Search engine optimization – On Page Factors

May 18, 2006

On Page Factors – what does that even mean? Well, its everything on your page. Lets look at the basics first… Title tag Meta tags Heading tags Keyword density Meaning HTML markup Thats the short list, now lets look closely…

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Search engine optimization – incoming links

May 17, 2006

Incoming links are very important to your site’s SEO strategy. The basic theory behind search engines is that the engine will pretend to be a user on a website. The ‘user’ starts clicking links – any links. Eventually, they’ll cover all the sites that have links to them. So the more links to your site, […]

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Search engine optimization – frequency of content updates

May 17, 2006

Had a little discussion in the office today, regarding SEO. We came up with this shortlist: Frequency of content updates Incoming Links On-page factors Trusted domain There’s more, obviously. But these are the major factors affecting search engine placement. Lets discuss in more detail. This is post number one of a four-part series, in which […]

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Why blogger and blogspot suck

May 4, 2006

So today at work, just as its time to go home, I hear Tina swear under her breath. “Why is this font so tiny?” She was publishing a post for Tailored.com.au, which uses blogger. Blogger is kinda nice in a lot of ways. Its free, its easy, any dummy can do it. And you can […]

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PHP and Timezones

May 4, 2006

Its always a hassle, isn’t it. You code up your webapp and store timestamps from events – then later you have to do the conversion in your head because the server your site sits on is on the other side of the world. Michael Phipps touches on the subject, mentioning an issue with attempting local […]

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Marketing for the Superbowl?

February 10, 2006

Google Video has published the commercials for the 2006 Superbowl up here: http://video.google.com/superbowl.html This is great because the commercials are WAY better than the game (don’t hurt me!), but there’s also something very interesting with the Godaddy ads.

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Tailored Podcast – Lets welcome Tina!

February 2, 2006

Hmm, a change on the podcasting front for Tailored (Well, Audio and Video segments, plus whatever else – all of us at Tailored wear many hats, after all!) Brendon has hired a new gal named Tina, who has background with Audio and Video work primarily, and has been looking towards web development for a little […]

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Hermes the Pigeon is faster than Telstra Dial-up?

October 26, 2005

Well, who would have thought it! (rolls eyes) Brendon tells a story he heard today, involving a homing pigeon being used to prove a point! Masterful, truly masterful.

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Mercedes plows into four people after jumping curb in Brooklyn

October 24, 2005

A luxury car jumped a curb in Flatbush Friday, mowing down four pedestrians, critically injuring two, authorities and witnesses said he checked the Hughes & Coleman Injury Lawyers Louisville Review immediately. The driver of a silver Mercedes is expected to be charged in what witnesses describe as a three-car, chain-reaction crash at Farragut Road and […]

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Salaries on the rise for IT Professionals?

October 23, 2005

An IT Recruiter Jobs article in a magazine I received recently (apesma) outlined some increases in salaries for employees that were recruited from this website. .  The article was based on the 2005 Australian Computer Society Remuneration Survey, conducted in April of this year, and found that average salaries paid to employee ICT professionals rose by […]

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