Category Archives: School/Work

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SEO Daily links: verification issues, keyword difficulty, faster pages, social media engagement

Posted on July 22, 2011 by

Useful tool of the day: Jetpack  is a set of WordPress plugins, most of which was previously only available for blogs/sites hosted on WordPress.com. My two favorite parts: Shortcode for adding movies, images, and more to your posts and pages … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links: Google Boost opens, Lab + Directory closes, Book Search Settles, backlinks

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

Complex learning of the day: Using Google Event tracking I can tack now track with Google Analytics when somebody clicks a link, downloads a forms or calls a phone number (by clicking the number on the webpage in the smartphone’s … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links: Multiple XML Sitemaps, QR codes, RichSnippets

Posted on July 19, 2011 by

Learning of the day: A few days ago I was struggling with redirecting a whole directory to a single page using the RedirectMatch command. I was told I should use what works on our server, which meant RewriteRule. I found … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links: Google+ in 15 min, enhanced Google Image Search, PayWithaTweet

Posted on July 14, 2011 by

Today’s SEO links with my comments in italics: Early in the day I received via email a clear little booklet from one source on “How to Spot Bad SEO Services“. Later in the day another source asked me about my … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links: shady reputation management, SEO for SMB, Visual.ly, bad landing pages

Posted on July 13, 2011 by

Today’s handy learning: AddThis, a social sharing tool, has great customization options (see my home page), but centering the buttons has to be done with extra CSS. And now onto today’s SEO links with my comments in italics: Blumenthals questions … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links + Versions + 301 struggle

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

The new tool of the day for me was Versions. 10-12 years ago I already used an SVN (Subversion), so the concept of “a software versioning and a revision control system” is not foreign to me. But now I was set up … Continue reading →

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How to link to a business on Google Maps/Places

Posted on July 12, 2011 by

I found that finding the “proper” URL of a business on Google Places, also known as Google Maps isn’t obvious, so put together this little tutorial. By “proper” I mean the simple (with no unnecessary information in the URL), unique … Continue reading →

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SEO Daily links + Bridge + Rel-author

Posted on July 11, 2011 by

My tool related learning of the day: I used Adobe Bridge for the first time. It is a “media manager that provides centralized access to all your creative assets.” I don’t know about “all,” , but it was great for … Continue reading →

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SEO daily links: new Google analytics, Google+ rapture, social sharing stats

Posted on July 8, 2011 by

Today’s links with my comments in italics: Klaas Knook gives advice on how to use the new Google Analytics’ dashoard. When I am ready to switch to the new GA this will be a good starting point on how to … Continue reading →

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SEO daily links + CSS absolute positioning + Photoshop paths

Posted on July 7, 2011 by

I am just slight ashamed to admit the two things I’ve learned today. I have studied how positioning works in CSS, but never really tested it. Today I had to to use absolute positioning for a website, so finally I … Continue reading →

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