Monthly Archives: May 2009

Are you suffering from Google Fear?

By Dave | Published: May 28, 2009
Def: “A crippling fear of updating your website home page for fear of adversely affecting your Google search ranking & traffic”. You built your website a couple of years back, you’ve spent time (possibly money) getting your Seach Engine Optimisation right, and you’re proud of your Google traffic and page rank. You know that the copy [...]
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How to install Wordpress really quickly without Fantastico

By Dave | Published: May 21, 2009
I used to have Fantastico, now I don’t. I’ve recently moved over to Mosso as my web host, and they don’t have the standard Cpanel functionality, let alone the one click install for Wordpress that Fantastico affords. Which has been… frustrating. You see, I probably do at least one Wordpress install per week, either for a [...]
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Wordpress SEO: Beyond Plugins (part 2)

By Dave | Published: May 20, 2009
In my previous post on Wordpress SEO, I looked at how you can switch the relative importance in Google’s eyes of your blog name and description. In this post I’ll look at how we can change our page titles to make them more SEO friendly without messing up our website navigation.  One of my (very few) [...]
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Holiday rental websites: 7 deadly sins of DIY web design

By Dave | Published: May 18, 2009
You’ve found the property, bought it, negotiated your way through the complexities of a foreign legal system, you’ve mastered the local language, turned a run down shack into a rental dream and discovered your flair for interior design, all on a miserly budget. You’re the master of your own destiny, and you can do anything! You’re [...]
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