Some time ago I wrote about the software and hardware requirements that I use to make websites. A lot has changed since then, my main method of creating websites now is to use WordPress. My previous post discussed the hardware and software that I was using about 3 years ago, well my hardware that was a [...]
Ha, it has only been a couple of days since my last post and my unique page views have dropped to 166 from 183. Not that I expected a huge immediate increase to my unique page views, but some increase would have been nice. Anyway my tasks for the foreseeable future will be to re-visit every post to edit [...]
I have had this website in operation now for several years, and well to be frank it really hasn’t gone anywhere. Sure I have lots of content, but lots of visitors I don’t have. For the month preceding this post I had 183 unique visitors, which through Google Adwords generated a whopping couple of dollars of income, relative to [...]
When signing up for your web hosting package you may be asked what type of operating system do you want to host your web site on, the 2 main choices are Linux and Windows. So what does this mean and which operating system do you choose? The Linux hosting server are created using the free [...]
Well are you? Do have a copy of your recent work backed up on a USB, Portable Hard Drive or even better, somewhere off site? Starting a back up program after you have lost all your data is just to late. Backing up your data can be as simple as having all you files in [...]
What is a meta description tag? The “meta tags” form part of the html markup on your web page, however they are not a necessary part of your web pages structure. The “meta tags” are used to pass basic information from your page to another page should it be requested. Google, Bing and Yahoo access [...]
What is Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)? SEO is the process of improving the position of your website in major search engines after specific keywords are typed into the search box. The most popular search engines are Google, Bing and Yahoo. SEO improves your position on the free listings on these popular search engines. The ultimate [...]
Global warming, climate change, reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and social responsibility, these issues are important to me, and I am hoping that the readers of this article may feel the same. I have been using Dreamhost for a while now, while I was researching carbon neutral web hosting the tick most of the boxes. Dreamhost [...]
Google page rank, why I don’t strive for a higher page rank for my websites. If being listed on Google’s first page is your goal then I would be focusing on other measures to increase your likelihood to make the coveted first page of Google. In short Page Rank is attained by having quality incoming links to [...]
Credible Blog Comments
By Geoff
Sunday morning and I am browsing the WordPress Dashboard, checking for upgrades, checking the comments and viewing the stats for this website while having the mandatory cup of coffee. Having comments on your Blog improves the websites accountability. It shows that people are reading your blog, and helps provide a sense of community. The comments increase the content [...]