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WordPress Comments Blank Page Problem

After the recent WordPress 2.9.2 update I noticed that the comments within this blog stopped working – I have since noticed the same problem across a few other self-hosted wordpress sites. The problem comes about after a user has posted … Continue reading

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5 Tips To Make 8 Out of 10 Cats Prefer Your Headlines

Content sometimes writes itself, ask the best content generators on the planet and they’ll inform you that their job is just a natural progression of placing the correct words in the right order. Writing a headline, however, to grab the … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday Boss

Today is my partners birthday, her 40th birthday, at that. I was supposed to be getting ready shortly to start a BBQ as we have about 30 friends and family about to turn up in the next hour or so … Continue reading

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For Suffix Sake How Do you Handle Multiple TLD’S

Just a couple of days ago, I purchased the .com suffix of North South Media, after a 3 year chase it then dawned on me – how the heck do I proceed to build the .com domain into the continued … Continue reading

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Search Engines Canonical Tag

On Thursday, 12th of February, Google, Yahoo and MSN officialy announced the introduction of their canonical tag which will help webmasters stop their sites falling foul of the duplicate content filter. For the less-informed amongst you, Google and other search … Continue reading

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301 Redirects With A Zeus Server

Over the last couple of weeks I have been working on a site powered by a Zeus Web Server. Part of the work undertaken was upgrading the site from it’s old ecommerce design querylink structure to new clean, seo friendly … Continue reading

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SEO Companies – The Good, The Bad and The Downright Dirty

This article was borne from an experience I had recently within an on-line SEO Forum. The poster asked a question on how to help his client get page one listings in Google and also what to put in his monthly … Continue reading

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SEO and Local Search

It has been stated many times on the web that getting to grips with SEO is more achievable when you start to rank your site for local searches. I agree with this wholeheartedly. Trying to roll up your sleeves and … Continue reading

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Is a Number One Position the SEO Holy Grail?

Many-an-argument has taken place within on-line forums and community sites over the importance of having a top ranking position for a sought-after keyword phrase. Some contributors have readily stated that they are more-than-happy if their site comes within the top … Continue reading

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Enagage Your User – Make Your Website Interactive

Many websites suffer from not engaging with their audience. They may receive a constant stream of visitors 24/7 visiting their site but they fail to capitalize on this audience. Why? A common problem with most static sites and e-commerce shopping … Continue reading

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