Making wholesale changes or even just one change, for the entire site can be tedious, if not down right time consuming. Site Wide changes are mainly the adding of some design element, that impact your entire site, but if you plan ahead, by using CSS and SSI, in the beginning, those complete changes, can be done in a matter of minutes. Continue reading
Apr 12th by Malcontent
There comes times, when you have to simply let things go. You can’t be a superperson, all the time, especially when life intrudes. So when that time comes, what do you do? Chuck it all in, sell off your properties, or do you cut down on the obligations, to keep some part of your dream alive. Continue reading
Apr 11th by Malcontent
Basically, a fancy term used to denote you going through a bunch of code, or information, to gather a specific piece of that code, or information, for use in another application. Continue reading
Apr 10th by Malcontent
Fighting spam can be time consuming. However using Excel, or any good spreadsheet program, can help limit the time spent, fighting these assholes. It doesn’t have to be complicated, but is something one should do regularly. Keeping track is simpler, when you use a spreadsheet. You can eliminate duplicates, without worrying while copying the information. Now that saves time, and that is a good thing. Continue reading
Apr 10th by Malcontent
Using htaccess helps reduce the spam to your blog, but there are times when you just feel like it will never end. The truth is, these spammers seem to always be one step ahead of us, and it just seems to keep on growing, like a snowball rolling down a mountain. I suppose part of the problem rests with the idiots who actually buy from these cretins, and the other part, is we often ignore basic security procedures, to help stop them. HTACCESS is a simple solution, not ideal, but it can help, in the fight against unwanted spam, but like anything, it takes a bit of work to set up, and maintain. Continue reading
Apr 09th by Malcontent
The trap we all fall into, is we get wrapped up in the thrill, the excitement of seeing our efforts come to fruition. We want our ‘baby’ to take its first step, before it is even all the way out of the womb. And that works against us, in the long run. Slow & steady does win the race, but damn, it is hard to not try to sprint to the finish line, even when you can’t even see it ahead. Planning now, saves extra boring work, later on, but we never do it, though we mean to. Don’t we? Continue reading
Apr 03rd by Malcontent
The whole conept of linking, can be convoluted, unless you are organized, and unless you have a good grasp of the essentials. Linking strategies can be the difference between profits, and going bust. You need to research your competition, not just for keywords, but for who links to them, who they link to. It is those inbound links that can help raise your presence in the major search engine indices, which means more refined traffic, which means more sales, and that of course, means more profits. And who doesn’t want more money? Continue reading
Apr 01st by Malcontent
More than just a quick beverage, link juice is about the sharing of your sites authority, with another site, or within your own site. It is how the Search Engines determine if a page, or site, is popular, in which they call it being Authoritative. Link Juice is simply sharing that prestige. Continue reading
Apr 01st by Malcontent
The term is not hard to figure out, but hey, you know how us writers like to add a few extra words here and there. Besides, while the term is simple, the actual practice can be a bit complex, especially when you get into SEO your site. After all, if it was simple, we’d all be blooming millionaires by now, instead of working twice as hard, for half the cash. Still what comes in, is what can make the gold. Continue reading
Mar 31st by Malcontent
There are more than one kind of linking strategies, that can help boost your rankings on search engine indices, or they can get you pushed down to the bottom of the index. A key is to not be over zealous in your linking trades, but to choose carefully who links to you, and who you link to. It is not as simple as saying, hey let’s trade links. There is more to it, as well as a lot at stake. Continue reading
Mar 31st by Malcontent