Monthly Archives: January 2009

Finally, position 1 on Google for gite website design

By Dave | Published: January 27, 2009

Since setting up the Gite Guru website, I’ve had a few search ‘keyword’ phrases I’ve been targeting in Google. Some of them were pretty easy to get (“Gite Guru”: week 1, zero competition, ” build gite website “: week 2 for some reason) and some of them proved more difficult (” gite website design “, [...]

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In your name… SEO suicide

By Dave | Published: January 27, 2009

If it ain’t broke…. Whilst reading recently some useful tips on SEO for blogs, one idea cropped up that I hadn’t considered before, and that was to use a custom permalink structure to include the category of the post within the URL. The idea being that if you have good SEO categories, then by using [...]

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Adding a favicon to your WordPress blog

By Dave | Published: January 25, 2009

Someone asked me how to use a favicon with a WordPress blog the other day, and it wasn’t as simple as adding a favicon to a traditional website. What the heck’s a favicon? A favicon is a small image (.ico extension) which, when correctly configured with your website or blog, appears in the browser of [...]

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Using Flickr photos for free on your website

By Dave | Published: January 23, 2009

Quite often when it comes to building your website, your focus is on photos of the property you’re trying to rent out. However, if you’ve bought the property mid winter, or are mid refurbishment, sometimes you can find your website looking a bit sparse. When I’m building a website for a client, I always encourage [...]