Category: G Life
Depersonalize Search – a quicker way
My last post about how to depersonalize search might have been too hard for the weary computer user, so here is a much quicker ( and efficient ) method. If you are using Firefox there is a plugin that you can install that does a great job – just point your browser to http://yoast.com/tools/seo/disable-personalized-search-plugin/ and…
Server Logs confusion
Recently a client was talking to me about his hosting company’s stats on his website. Here was our correspondence. ed- hi, fat cow sent me my visitor stats for february- so far this month, 1,805 visits, 25,590 hits..thats the most for any month since august 2011. my response –
Offers to publish reciprocal links
Almost weekly I get offers to put up a link to some other site, in return for their putting a link to my site. Almost always I decline for a variety of reasons. Some of these cases i could have done a bit of effort and made it whole, but if they haven’t done their…
Return on Investment
I’ve been meaning to take the pure JavaScript code I had for a former incarnation of a Return on Investment form/calculator and turn it into a more robust application, using the Ajax model and a PHP handler and this weekend I finally got around to it. The form calculates results on revenue and profit and…
Confidence Levels & T Tests
I wanted to shore up my understanding of Statistical Confidence Levels ( “shore up” is a joke, there is no shore, no beach, no nothing) so I contacted my brother in law, Paul Vogt, who is a genius at this stuff, and asked him to explain… “So say you’ve got two sets of data from…
SEO Tips
Add Search Engine Optimization to your Web Site Workbook & Plans for Search Engine Optimization Search tip about Text on the Page Text on the page: When you are writing text for your pages you should try to use your topical keywords throughout the entire page. Ideally you will have about 7% of the text…
11 Reasons Why Your Website isn’t getting Traffic
11 Reasons why your web site isn’t getting traffic Overachieving graphics Poor copy writing Targeting the wrong market Not targeting any market Poor design Takes too long to load a page Too flashy and cutesy Using poor contrast in color mixing Poor credibility Poor font choice Navigation is non-uniform It’s important to take the time…
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