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Archive for January, 2010
7 sensational SEO tips for ecommerce websites
Jan 8th
Another little web tidbit here from a colleague of mine who stumbled across this great little article regarding SEO for ecommerce websites.
Well worth a read even if you aren’t an ecommerce webmaster!
http://econsultancy.com/blog/5131-7-seo-tips-for-ecommerce-sites
SEO Strategies – A Guide To What Works & What Doesn’t
Jan 7th
Having been snowed in all week I’ve had plenty of time to potter about and get some quality reading done.
I’ve come across a lot of great information and advice regarding blogging, SEO, web design and lots more; one such piece of advice is SEOChat.com‘s SEO Strategies: A Guide To Which Ideas Work And Which Ones Don’t.
Which advice should you heed, and which should you avoid? It can get murky. That is why today we are going to look at some of the strategies that will and will not work for your site. First we will look at a thing you should More >
Web / SEO services not appearing in Google Local Listings on SERPs
Jan 6th
Just received an email from the great WebProNews which addresses an issue that we’ve been talking about as web geeks for a while now; why Google have stopped showing web / SEO services local business listings on their results pages.
A bit of a tidbit from the piece, which is a quote from the Google Maps help thread posted by a Googler named Joel H:
Today, we’re intentionally showing less local results for web design / SEO queries. For example, [web design sacramento] doesn’t display local listings today. We believe this is an accurate representation of user intent. In some cases, we do show local listings, More >
Migrating easily from BlogEngine.Net to WordPress
Jan 6th
Just before Christmas we posted a blog called Migrating from BlogEngine.net to WordPress – first thoughts and why we did it; now it’s time for the how..
We couldn’t find too much on the subject and if you do a Google search for “Migrating from BlogEngine to WordPress” there isn’t too much information, with a few exceptions:
- A couple of posts from the ever informative WayneJohn: Migrating from BlogEngine to WordPress and Migrating Blog Post Images from BlogEngine to WordPress.
- my6solutions have a good BlogEngine to WordPress migration post on their blog
- The best post on this subject I think though is Merill.net’s Migrating from BlogEngine to WordPress post
The More >
The Best CMS Tool – choosing the best website CMS for your clients.
Jan 2nd
Howdy! Looking for the best cms tool? Read on and see what you think…
We’ve spent alot of time over the last few years putting together content management systems for clients. And when I say “putting together” I mean various things; skinning existing open source CMSs, building “mini” CMS systems for clients wanting a little bit of bespoke functionality, themeing blogs, integrating forums and much more.
And so far we haven’t found the best CMS tool. Why? Because there’s that much variation in what customers want.
It’s very easy to say things like “Actually, I think that XYZ is the best CMS tool More >
