Technical
Using Lynx for SEO
Rich’s latest video for PCMechTV had to do with using Lynx for SEO. Why would one be interested in this? Because Lynx is a text-only web browser, which means it looks at your website exactly the same way a search engine spider would. Does your site make sense and show a lot of the keywords [...]
Yahoo Slurp Spider Drives Forum Server Load Through the Roof!
Not long ago, I made a change with my hosting account at Pair Networks, adding a second server for the sole purpose of handling our databases, while having our primary server responsible for the page requests only. I did this because our server load was consistently high. High server load is bad because that means [...]
Nigerian Scam – Still Going
Being in the internet biz, I get quite a bit of email every day. Being that I use Outlook, I make use of Cloudmark to filter crap out of my inbox. But, stuff still gets through, and yesterday I got another issue of the famous Nigerian scam. It’s a classic, too. I guess I should [...]
Using WordPress to Podcast and Video Blog
Rich and I have been working the past few days on putting the finishing touches on PCMechTV.com, the new multimedia branch of PC Mechanic. There’s a bit of a sneak peak, actually, because other than one little link on PCMech to this site, I haven’t even announced it yet. Now, I recently got into using [...]
Robots.Txt – The Often Forgotten File
This is one of those files that almost any web bot will look for on your server. If it is there, it can be useful. If it isn’t, your log file will be filled with 404 errors. So, what is it? Well, it is literally a file on your server called robots.txt. It is a [...]
How Does Your Forum Compare?
A new site called ForumRank was recently launched. The idea behind the site is that you sign up and set your forum up to be ranked and compared with other forums on factors such as posting rate and registration rate (among others). They will be coupling this with articles and interviews on the subject of [...]
Template Engines Fundamentals for PHP
Today, I thought I would change the pace a bit and dive into something a little more on the technical side: PHP Template Engines. For those of you who are not programmers, let me give you a basic rundown what I’m talking about. Let’s take a PHP-driven website. The content is being created dynamically, probably [...]
The Business of Forums
Many sites today use web forums and many others are looking into starting one. Forums can make a great addition to a website. By providing that sense of community, your site gets a new level of stickiness. Once you get the forums off the ground, they will be a source of continual repeat traffic. But, [...]
How To Hire a Developer
Today, most businesses want a website. Some already have one. Others want one. They don’t want to hire IT staff and probably can’t afford any. And in most cases, an in-house IT staff, especially for your typical small business, just isn’t necessary. But, that doesn’t mean that you have to go without or will be [...]
10 Tips for Web Success
The webmaster’s biggest job is to get their traffic up and keep customers/visitors coming back. Building the site is one thing, but simply building and posting a website does not guarantee traffic. In fact, a website could be beautiful and an example of all the latest technology and still not attract a single visitor if [...]
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