Use PHP to Force the www on URLs

July 24th, 2008

There are many good reasons to be consistent when using the ‘www’ in URLs. This includes good usability (it may confuse some people when they see it there some of the time but not others) and SEO (some search engines may consider the the same page with the ‘www’ different then the one without it).
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Meta Tags Are Dead. Get Over It.

July 21st, 2008

 
For the purpose of this blog post, when I say “Meta tags” I am referring to the Meta description and keyword tags only.
 
Back in the day, when Alta Vista was king of search and Yahoo was primarily a web directory, meta tags were powerful tools for helping a web page rank well in Alta Vista [...]

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How Do You Twitter?

July 17th, 2008

Although I am not a huge participant of the social media scene, I find myself actually sustaining use of Twitter. For those of you who don’t know what Twitter is, according to Wikipedia:

Twitter is a free social networking and micro-blogging service that allows users to send “updates” (or “tweets”; text-based posts, up to 140 characters [...]

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My Pets and Their Names

July 14th, 2008

Anyone who knows me knows that I love animals. I’m known as a “cat person” and my fondness for dogs is no big secret as well. Heck, I’ve even taken to liking horses now that I’ve had the opportunity to be around them more.
I have two cats, Boba Katt and Harley. Yes, Boba Katt is [...]

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Make Your Own Online Mix Tape With Muxtape

July 10th, 2008

A couple of months back my friend Sara posted about Muxtape, an online service that let’s you make your own mix tape online. All you need to do is upload the mp3 and they create a playlist for you. The playlist is real and anyone who visits your muxtape can listen to it.
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