Using The Internet
Speed Up WordPress - 17 Acceleration Tweaks
After learning the hard way about traffic spikes the first time I got on Digg, I’m very lucky now that my mate Everton is hosting One Tip A Day for me on his server, so I don’t have to worry about my site being up.
If you do host your own WordPress blog, then you really [...]
Useful Firefox Extensions For Website Owners
I know that I keep going on about Firefox, but it is truly the king of internet browsers. To prove my point, here’s a list of 10 Firefox Extensions For Website Owners.
Although you may say ‘oh no, not another list of Firefox extensions’, in my view because there are so many lists like this [...]
Dr. Web: Scan For Viruses Before Downloading
Dr. Web is a contender for Firefox plugin of the year. This great Firefox plugin allows you to scan attachements for viruses before downloading them onto your machine. Brilliant if you’re using a machine like a friends, where you’re not sure how good its protection is.
1Sep2007 | Tony Williams | 1 comment | Continued
Using The MillionDollarWiki To Drive Traffic To Your Site
There have been many clones of the MillionDollarHomepage, where advertisers brought space or pixels on a homepage. Apart from the initial buzz that the launch had, I never could see the point of buying an ad, as the page had no real value once the story had died.
However, I think that the MillionDollarWiki is [...]
YouSwap: Swap Up To 1GB Of Files For Free
Sending large files can be a pain in the ass sometimes. Most webmail programs have a limit on filesizes and using IM isn’t very efficient. A good solution is to use YouSwap which allows you to share up to 1GB of files.
28Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 2 comments | Continued
Screamer Radio: Listen To Free Internet Radio
I’m surprised that more people don’t use internet radio, particularly as there are literally thousands of stations available.
One way to listen to thousands of free stations is to use Screamer Radio that lets you listen to over 3000 Internet radio stations and to also record stations easily by just pressing the ‘rec’ button. To make [...]
Better Alexa Redirect Plugin
Although Alexa Rankings have some fundamental flaws in terms of accuracy, getting a higher ranking generally is a good thing as it can help attract advertisers and give you blogging ‘bragging rights’. If you are a WordPress user, one way to try and increase your Alexa Ranking is to install the Better ‘Alexa Redirect’ Plugin. [...]
20Aug2007 | Tony Williams | 3 comments | Continued
EasyCropper: Crop Images With A Browser
I’m not very good at manipulating images. I have to confess that I tend to use Microsoft Powerpoint….
Anyway, if you are looking for a good online cropping tool then EasyCropper looks like a handy little tool. Images can be cropped easily, and dimensions can be set so that you can get images exactly how you [...]
Send Large Files With Sendago
One area that I think many webmail services need to revisit are the limits on sending large files. Many have caps of 10-20MB, which is nothing these days and can make sending large files problematic.
A potential solution if you need to send a large file is to use Sendago. This application allows you send [...]
15 SEO Tips From Google’s Matt Cutts
At the recent WordCamp 2007 conference, Google’s Matt Cutts gave a presentation on Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Given that Matt Cutts seems to have taken up the mantle as Google’s unofficial/official spokesperson, paying attention to these tips should increase your changes of getting Google link juice.
Some of the tips seem straight forward and sensible, although [...]
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