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The “S” in https Stands for Sexy

Web Guy — Mon, 06 Jun 2016 16:02:48 +0000

I wanted to run-down a quick analysis on our recent obsession with that green padlock that gives us the warm and fuzzies all over. What exactly is it; what exactly does it mean; what exactly does it do? When you see https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) alongside a solid padlock with no error messages in ... The “S” in https Stands for Sexy

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The Unprofessionals

Web Guy — Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:54:17 +0000

I’ve listed spammers, scammers, and charlatans in the past, but that doesn’t cover everything. There’s a sort of in-between area of so called professionals that seemingly provide a legitimate service, but are clearly awful in their approach and abilities as self-proclaimed professionals. We’ll call them the unprofessionals. Sadly, this article will probably only be used ... The Unprofessionals

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How to Make Money Blogging

Web Guy — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 14:25:35 +0000

My first piece of advice is an ironic and possibly radical one. The best way to make money online blogging, is actually to make that goal secondary. The methodology here, is that you should first, actually enjoy writing about a certain topic, whether you’re making money or not. If your blog isn’t a labor of ... How to Make Money Blogging

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Google Results Extras

Web Guy — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 09:08:22 +0000

There’s much more to the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages) than just your page title, URL, content, and meta tags. Let’s speak, strictly appearance-wise, what control you have over your SERP results. For this, let’s start by looking at an example of the most basic result type: We can see three spots in which we ... Google Results Extras

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Google +1 Button Script

Web Guy — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 23:45:20 +0000

If this is the first you’ve heard of this new Google +1 (Plus One) Button, checkout the official page. First, add this in between your <head> tags: <script src="https://apis.google.com/js/platform.js" async defer></script> Second, add this just below the <body> tag: <div style="position:fixed;bottom:0;left:50px;z-index:1"><g:plusone size="tall"></g:plusone></div> This will fix the Google +1 Button bottom-left on your pages. It will ... Google +1 Button Script

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I’m on a Mission to Completely Destroy All www.

Web Guy — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:52:37 +0000

To me, www. is dead (read that article here), and has been for sometime. It has no comprehensible use or purpose any longer that I am aware of except for taking up space and time and frankly, looks a little dated. I’m on a mission to strip it from all of my personal websites and ... I’m on a Mission to Completely Destroy All www.

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How to Properly Submit a DMOZ Listing

Web Guy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 08:24:28 +0000

DMOZ has now been closed. An unofficial clone, that this tutorial may still be relevant to, has been created here. A lot of people want to get listed on DMOZ.org (Open Directory Project). Why? Because Google likes DMOZ. What weight this has on your PageRank or SERPs isn’t precisely known. But, it certainly can’t hurt. ... How to Properly Submit a DMOZ Listing

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How to Submit a Website to the hengine Search Engine

Web Guy — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 01:08:58 +0000

hengine.org is a human search engine that I created. I call it “The Human Search Engine” because I put an emphasis on human-filtering the results. This means that like DMOZ, I only accept quality websites that meet a certain standard. I don’t send out search engine crawlers to automatically collect and index websites/webpages like Google ... How to Submit a Website to the hengine Search Engine

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Getting Started with Your Very First Website

Web Guy — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 13:03:48 +0000

Many people these days need a website for business or just want one for personal use. Whether you have no idea how or where to start or you have some vague idea about where to start, this article is for you. Possibly, you’ve heard from word-of-mouth about how GoDaddy is the way to go, this ... Getting Started with Your Very First Website

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Dynamic SEO-Friendly .htaccess File

Web Guy — Sun, 30 May 2010 05:40:59 +0000

The Code Copy the following to a plain text editor and save as .htaccess. Then, via FTP, upload to the root folder of your website (usually called public_html). It will be suitable for most hosting environments, but not all. You can find the website template I’ve also written which contains this .htaccess example here. <files ... Dynamic SEO-Friendly .htaccess File

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Simple and Effective .htaccess File

Web Guy — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:29:41 +0000

UPDATE — Better .htaccess example here.

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User-Friendly and SEO-Friendly Title Structure for WordPress

Web Guy — Fri, 07 May 2010 09:04:48 +0000

I personally find that this structure is the most user-friendly and SEO-friendly: <title><?php wp_title( ' | ', true, 'right' ); ?></title> which will result in: Name of Post | Name of Site For a live demo, reference this very blog. UPDATE — While the above still works, you can now remove this from header.php and ... User-Friendly and SEO-Friendly Title Structure for WordPress

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Canonical Link Guide and Tools

Web Guy — Fri, 07 May 2010 08:46:20 +0000

Canonical Link WordPress Plugin Download Now | See on WordPress.org | Support Canonical Link Firefox Add-on Download Now | See on GitHub | Support This add-on will also help you to verify your canonical links are set up correctly. Canonical Link Script <link rel="canonical" href="https://<?php echo $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST']; ?><?php echo parse_url( $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], PHP_URL_PATH ); ?>" /> ... Canonical Link Guide and Tools

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A-Z of Web Business Mistakes

Web Guy — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:02:44 +0000

This is in no way intended to be a definitive, be-all-to-end-all list, but hopefully some may find it helpful. I’ve certainly made some of these mistakes in the past. We’re always learning and the best instance of learning is when you learn something you may be doing wrong, admit it, and come out more knowledgeable ... A-Z of Web Business Mistakes

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The End of www.

Web Guy — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 10:22:50 +0000

UPDATE — Looking to go all non-www. See that article here. This is old news, but still it lingers that people think you must type in www.google.com before a website in order to reach it. On rare occasion, I’ve even encountered people that think they need to actually type everything out: https://www.google.com/ — this is ... The End of www.

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hengine Interview

Web Guy — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 00:46:06 +0000

UPDATE — An interesting look back at my little search engine project. Mostly, it was an experiment I created out of curiosity (I’m always tinkering with such ideas). I just never had the time or programming skills to really nurture it into anything truly useful. I ended up selling it in the hopes that someone ... hengine Interview

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Be Careful When Hiring an SEO

Web Guy — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:36:42 +0000

First thing before hiring an SEO (Search Engine Optimizer): do your research. Here comes what I consider to be the golden rule, are you ready?… If they offer you guarantees: DO NOT HIRE THEM! — There are no guarantees in SEO. Learn this now. See what Google themselves have to say about the subject. That’s ... Be Careful When Hiring an SEO

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