was going get this blog going on all the fun things about the web; SEO/SEM, advertising, web analytics, domaining & monetization, etc. But as a contributing writer to a few different blogs, I’ve realized that the last thing I want to do is create yet another time commitment. What will follow on this site […]
No more fights with IT
Google has dropped the technical guideline recommending not using &id= as parameter of the URL in dynamic sites. While I’m usually able to address this issue with the IT folks when embarking on an SEO campaign, it at least gives me some flexibility with those that aren’t interested in truly optimizing their sites.
Google Enhances Webmaster Tools
Google announced updates to their Webmaster Tools (formerly Sitemaps). Googlebot Activity Reports and Crawl Rate Control The last 90 days of activity from the Googlebot on your site including pages, frequency, and kilobytes all packaged up into a set of 3 handy charts. Webmasters can also now specify the frequency of the Googlebot’s activity on […]
Link Roundup
Ha.ckers.org [link dead] Sometimes it is wise to keep up with what is happening in the dark arts of the web. LG Fusic Notes [link dead] I received an LG Fusic phone from Sprint Ambassador’s program as part of my involvment in another web site. Merlin Mann puts the notes down better than I could […]
Google Is Liking Expired Domains
Interesting goings on at Google lately. It seems that picking up expired domains might be a valuable practice again. Previously, Google was dropping all PR and backlink reputation from expired domains to cut down on the SEO possibilities. In the last month, I’ve grabbed two domains that previously held content but expired and were picked […]