» Don’t Let Google Page Rank Be Your Focus
November 10th, 2009 Sammy RussoGoogle Page Rank is the number or score assigned to each of your websites pages. Google Page Rank is a key metric to monitor but should not be the main focal point of an SEO Campaign. About a month ago Google made a major change to Webmaster Tools by removing all PageRank data.
“We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true,” states Moskwa. “We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it.” (Source: WebProNews)
» What Exactly is a Content Management System?
November 6th, 2009 Sammy RussoToday, one of the big industry buzzwords is content management system. The funny thing is content management systems (CMS) have been around for years but its taken them a while to gain popularity and now it seems they are taking the web by storm.
Content management systems come in all shapes and sizes from large enterprise applications to free open source platforms. And in between those are the different types of content management systems for creating blogs, websites, e-commerce shopping sites, auction sites, directories and the list goes on.
» Fixing Google Redirect Links in RSS Feed
November 2nd, 2009 Sammy RussoMy friend, Internet Strategist @GrowMap, emailed me about how all her CommentLuv links were pointing to a feedburner redirect link. She wanted to know if I could tell her why the links were pointing to a Google redirect URL. I initially thought it had something to do with the CommentLuv plugin but I dug in a little to find her an answer and it actually turns out it has nothing to do with the CommentLu, but everything to do with a setting in Feedburner.
Not having used CommentLuv, I installed the plugin here on Search Friendly Web Design and on another blog. Turns out that the links get hijacked by Google if you have a certain setting enabled in your Feedburner account . To fix it you have to turn off the Feedburner Redirect link by unchecking the ‘Item Link Clicks’ setting of the Feedburner Stats menu. You can find this under the analyze tab.
» Some Recent Web Design Projects
October 30th, 2009 Sammy RussoI mentioned in my most recent blog post (The Number 1 Rule of Blogging), that I myself hadn’t been following that very rule. I’ve been rather busy…. busy playing and very busy working. But I can get back on track so let me share what we’ve been up to over the last month or so.
» The Number 1 Rule in Blogging
October 29th, 2009 Sammy RussoYes, I’ve been slacking and breaking the number 1 rule of blogging. A colleague of mine saw that I hadn’t posted since July and said “shame on you.” All I can say is it was a fun and very busy summer, and now that Fall is here my plans are to dig in a little and try to get on a regular publishing schedule.
Read more…
» Local Eugene, Oregon Phone Number 541.515.8950
July 20th, 2009 Sammy RussoIt’s official. After being a business in Eugene for almost a year we finally have a local number for our customers to call us on.
Give us a call and let us know how we can help you. Big or small, we do it all.
541 . 515 . 8950
» Google Tools for Market Research
June 26th, 2009 Sammy RussoThis morning I came across this article at SitePro News entitled “5 Google Tools For Researching Your Market“.
» Revert to Wordpress 2.7.1
June 16th, 2009 Sammy RussoFor those out there that immediately updated to Wordpress 2.8 and are having problems with the new release and now want to revert back to Wordpress 2.7.1.. we can help as long as you made a complete backup of your database.
I just started a new blog using Wordpress 2.8 and having problems with the visual editor as well as some other minor issues. I started the new blog on Wordpress 2.8 so I could test it out before upgrading all my other installations.
As I’ve mentioned in the past… it is always better to wait for the first bug fix release of any next generation Wordpress version… there are usually many bugs that pop because of plugin incompatibility and such in the first initial release.
But its no big deal really if you have a complete database backup of your Wordpress 2.7.1 website because reverting is pretty easy. If you need help reverting contact us today. I charge $50.00 for most websites to revert to the previously working version as long as you have a complete database backup.
» Make Wordpress More Usable by Providing Links
May 29th, 2009 Sammy RussoSomething I came across today that I’ve seen in the past is an error message when activating a plugin. In this case it was a similar posts plugin. When I went to activate the plugin I received the following message…
The plugin post-plugin-library/post-plugin-library.php has been deactivated due to an error: Plugin file does not exist.
Odd is the statement because I wasn’t installing the stated post plugin library. Considering the message displayed wouldn’t it be easy enough and more usable to provide a link to the Post Plugin Library, because that is what the system is looking for?
I would even take it a step further and clean up the statement itself. Display the message as… “The Similar Posts plugin requires the Post Plugin Library which does not appear to be installed. Please download and install the plugin to continue.”
Is this message being generated by Wordpress Core or the Similar Posts Plugin? I’m not sure… regardless of where the message is coming from, the point is there are still many small ways to make Wordress even more usable.
Do you agree? Disagree? What other cases like this have you seen that you think could be made more usable? Post your comments here.
» Collection of Twitter Articles & Tutorials
May 19th, 2009 Sammy RussoI’m fairly new Twitter myself… at least as an active user. I’ve known about Twitter for some time now and as you may already know Twitter is the hottest topic in the Social Media Sphere. So instead of regurgitating what’s already been said 10 times over I figure it would just be easier and more practical to share the articles I read to help get me on my Tweeting way.
So a great place to start with learning about Twitter. I suggest the following article by Tim Andren.. the Definitive Guide to Twitter. Its a great breakdown of what it is, what its used for and why. Along these same lines is another tutorial.. the Beginners Guide to Using Twitter.
Once you get the hang of what Twitter is all about and you have now started Twittering on your own.. this useful guide to ReTweets via Mashable is a quick and easy read and will take your Twitter to the next level.
So now we’ve got the basics down… you’re tweeting, retweeting. Now its time to link your website &/or blog to Twitter. Via Smashing Magazine… 15 Useful Twitter Hacks and Plugins for Wordpress. If you are just looking for a plugin recommendation for your Wordpress Blog… We use Twitter Tools and really like it.
Hope this helps… enjoy!
