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A lot of UK website owners are likely to be affected by the UK Cookie Law which, although it became law back in May 2011, will only be enforced now - from May 26th 2012 to be exact. It's divided opinion among website owners and users, that's for sure - those in favour of the law seeing it as a … [Read more...]
A cookie is usually a small text file that is saved by your computer’s web browser. The website's web server can read and access the cookies that it set through your computer’s web browser (but not any cookies that belong to other sites), which makes the cookie useful to website owners for … [Read more...]
Continuing on the theme of useful tools to have on your website, today's topic is pinging. "Pinging" your site to ping directories is in effect sending an electronic message asking them to pay attention to your site, and to visit you to check out your new content. The good news is, it can be … [Read more...]
A couple of clients ... and my mum ... have asked me what is "cloud computing", or "the cloud" - and when the penny drops after a simple explanation, you realise how complex & scary simple concepts can sound! So, what IS "cloud computing" ? Basically "the cloud" is just the … [Read more...]
This guest post is a useful addition to my earlier post (too many months ago!!) on Facebook business pages. It was written by Greg Allbright, and is for all FB users, not just those with pages. … [Read more...]
If you were following my tweets in late May/early June, you may have read that I was at Phill Turner's "Ministry of Traffic" event 10 days ago, listening to a brilliant line-up of speakers teaching us how they get more visitors to their websites... and we all know, provided you have a good call to … [Read more...]
Today's post is an article by Ana Hoffman of Traffic Generation Cafe. Thanks for these useful tips Ana! A day doesn't go by that I don't receive an email that tells me how I can finally afford to buy a bunch of high-quality high-PR links for peanuts. Or the ones that tell me that, if I only use … [Read more...]
April has been a busy month - business has been good (thank you Universe!) and I've been taking part in the Ultimate Blogging Challenge. Michelle, one of the organisers, does a monthly round-up post, and I thought, as I blogged 21 out of the 30 days of April, a round-up would be useful for everyone. … [Read more...]
Yesterday I gave you the first part of a list of things to do to scare away your blog readers... but some readers are just so persistent you might need a "Phase 2" ... so here are a few more hints & tips to kill them off! Have a read of these “hints” … and once again be honest, how many … [Read more...]
Today's post is Part 1 of an article from the site of a bit of a Wordpress guru, Adam Warner of WP Pro Business. Writer Lauren Tharp has come up with an excellent list of the best techniques you need to use to keep pesky readers from bothering you on your blogs ;-) Have a read of these "hints" ... … [Read more...]
I'm going to take as my inspiration today, a post by a friend & coach, Wendy Ager, who did a very useful talk at my networking meeting yesterday, and then blogged about one of her points, "Knowledge is Power", today. It got me thinking about how much we forget we DO know... about life, the … [Read more...]
If you sell digital products online, or sell webinars that you later use as part of a product ... anything that is downloadable is potentially vulnerable to theft if you don't take the right precautions! If you use a digital download service (such as e-Junkie) then you're OK - you can stop … [Read more...]
Do you wonder what people are saying about on the world wide web? In earlier posts on this blog I've mentioned the importance of managing your brand and your reputation, but it's not always easy to check ... if you even remember to try! Google Alerts is a really useful (free) Google service that … [Read more...]
Today I'm going to write a little more personally about business, instead of yet another (admittedly handy!!) technical tip. It's all very well having loads of technical know-how and marketing tips, or knowing a fair bit about social media or SEO, but sometimes being in business on your own can just … [Read more...]
One thing that's important when you're in business is consistency of branding - make sure the style your website matches that of your business cards for example ... and make sure your also have your website URL branded to make more of an impact! The"favicon" - pronounced "fave icon" - is the little … [Read more...]
Hello everyone, well, it's half-way through April, and half-way through the Ultimate Blog Challenge - wow! Thanks again to Michelle and Michele for organising it... I think ;-) I'd forgotten just how dedicated you have to be to create a post a day! Today (or rather, tonight... late!) I'm just going … [Read more...]
Have you ever had someone say to you that there's something wrong with a site (or even your site?!) and yet when you check it out, everything looks just fine? Often the reason for this is that you're using a different browser to that "someone", but we seldom think to check that basic fact! Recently … [Read more...]
How many times do you have to use that option when trying to log on to a website? And how many of you resort to using very easy passwords? And how many of you then end up using the same easy password across just about every site you need to log in to? I'm guessing that probably 95% of those who … [Read more...]
Hello again, In the last in my series of posts of essential tools, I'm going to talk about an OFFsite tool that can still really help your website in local searches. The tool is Google Places (http://places.google.com/business), a free-to-register Google tool. By registering your place (or places) … [Read more...]
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Phew, last post of the 30-day Ultimate Blogging Challenge! I didn't make all 30 days, but I do hope you all learned a lot from the posts during April!Anyway, on to today's topic: I've been commenting on blogs for a few years now, and I remember seeing that a few of the commentators had their … [Read more...]