Another Good Free Tool – PHPList
I wrote the other day about a manager for your mailing lists. Here is another one. It’s called PHPList and is a free open source system for managing your email campaigns. PHPList does much more than OpenNewsletter, but is also a bit more complicated to use. It supports the double opt-in subscription mechanism, which means […]
Is This Link Confusing?
Last week I put up a post that looked like almost all of my other posts. The person who’s site I linked to saw my comments on the trackback portion of his blog. A trackback is a link in your blog to someone else who is linking to you. It usually looks like a comment. […]
Be Careful Of Who You Hire For SEO
I have written many times about good ways to help your site get found by the search engines. This post is about the bad ones. I usually get my share of “Blog Spam”. That is, people or bots who post comments on my blog that usually have nothing to do with the content. These folks […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Astronomy Picture of the Day
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Whether you are looking for some really cool wallpaper or just some great pictures to look at NASA provides us with the Astronomy Picture of the Day. The NASA site has some amazing stuff everywhere, but some […]
How Much Information Does Google Have On You?
I often think about how much information is collected and shared about me about my online activities. I try to keep myself as anonymous as possible when browsing. I use Firefox, keep cookies turned off except where necessary and then only allow them for the session so they get deleted as soon as I close […]
What’s The Best Way To Lay Out Your Site.
When I first meet with a potential client I ask them what they want their site to do, then I ask them about how they want their site to look. Where is the best place to put your navigation? Your email signup box? I usually send them to a page I have a page on […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – The Darwin Awards
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) I’ve been very busy this week and my posting has been a bit slow, but I know how you all look forward to Fridays. “The Darwin Awards salute the improvement of the human genome by honoring those […]
More Good Free Tools – OpenNewsletter
I was searching for an easy way for my customer to manage the email addresses for their newsletter campaign and I came across OpenNewsletter and it seemed to be just what I needed. ” A free, simple, and beautiful open source newsletter solution aimed at small-medium scale. Very easy installation. Just upload and its working. […]
More Good SEO Advice
On the Search Engine Watch site Mark Jackson of the ClickZ Network has posted an article called “Avoiding Cookie Cutter SEO”. He speaks about how no two web sites are created equal and how template SEO is just bad business. Search engines are looking for unique sites to show to their searchers and generally what […]
Friday Just For Fun Site – Easy Mac Micro Maniac
Here’s something just for some fun on a Friday. (Not responsible if you get caught playing at work) Ever wondered what would happen if you put a football into a microwave oven? How about Christmas lights? This site does those and more. Just a silly way to spend your time really, but isn’t that what […]
