Archive for April, 2008

Who cleans your office carpets?

It’s terribly important that your offices are always in tip-top shape. Not only does it have a positive effect on staff morale, but it also helps to give current and potential clients a good impression about your company and it’s services. If you live in the Dallas area, check out Dalwoth Clean, one of the […]

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Give your blog a boost

If you’re just starting a blog today you’ll be pleased to know that there are a number of helpful websites out there that can help to drag traffic kicking and screaming to your website. Here are some places you should check out:

Technorati: Index of User-Generated Content - You really need to get on this.
Entrecard: An […]

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

Take a closer look

Sometimes it pays to take a closer look at what you’re working on, so you can make sure that everything looks the way it should. One tool I like using is the Virtual Magnifying Glass. It’s a small tool you can download that turns the cursor into a magnifier you can move around the screen. […]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

Check for Broken Links

It’s always a good idea to check that your website doesn’t have too many broken links. Your links should always point to an existing website, however sites move, pages break and it’s always a good idea to find out there they are. Some websites can use a scan more than an alcoholic needs a liver […]

Friday, April 18th, 2008

New Alexa Rankings

Ohh .. Alexa have just announced that they are changing the way their rankings work. They’re moving away from just using toolbar stats and getting other information from other sources. I’m never too sure about Alexa to tell you the truth. If you search for Orovo, for example, you’ll get the sponsored listings at the […]

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

FasterFox

I’ve been using FasterFox for some time now and it has definitely been useful to measure the load time of different websites. See, one of the things it provides is a counter that goes at the bottom of your browser showing the load time of the page you’re looking at. And it’s more accurate than […]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Microsoft Publisher Websites

Do you use Microsoft Publisher much? I’ve used it in the past for the occasional flier or to produce birthday invitations, but I’ve just realised that it can be used to produce websites too. Sounds a bit scary really, so I’m not quite sure what it does, but I will give it a whirl in […]

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Making dynamic pages SEO friendly

Just came across a great post on Stylish Design, a blog with some great SEO advice. The post talks about some of the problems that search engines have with dynamic pages, particularly with spidering these pages and traversing the site to get all the content you’ve prepared. It suggests some practical advice to avoid these […]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Link Popularity Tool

If you’re wondering exactly how popular your website is, you might want to check out this Link Popularity Tool. It let’s you monitor how different search engines perceive your website, particularly in their count of how many websites link to you. Stick your URL in there and give it a whirl. You may find some […]

Monday, April 14th, 2008

vBulletin Administrator Primer

I came across an interesting article today that shows just how powerful vBulletin is. If you’ve never come across vBulletin before, it’s a powerful forum package that is used on literally thousands of websites. Anyway, the article I came across gives a synopsis on the features available to a vBulletin Administrator. It’s well written and […]

Monday, April 14th, 2008