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Randomising background image with Aeros theme in 3 easy steps

Just added a bit of new functionality to the Gite Guru website today which uses the excellent Aeros theme, making the background image randomise on page reload (try clicking around the pages on the blog to see the image switch between different photos). Note, this only works on versions of Aeros up to 1.04, and [...]
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Directories should just tell the truth

I’ve had a lot of feedback since the launch of Mental About Rental, both in forums and privately on email. One of the recurring themes is directory statistics. There seems to be an accepted view that directories are under no obligation to divulge their traffic data, and some people believe that the statistics are useless [...]
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Using a blog to launch a gite website

I’ve just been having a sniff around the wonderful forum over at Lay My Hat and came across some interesting views on using a blog to launch a gite website. A quick note on Lay My Hat, it’s a great resource if you’re running a gite business, with loads of discussion and sharing of information [...]
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Building links to your gite website using Social Bookmarking

This is the second of my promised articles on link building to your gite website, and this one covers how to build inbound links using social bookmarking tools. What is Social Bookmarking Social bookmarking has is a relatively recent phenomenon, and at a simple level it’s a method of storing your bookmarks on a web [...]
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