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Optimizing your web site for search engines

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

A lot of people think that all you have to do is build a web site, and They Will Come (sort of like the field of dreams.) But they are wrong. Like any other advertising vehicle, you need a solid marketing plan in order to build your web sites traffic. Ideally, you will build [...]

Did you upgrade your Wordpress?

Thursday, March 8th, 2007

Remember - if you downloaded and are using Wordpress 2.1.1 it may contain a serious vulnerability and you MUST upgrade to 2.1.2 like, you know, now. Right now. Go do it before you read the rest of this article.
Download the latest version of Wordpress here
Done now? GOOD. Apparently the download server for Wordpress was compromised [...]

Great GMail hacks and tips

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

I switched over to GMail about a year ago, and honestly I’ve never looked back. The storage is nice but what REALLY won me over was the archival feature and the ub3r-l33t spam control. When you do web design, hosting and seo for a living, somehow you end up on every spam list in existence. [...]

A great wordpress plugin for your blog..

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

One of the best ways to get indexed on Google is through Google sitemaps - but they can be a hassle to make and eit by hand. Enter this plugin, which autogenerates and updates your sitemap for you. The plugin even pings Google! Keep in mind this is not for your visitors, but search engine [...]

Add subscription buttons to your wordpress blog

Wednesday, August 30th, 2006

One great way to build traffic for your website is by having a blog (you know, like we do here)… but how do you get folks to bookmark you? Well this plugin, the Chicklet Creator, is your answer - you can see it in action on the right side of your screen… with a couple [...]


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